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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Teaching Labs and Facilities
Computer Engineering Laboratory - Bossone 213
The
laboratory is to have fifteen stations with a seventeen-inch flat
panel display at each station and an instructional area. The computer
is connected to a 100 Mbps network with a local network built
into the lab for use with student experiments in network communications.
Students learn to use general instrumentation, as well as computer
engineering specific equipment such as Logic Analyzers, emulators,
and characterization tools. Some computer engineering experiments
are in basic logic design with TTL and CMOS devices, traffic light
controller programming, and programming and testing of programmable
devices, such as FPGAs using a Digilab-XL FPGA Board. Students
also use PIC, PAL and other programmable devices to become familiar
with the advantages and disadvantages of each device type. There
is also a small arena in the lab for students to demonstrate correct
programming of a microcontroller for the navigation system on
the small robot called a LegoBot.
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Electric Circuits and Instrumentation Laboratory - Bossone 214
This laboratory is used for many of the basic laboratory experiments. The lab has ten stations and an instructional area. Each station has a Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Digital Multi-meter, Frequency Counter, and a three output Power Supply. All the instrumentation is connected and can be controlled by a computer via a General Purpose Interface Bus. The computer display is a TFT flat panel display on a swivel arm that allows more space on the work surface. This laboratory is also available for student use during normal operating hours when there are no scheduled labs. Student experiments include measurement and analysis of data from simple electronic devices, design with discrete components, and projects in power supply and audio amplifier design.
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Laboratory Services Center - Bossone 216
This is the primary service center for the undergraduate laboratories. Students check out components and equipment they need for their experiments, pick up their print out work, and turn in their lab reports.
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Basic and Advanced Electronics Laboratory - Bossone 215
This laboratory is used for many of the basic laboratory experiments. The lab has ten stations and an instructional area. Each station has a Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Digital Multi-meter, Frequency Counter, and a three output Power Supply. All the instrumentation is connected and can be controlled by a computer via a General Purpose Interface Bus. The computer display is a TFT flat panel display on a swivel arm that allows more space on the work surface. This laboratory is also available for student use during normal operating hours when there are no scheduled labs. Student experiments include OpAmp design, filter design and transistor characterization.
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Basic Circuits and Digital Design Laboratory - Bossone 205
This laboratory is used for many of the basic laboratory experiments. The lab has ten stations and an instructional area. Each station has a Digital Storage Oscilloscope with a 16 channel logic signal input, Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Digital Multi-meter, Frequency Counter, and a three output Power Supply. All the instrumentation is connected and can be controlled by a computer via a General Purpose Interface Bus. The computer display is a TFT flat panel display on a swivel arm that allows more space on the work surface. This laboratory is also available for student use during normal operating hours when there are no scheduled labs. Student experiments include the design and construction of and A-to-D, D-to-A circuit.
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Wireless Communications and Networking Lab - Bossone 207
The Wireless Communications and Networking Laboratory houses the instrumentation specific to the wireless communication field, that is typically more expensive than general laboratory instrumentation due to the high frequency requirements. There are ten stations, each with a computer and general lab instrumentation, that includes a DMM, oscilloscope, power supply, and signal generator. The stations are configured with a connection to a giga-hertz range signal supplied by a single source in the lab. Spectrum analyzers, bit error rate testers, and network analyzers are also available in the laboratory.
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Harry F. Ortlip Systems (Power and Controls) Laboratory -
Bossone 206
The laboratory has three stations for servo control, including experiments in motor characteristics, closed loop frequency response, and measurements of motor constants and velocity errors. There are four stations for power/machines with experiments in thyristor control principles and dc motor control. There are also three stations with inverted pendulum systems on a see-saw module interfaced to a computer. At these stations, complex controls experiments can be performed by the students. Two stations with a magnetic levitation system and a computer provide additional controls experiments. The improvements to this space and equipment have resulted in a comprehensive controls and systems laboratory for our students. These systems give the students real world experience in which to test and implement the control concepts which they learn in the undergraduate courses in Control Systems. Such concepts include: system modeling, Bode plots, state space and transition matrix, transfer function, phase plane, and step response. A primary objective of the laboratory is to have students design controllers and implement them on actual systems. Such control design processes include: classical, closed loop compensators, gain and phase margins, observers and pole placement, PI and PID controllers, modern controllers, LQG controllers, fixed time and infinite horizon system regulation.
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Senior Design Support Center - Bossone 614
The
Senior Design Support Center is a facility designed for use by
seniors and other undergraduates conducting special projects.
This facility provides a place for students to work on projects
with 24/7 ID card access. The room has eight stations with general
instrumentation, including a DMM, digital oscilloscope, signal
generator, and power supply. This space was created to provide
a convenient means for students to work on their Senior Design
Project and have another place to meet with team members when
other department facilities are closed.
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Electronics Shop - Bossone 204
This shop functions as the repair center for the student laboratories with a full time Electronic Technician. Experimental circuits are designed and constructed for use by students in this facility. The technician serves as a technical resource for students with questions about circuit design or help with the operation of the laboratory instrumentation. This center also has a computer controlled circuit board cutting machine available for special student projects. Students can design their circuit on any of the department systems using OrCAD software and download the PC plot information to this system to create their circuit board design.
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Multimedia and DSP Laboratory - Bossone 605
This Laboratory is similar to the Computer Aided Classroom, but it has computers configured to handle the large file manipulations needed in signal processing and interpretation. Experiments focus on assorted image transform and compression methods, enhancement and restoration processes, image interpretation through shape extraction techniques, and image modeling. MATLAB is the primary software used in the laboratory with the initial application for the experiment residing on a file server for students to download. The laboratory has 16 Pentium III, Dell GX150, 512MB RAM, and an additional system for the instructor that is connected to a projection system. All have 17” flat panel displays. Each system is connected to the network with a 100 Mbps connection. This facility is also scheduled for classes that need the computer capabilities available in this room when the Computer Aided Classroom is not available
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Emory Long Computer Laboratory - Bossone 615 & 616
The Emory D. Long Laboratory is made up two rooms. In one space there are clusters of computers that are available for student use 24 hours a day 7 days a week via ID card access. There are 16 Windows based systems and 4 Apple G4 systems. These systems have all university and department licensed software installed for student use. The other room has 19 X-terminals for access to UNIX based applications and file operations. This room also supports VLSI design using Mentor Graphics software. All systems are connected to the network with a 100 Mbps connection.
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CBIS Computer and Network Support Center - Bossone 613
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facility also houses the servers that support the department and
college. There are two SUN Microsystems V880, an assortment of
file servers, and a RAS server for remote access via phone line.
These systems support license files for software, email, NT administration
of laboratory systems, Web pages for coursework and course surveys,
electronic storage for student work, student installable licensed
software and updates, print service and network service. Software
available or supported on these systems include PSpice A/D and
Layout by Cadence, the Mentor Graphics suite of applications,
HP EEsof-Series IV, Xilinx-Foundation and Alliance, Microsoft
Office, LabVIEW™, MATLAB™/Simulink™, and
MS Visual Studio. Two departmental staff members provide help
to students and faculty, manage updates to laboratory systems,
present technical instruction on systems and network, recommend
and implement changes in software and hardware, and act as liaisons
with the university computer support services group. Center staff
are also responsible for the ID card access system that allows
students and faculty into controlled spaces
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Basic and Advanced Electrical Machinery Laboratory - Randell 040
The Electrical Machinery Laboratory has six laboratory stations each with a Westinghouse AC and DC motor/generator set, a load bank, and patch panel for station configuration. These are large, real-world motors delivering between 5 to 7 hp to the device under test, not small systems that are design just for teaching theoretical principles. There are four stations configured for basic machinery experiments, and two stations configured for more advanced experiments. There is an assortment of roll up carts with transmission line transformers with fault capability, carts for protective relaying experiments, and carts with a computer interface to study and model power systems.
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Protective Relaying Laboratory - Randell 040
The Protective and Auxiliary Relay Laboratory is a facility for the study of the performance of relays commonly found in electric utility and industrial power protection systems. This facility includes variable frequency and variable waveform AC sources as well as variable DC voltage sources for the study of evaluation of devices over a wide range of temperature and humidity environments. The facility also has a dedicated microcomputer with modem for addressing relays employing RS 232 interfaces. In the laboratory is a wide range of electromechanical and static relays. The PARL is used for teaching undergraduates as well as graduate relay and power system courses. Research of relay performance and modeling is also conducted in this space
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Power Electronics Laboratory - Randell 040
The Power Electronics Laboratory is involved in circuit and design simulation, device modeling and simulation, and experimental testing and fabrication of power electronic circuits. The facility is a fully equipped laboratory, having 42kVA AC and 70 kVA DC power sources and data acquisition systems that have the ability to display and store data for detailed analysis. Some of the equipment available include distribution and HV transformer and three phase rectifiers for power sources and digital oscilloscopes for data measuring and experimental analysis
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High Voltage Laboratory - Curtis 045
The High Voltage Laboratory is equipped with voltage sources and instrumentation for teaching and research. It contains a 300,000 volt AC source; plus 40,000, 14,000 and 4,000 volt transformers for AC testing; plus high voltage rectifiers to produce DC up to 100,000 volts; plus an impulse generator for transient experiments. Courses are offered to undergraduates in high voltage techniques of testing and instrumentation, insulator design and fault studies, and high voltage circuit design. Research has been carried out in the field of insulation failure and in high voltage instrumentation.
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Power Electronics Support Center - Curtis 050
This shop functions as the repair center for the Power Electronics research and student laboratories with a full time Electrical Technician. The technician serves as a technical resource for students, manages the assorted laboratories in the Power Electronics area and oversees the preparation for student laboratories. This center also serves as a fabrication center for many on the unique experimental stations needed to support both the student laboratories and the research program.
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