Research Article

Autonomous Observations in Antarctica with AMICA

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AMICA and the main thermal-conditioned box containing most of its equipment: (a) cryocooler head, (b) and (c) front-end electronics, (d) cryostat, (e) removable electrical panel (open on the right), (f) multimeter, (g) 24 V redundant power supply, (h) PLC with analog and digital I/O expansions, (i) turbo-molecular vacuum pump, gauges and electromagnetic valve, (j) Ethernet switch and MOXA converters, (k) Lakeshore controllers, (l) read-out electronics, (m) heat dissipation system, (n) rotary pump, (o) LCU, (p) insulating plastazote layer and alucor panels.
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