FPE Test Procedures

This is a repository for FPE test procedures for TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

You can find repository or Google documents chronicling the Bring-Up and Functional testing of the TESS Focal Plane Electronics below.

Note that these links are live and point to the test documents as they are being filled out, so they may be in intermediate (unfinished) states sometimes.

• TESS FPE Test Procedure Spreadsheets

  • The Interface Board (IB) 6.1 Bring-Up Procedure (raw)

  • The Driver Board (DB) 6.1 Bring-Up Procedure (raw)

  • The Video Board (VB) 6.1/6.1T Bring-Up Procedure (raw)

  • Results of Running the Spreadsheet Procedures

    • Interface Board v6.1 serial number 01
    • Interface Board v6.1 serial number 02
    • Interface Board v6.1 serial number 03
    • Driver Board v6.1T serial number 01
    • Video Board v6.1T serial number P02

• iPython Notebook-Based Test Procedures - FPE Interface Board Bring-up Procedure - Heater Calibration Tests - John Doty's Global Calibration of HK Data - Evaluating Parameter Interdependence (Large File) - Housekeeping Variance Tests

• Notebook Test Results

• Documentation

  • ObsSim Software Description v1.6
  • FPE Specification Document
  • CCD Screening and Test Report Form
  • Hardware Activity Log Form
  • PCB Inventory Form