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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Test platform"”.
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FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE MICROFLUIDIC TEST PLATFORM FOR POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS
… was also leveraged to add the built-in self-test (BIST), which was proven to be very useful in diagnosing the chip, of the FPLOC. The FPLOC successfully demonstrated seamless hierarchical field-programmability. Compared to conventional bottom-up and full-custom design approaches, the FPLOC …
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A CubeSAT Orbital Test Platform for an Electrothermal Plasma Micro-Thruster
… A rapid, low cost, development and demonstration platform for advanced micro-propulsion systems is needed to increase TRL of promising technologies and provide them with space flight heritage, thus making them low risk options for future mission planners.</p> <p>CubeSats themselves represent an …
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Design of a universal test platform for radiation testing of digital components
… research, programmable, microcontroller-based test hardware was designed, constructed, debugged, and programmed. The wire-wrapped board will be used to test two custom static random access memory (SRAM) chips, as well as other custom chips designed at the Naval Postgraduate School. Components …
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Design and Characterization of a Wave Energy Converter Array Experimental Test Platform
… thesis details the design and validation of a test rig for experimentally testing wave energy converter array performance in the MIT Building 48 tow tank. The test rig features a novel magnetic damper that was designed and characterized to uniquely suit the conditions of the tow tank. The final …
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Design and validation of a compact radius centrifuge artificial gravity test platform
… position as is typically done in SRC's A CRC test platform is designed and fabricated on the MIT human centrifuge, which is constrained to a radius of 1.4 meters, the upper radial limit for a centrifuge to fit within an ISS module. The CRC includes a cycle ergometer for exercise during …
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Test platform design and control of a bicycle-type two-wheeled autonomous vehicle
… the proper control strategies on the hardware platform. The controller design of the platform complies with practicality based on the hardware con guration. Two control schemes are implemented on the test platform; both are developed with PID algorithms. The rst scheme is a single PID control …
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Performance of MIMO Space-Time Coding Algorithms on a Parallel DSP Test Platform
… of software libraries that can be used for testing or for complete MIMO algorithm implementation in the future. This thesis shows that a simple bus-based topology gives the best results when combined with the 4 x 4 differential space-time algorithm. This thesis also shows that if the number …
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Development of an integrated tracking control algorithm and a test platform for autonomous excavation
… actual trajectory. The simulation results were tested experimentally using the test platform that was developed by modifying an existing mini-hydraulic excavator. Experimental data was gathered to conduct an analysis of the bucket tip’s tracking error and, the error between the desired ground …
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Development of the small punch test platform to evaluate the embrittlement of power plant materials
… as determined through fracture toughness testing, which requires a significant quantity of material, and is therefore cumbersome and expensive. Consequently, several other material property testing techniques are used to aid in structural integrity assessments, such as impact energy, …
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A test platform for measuring the energy efficiency of AC induction motors under various loading conditions and control schemes/
A test platform was developed to measure and compare the energy efficiency of an AC induction motor under steady-state and cyclical loading conditions while operating in both a constant speed mode and while performing speed to speed transitions. The details of the construction are provided. The …
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Preliminary design of a 1 kN liquid propellant rocket engine testing platform
… a preliminary design of a liquid rocket engine test platform to support research into liquid propulsion systems and rocket engine components, including injectors, ignition systems, combustion chambers and engine cooling systems. The liquid propellants, specifically liquid oxygen and ethanol, are …
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Modeling for ship power system emulation
… allow for faster fault isolation capability. A test platform with three 5000 watt synchronous generators is being constructed to emulate a U.S. Navy DDG 51 FLT IIA class ship electric plant. This is being accomplished in order to evaluate the feasibility of improving the fault isolation …
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Reduction of Near-Field Grating Lobes in Sparse Acoustic Phased Arrays
… the efficacy of these configurations, a hardware test platform was constructed. The platform permits largely automated evaluation of the near-field character of arbitrary array configurations. Using the test platform, several of the arrangements were constructed and evaluated. The results of these …
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Modeling and control of a robot manipulator
… for a robot manipulator mounted on a mobile platform. This platform is for use in the mining safety inspections of the mine roof, i.e., the hanging wall. Currently this process is done by mine workers and it places them at risk of falling of unstable rocks from the roof. A geometric based …
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Forces and moments due to unsteady motion of an underwater vehicle
… by an underwater vehicle in shallow water. The test platform is the REMUS Autonomous Underwater Vehicle developed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, although the results are made non-dimensional to be applicable to a wide range of similar shaped vehicles. The experimental model was …
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An FPGA-based Target Acquisition System
… are compared side-by-side in an FPGA-based test platform. Results show that although the strictly hardware implementation leads in terms of lower power consumption and very low area consumption, modification of and programming for the multi-core software implementation is simpler to perform.
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Ocean Wave Simulation and Prediction
… this kind of dynamic environments and provide a test platform for the development of marine mesh network. Ocean wave prediction technology can improve the throughput of marine wireless network. Thus, they are indispensable technologies in developing marine mesh network. In this thesis, we …
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Peptide targeted imaging of neutrophil invasion in cardiac tissue
… this project is to engineer a benchtop model to test the efficacy of neutrophil blocking peptides, and provide a foundation for in vivo studies of peptide blocking. Current medical practices address the initial occlusion of heart flow by a surgical technique that re-opens the affected artery. If …
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Design and control of a voice coil actuated robot arm for human-robot interaction
… Several VCAs were designed, constructed, and tested, and a 4 Degree of Freedom (DOF) robotic arm was built as a test platform for the actuators themselves, and the control systems used to drive them. Several control systems were developed and implemented that, when used with the actuators, …
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Demonstration system for a low-power seismic detector and classifier
… power circuitry and efficient algorithms. The test platform to demonstrate the concepts of the design utilizes a revolutionary low-power microcontroller and Digital Signal Processor (DSP) from Texas Instruments, Inc. The DSP is a fixed-point processor that is underclocked to minimize power …
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