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== Bike for sale, £60 o.n.o. ==
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== Where to find me ==
*''''Raleigh Ultimate' Road Bike'''
 
*Aluminium frame, carbon forks
 
*Bought for £500 in January 2003
 
*18 speed Shimano Tiagra gears
 
*“Medium” size (upto ~6 foot, my height)
 
*Has done 8500 miles (including Lands End to John o'Groats)
 
*Most moving parts have been replaced, sometimes several times!
 
*Includes good D-lock (2 keys), Cat-eye front LED lights and rear LED lights, cycle computer, mudguards. Does not include the rear rack though
 
*Reasonable condition (good for its age)
 
*Has been regularly serviced at Sid Standard's in Beeston
 
*You can buy secure in the knowledge that it's not been nicked
 
*Can deliver/bring it onto the University campus/you pick up from Beeston
 
*Contact Steve: steve.sharples@nottingham.ac.uk
 
  
[[Image:raleigh_ultimate.jpg]]
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Generally located in the Tower, possible locations to find me:
  
[http://optics.eee.nottingham.ac.uk/sds/bike_advert.pdf Advert for Steve's bike] (PDF)
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* 202 - Applied Optics Research Lab - 84-67892
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* 303 - ARRO-SAM Lab - 95-15638
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* 307 - Nonlinear Lab - 95-15615
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* 606 - Steve's Office - 95-15220
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* 306 - O-SAM Lab/Ultrasound Labs foyer - 95-15386
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Email: steve.sharples@nottingham etc
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Mobile: 07976 706623
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== Things I do ==
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* Sort out [[Optics lunches]]
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* Laser ultrasonics expertise, and look after the Laser Ultrasound Labs infrastructure
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* Some practical RF electronics expertise (Minicircuits stuff)
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* Look after the scanning tank in Tower 201 (Main Optics Lab)
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* Eagle/PCB Train expertise (see the [http://optics.eee.nottingham.ac.uk/eagle/eagle2pcbtrain.html Eagle PCB ->PCBTrain Export How-to] and the section about [[Installing locally#Eagle|installing Eagle using VPM]])
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* Look after the main optics Linux server ("armchair"), and the [[Linux How-tos|local Linux network]], with help from Roger and Matt
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* [[Laser Safety]] expertise, consultation and form-signing
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* Look after the Linux off-site backups - see Steve or Roger for disaster recovery
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* Look after the [[Printer setup|Epson AL-C3800 colour duplex printer]] in room 202
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* Help maintain the Linux [[Experimental PC|control and acquisition software]], e.g.:
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** [[Experimental PC#c-scan|c_scan]] (Matt mainly wrote, Roger helps to maintain)
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** [http://optics.eee.nottingham.ac.uk/vxi11/ VXI-11 protocol for Linux] (general communication ethernet-enabled devices such as oscilloscopes and arbitrary function generators)
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** [http://optics.eee.nottingham.ac.uk/agilent_scope/ Agilent Infiniium scopes]
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** [http://optics.eee.nottingham.ac.uk/tek/ Tek scopes and AFGs]
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** [http://optics.eee.nottingham.ac.uk/lecroy_tcp/ LeCroy scopes]
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** [[Experimental PC#BNS SLM|BNS SLM]] (kernel driver written by Matt)
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** [[Experimental PC#PI PCI stage driver|PI stages]] (kernel driver written by Matt)
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** [[Experimental PC#comedi|Amplicon PCI230 DAQ comedi driver]] (mainly written by others)
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* Look after the group laptop (now a Dell 12" jobbie running Windows XP)
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* Maintain the http://optics.eee.nottingham.ac.uk webpage

Revision as of 16:17, 1 September 2008

Applied Optics : Steve Sharples

Where to find me

Generally located in the Tower, possible locations to find me:

  • 202 - Applied Optics Research Lab - 84-67892
  • 303 - ARRO-SAM Lab - 95-15638
  • 307 - Nonlinear Lab - 95-15615
  • 606 - Steve's Office - 95-15220
  • 306 - O-SAM Lab/Ultrasound Labs foyer - 95-15386

Email: steve.sharples@nottingham etc

Mobile: 07976 706623

Things I do