Resources Specific to Dr. Whelan’s Laboratory
Signal Conditioning and Data Acquisition
NI PXIe-1082 8-Slot Chassis (4GB/s System Bandwidth)
NI PXIe-8133 1.72GHz Controller (8GB/s System Bandwidth, 2GB/s slot Bandwidth)
(2) NI PXIe-4330 8-Channel, 24-bit Wheatstone Bridge Input Module
(2) NI PXIe-4497 16-Channel, 24-bit Simultaneous Sampling IEPE Conditioner/DAQ Module
(2) NI PXIe-4300 8-Channel, 16-bit 300V 250kHz Isolated Analog Input Module
(2) NI PXI-5412, 100MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator, 14-bit, 8MB Memory
NI PXI-8221, 2-slot PCMCIA card module for PXI System
Commercial Sensors and Test and Measurement Systems
(64) +/-2g DC-to-200Hz Signal Conditioned Accelerometers (35ug/rtHz spectral noise)
(2) +/-5g 0.5Hz-to-3kHz ICP Accelerometers (3.8ug/rtHz spectral noise)
+/-60,000g DC-to-20kHz Piezoresistive Shock Accelerometer
(2) 208C02 ICP Force Sensors +/-100lb for Dynamic Force Measurement
Short Sledge Impact Hammer – 3lb head +/- 5000lb
(6) BG2720 2″ FS Range 0.0001″ Resolution Digital Dial Indicators
Digital Light Projection (DLP) Light Commander
APS Dynamics Long-Stroke Shaker with Auxiliary Table
Parallel Computing Cluster
Thanks to generous donations of surplus computers from the UNC Charlotte College of Engineering Mosaic Computing Group we have established a local parallel computing cluster to enable efficient global optimization algorithms for finite element model updating/calibration. The cluster allows us to run up to 12 simultaneous finite element analyses (through custom developed Matlab code and the SAP2000 OpenAPI Interface library) for parallel optimization techniques, such as genetic algorithm. Currently, our laboratory computing resources consist of:
1 – Dell Optiplex 990 Workstation – Intel Quad-Core processor with 16.0 GB RAM
4 – Dell Optiplex 780 Workstations – Intel Quad-Core processors with 16.0 GB RAM
1 – Dell Optiplex 745 Workstation – Intel Dual-Core 2.66GHz processors with 5.0 GB RAM
5 – Dell GX620 Workstations – Intel 3.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processors with 3.0GB RAM
10 – Dell GX280 Workstations – 3.0GHz Intel Pentium 4 processors with 3.0GB RAM
Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing System
Olympus NDT EPOCH 1000 Digital Ultrasonic Flaw Detection System
2.25 MHz Angle Beam Transducer with 45, 60, and 70 degree AWS Wedges
2.25 MHz Contact Transducer
5MHz Dual-Element Transducer
Olympus NDT Ultrasonic Flaw Detection System
Circuit Fabrication and In-House Development
LPKF Protomat S62 Printed Circuit Board Milling Machine
Rigol DS1052E 2-Channel 50MHz Digital Oscilloscope
Rigol DSA1030A 3GHz Performance Spectrum Analyzer with Tracking Generator
Rigol DS1308A Programmable Triple Output 80W DC Power Supply
(2) Weller WES51 50W Soldering Station
Aoyue Hot Air Rework Station
IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 Microcontrollers
TI SmartRF Development and Evaluation Kits for CC2530, CC2531, CC1110, and CC1111 SoC RF Transceivers
LPKF Protomat S62 Printed Circuit Board Milling Machine
