MIPS IOC Strategy: Five Activity Groups
To bring the MIPS on-line we must perform:
(This is not a complete listing of MIPS IOC tasks -- see later charts)
- MIPS Operational Checks
- Electronics and detector “on” tests
- Command expansion and data handling
- Confirmation of on-board data processing algorithms
- Heater and temperature sensor operation
- Transfer function testing
- Instrument stability
- Determine MIPS Operating Parameters
- Optimum operating temperature for the 24 mm focal plane array
- Ge:Ga focal plane array anneal frequency
- Optimum bias voltage setting for all detectors
- Effect of bias voltage level and exposure times on sensitivity
- Detector response to stimulators