FPGA Data Acquisition and Control

Project Description

Semiconductor Laser Control and Data Acquisition for Quality Optical Research — Lasers are being used more frequently in scientific instruments. But for experiment results to be valid, the lasers have to be carefully controlled using expensive dedicated hardware. We are producing a cheap, modular and extendable data acquisition and control backbone for laser instruments. This will allow labs and researchers to produce high quality optical research less expensively.

Team: System Solutions

Members

John Ashby, Electrical Engr.
Jared Reichle, Electrical Engr.
Alexis Wilson, Electrical Engr.

Sponsor

Chris Manning, Thorlabs

Faculty Advisor

Feng Li, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering