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The Advanced Microbeam automation upgrade continues to function well, with primarily "normal" operations continuing. Unfortunately, one spectrometer currently is down to a failed PHA-amplifier box, so we are running on only 3 of our 4 WDS spectrometers, slowing down most quantitative acquisitions somewhat. Thus, the probe remains UP and LARGELY OPERATIONAL.
Operating time now may be arranged as available. However, at least 1.5 or 2-week advance scheduling always is recommended, especially if any training or operator assistance may be required.
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Scheduling "crises", requiring immediate analysis, generally cannot be accommodated on short notice; if possible, please plan ahead.
For longer-term considerations, please be aware that our NSF (EAR/IF) instrument upgrade proposal has been approved! Thus, lab renovation and installation of the new machine shall create considerable downtime [likely at least 2 months] at some future date. Our current best guess is renovation beginning ~August or September with instrument installation beginning in October. Thank you.
Users who have not operated since Sept. 1998 can expect to require some familiarization with the; However, most aspects of these software packages are sufficiently intuitive that the adaptation should proceed smoothly.
Our EDS system upgrade (Phoenix Pro from EDAX) was installed 9/23/98, as scheduled. More recently we installed the 32-bit version of Probe for Windows on the NT PC, along with the Advanced Microbeam EDS interface. This new version now is fully operational. More recently this was transferred to a Windows 2000 PC. For the most up-to-date information, please contact Jim Eckert.
For information on the microprobe course, please follow this link.
For the Upcoming Schedule of the Yale-microprobe calendar, click here.
You may return to the main Yale Microprobe page by clicking here or below.
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email: Jim Eckert