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Module: Retro10PV

Name

MDL-probe_retro10PV

Title

Retrohacking the probe

Description

  • Retroengineering of 10PV
  • version: V0.1
  • date: 18/06/2016
  • technology: Hacking the ATL10PV
  • language: n/a
  • author: Kelu124

IOs

Inputs

  • ITF-A_gnd
  • ITF-F_12V
  • ITF-N_cc_motor_pwm
  • ITF-mET_Transducer
  • Motor
  • Tri-Piezo Head

Outputs

  • Motor
  • ITF-mET_Transducer
  • Tri-Piezo Head

Key Components

  • ATL10PV

Information

What is it supposed to do?

The aim of this echOmod is to get the mechanical movement of the piezos. Salvaged from a former ATL10PV.

How does it work: block diagram

Block schema

  • ITF-mET_Transducer->Tri-Piezo Head->ITF-mET_Transducer
  • ITF-N_cc_motor_pwm->Motor

About the module

Pros

  • Simple to use

Cons

  • We have removed the position system : we don't have the encoding system
  • Tough to find a old 10PV probe

Constraint and limits

  • Motor is a 12V... doesn't move below 10V ... using 300mA@10V -- we could use a 5V to 12V DC/DC boost similar to this one. Could feed onto the 5V entry and leave on the 12V output. Can be found on Gotronics and such. Or the 12V could be delivered to the board itself.

  • 3 piezos are fixed frequency

  • Oil to be found to replace lost one =) Feeback: linseed oil seems good !

  • Tested with murgen : not really pratical to use, maybe to be replaced with a simple 3MHz probe. Read the full test on murgen's repo.

  • It seems that the noise previously seen with the bitscope was due to the computer! Not to the bitscope.

  • We have found an interesting doc: the ATL manual for the ultrasound machine - and specs for the whole set of transducers -- found here

Discussions

What is inside?

Opening

Details of the piezos

Exploding

Cleaning and creation the connections

Rewired

Use of the probe

Signals

TODO

  • Control the motor with a 12V PWM
  • Integrate 12V+PWM in the probe body

DONE

  • Put plugs into the probe body
  • Repair the probe
  • Simplify it

People

  • BiVi

License

Retro10PV

The echOmods project and its prototypes (amongst which we find the retro10PV module) are open hardware, and working with open-hardware components.

Licensed under TAPR Open Hardware License (www.tapr.org/OHL)

Copyright Kelu124 ([email protected]) 2015-2018

Based on

The following work is base on a previous TAPR project, Murgen - and respects its TAPR license.

Copyright Kelu124 ([email protected]) 2015-2018