Project Description

NI Products Used

Shear Layer Wind Tunnel Characterization

·         Positioned air velocity transducer in three dimensions in wind tunnel

·         Acquired air velocity data & saved to file

LabVIEW

NI-DAQ

NI-Motion

Mini RC Controlled Hummer Visualization

·         Acquired gyro & accelerometer data

·         Sent data to host machine via TCP communication

·         Data correlated to real-time CAD model visualization

LabVIEW FPGA

LabVIEW Real-Time

Compact-RIO

Data Acquisition Test Console

·         Acquired pressure transducers data

·         User event driven test interface

·         Generated ASCII test report

LabVIEW

NI-DAQ

Automated Log Sorting & Tracking System

·         Acquired length & diameter of logs via third party LED array

·         Determined log position on conveyor via encoder

·         Acquired data and actuated pneumatic based sorting arms with Field Point hardware

·         Created human readable inventory reports

LabVIEW

FieldPoint

Automated Build Software (automated the following sequence of events)

·         Interfaced with Perforce source code control

·         Scheduled builds for recurring dates and times

·         Synchronized build computer software with source code control server

·         Recompiled new source code

·         Incremented version number of each build spec in project

·         Built applications in project

·         Checked in recompiled code & applications into source code control

·         Posted the new executables and all associated files on a network drive

LabVIEW

Lab Based Test Tool for Military Vehicle

·         Windows based test console with Real-time based vehicle hardware interface

·         Data acquisition & vehicle hardware stimulation via PXI based DAQ

·         High fidelity vehicle subsystem simulations

·         Data bus communication & simulation on RS-485, RS-232, CAN, Utility Bus & Ethernet based busses

·         Automated test script creation tool

·         Automated Test Executive

·         Automated report generation in XML, database, & Microsoft Word formats

LabVIEW

NI-CAN

NI-DAQ

PXI

LabVIEW Real-Time

Report Generation Toolkit

Vehicle Based Monitoring & Test Tool for Military Vehicle

·         Real time bus monitoring on RS-485, RS-232, CAN, Utility Bus & Ethernet based busses

·         Automated test script creation tool

·         Automated Test Executive

·         Automated report generation in XML, database, & Microsoft Word formats

·         High speed data logger and associated data file viewer

LabVIEW

Report Generation Toolkit

NI-CAN

Source Code Control Backup & Maintenance Tool

·         Performed scheduled source control data backups & database maintenance

·         Generated backup & maintenance reports

LabVIEW

Image Analysis Tool

·         Rearchitect of existing source code to improve memory management, processor usage, modularity, &        scalability

·         Added binary data logging & data review functionality

LabVIEW

NI-Vision

Database Connectivity Toolkit

Report Generation Toolkit

Automated Test & Monitoring Tool for Flight Data System

·         Automated test script creation tool

·         Automated Test Executive

·         Automated report generation in Microsoft Word format

·         Bus monitor with advanced filtering capabilities

LabVIEW

Report Generation Toolkit