Difference between revisions of "Useful information"

Revision as of 15:04, 25 October 2007

AO resources

• Order form creator and Order forms already created by Steve
• Applied Optics publications, papers and thesis
• 9th Floor Storesand Tea breaks.

• Applied Optics Group Logo
• Word to text and pdf converter (broken).
• Laser Safety
• Printers and printing

AO local documentation

• VLSI Web Pages. Useful info for VLSI users, set up by Roger Light. Includes:
• Eagle PCB -> PCBTrain Export Mini How-To.
• EAGLE PCB Export Page. How to export EAGLE files for use in CircuitCAM.
• Common network settings
• LaTeX thesis template (PDF). A very short guide on some salient points for using LaTeX to write your thesis. See also the thesis template (ZIP file).
• No More Flipping. Documentation concerning the O-SAM and ARRO-SAM hardware (PDF)
• Installing comedi device drivers. Amplicon PCI230 installation documentation] (PDF)

Other resources

Web pages and links

• http://optics.eee.nottingham.ac.uk
• Applied Optics Job Vacancies
• Applied Optics Group "Offical" EEE Webpage
• EEE Homepage
• University of Nottingham Homepage
• UoN Research Pages | The ISsue (Information Services eBulletin) | Exchange Magazine | Bridging the Gaps

Drivers, code and useful bits and bobs

• VXI11 Ethernet Protocol for Linux. Open source VXI11 RPC protocol, user library and example code (talk to Agilent, Tektronix etc).
• Linux Drivers for Tektronix Oscilloscopes and Arbitrary Function Generators (built on the VXI-11 protocol and user library)
• Linux Drivers for Agilent Infiniium Oscilloscopes (built on the VXI-11 protocol and user library)
• Lecroy TCP Page. How to get Linux to talk to an ethernet-equipped Lecroy scope.
• Hardware Linux/open source drivers. List of drivers, mostly written by Matt.
• Matt's Direct search, computer generated hologram design software
• LaTeX / open source electronic forms. Produced by Matt.