VIS-NIR Spectrometer Technical Documentation

This documentation describes the current technical design for the VIS-NIR spectrometer prototype. It is limited to optics, embedded acquisition, host-PC software, calibration, integration, and characterization. Nontechnical course-deliverable material is intentionally outside this documentation set.

System

• Technical Source Notes
• System Overview
• Requirements And Metrics
• Calibration And Characterization
• Traceability

Optics

• Optics System Overview
• Optical Path
• Tradeoffs
• Filtering
• Alignment And Enclosure
• Performance Characterization

Embedded

• Embedded System Overview
• Controller
• Calibrations
• Timers
• Acquisition
• USB CDC
• Driver Board
• Validation

Host PC

• Host PC System Overview
• Primary Data Pipeline
• Device Control And Acquisition Coordination
• Operator Application

Integration

• Data Flow
• Interfaces
• Test Strategy

Test and Verification

• Test and Verification