Projects
Optical Fibre Link Emulator
This project was completed for the University of Bath and involved experimental simulation of an optical fibre link. In real world environments signals travelling through optical fibres suffer a number of different effects. It is clear that signal attenuation is the most obvious of the effects but in practice we also find that signals are also subjected to switching attenuations (as they pass over connections and are routed), polarisation mode dispersion and polarisation mode losses. In order to study these effects many kilometres of fibre and highly expensive test systems are required. The University wanted a simple low cost system which could demonstrate some of these...
Read MoreMotor Vibration Test Rig
This was a simple and short development project we did for an aero engine manufacturer. A vibration test control rig required updating, the existing belt driven motor setup took offered poor control and accuracy and changes in speed were controlled manually introducing experimentation error. Using a high performance servo stepper motor from JVL and ActiveX controls we were able to design a simple program which allowed for fine control of the motor. The user defined motor speed profile is displayed by means of a graph with the actual speed feedback from the motor plotted in real-time also being plotted alongside.
Read MoreAnope Dissipation
The creation of micro nonporous and nano-tube structures can be achieved through a process of anope dissipation. This process involves regulating the voltage and the current flow through a circuit which has been submersed in an acidic bath, over time an oxide layer can be grown on the cathode terminal of the circuit. In order to achieve a better understanding of the growth of this oxide layer time critical measurements of current and voltage were taken allowing the resistance of the circuit (which is proportional to the overall oxide growth) to be calculated. Using our expertise in LabVIEW we were able to offer an automated process, which would remove the need for an...
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