CHALLENGE
CHALLENGEReplace an existing, custom, end-of-line test solution with an off-the-shelf solution for testing indoor air quality monitoring and control components.
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CHALLENGE
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CHALLENGECreate a highly configurable, large channel count acquisition platform for monitoring and recording custom test data during centrifugal compressor mechanical testing.
Topics: Automated Test, LabVIEW Insights
Challenge
Create a universal test system to test various aircraft linear actuators to ensure proper stroke, load, current draw, and other operational parameters are within specification.
Solution
A custom 500lb load test system built from off-the-shelf components and based on the National Instruments NI cRIO-9063 platform with LabVIEW applications for control, safety monitoring, data collection, and reporting.
Summary
Linear actuators are used throughout aircrafts to perform actions that are both flight (e.g., landing gear deployment) and non-flight (e.g., cargo bay door release) critical. Actuators are typically electrically driven and apply a range of forces to move a piece of the aircraft into a desired position. Components must be tested through their range of expected operation and at safety limits that exceed the norm.
Topics: Automated Test
CHALLENGE
CHALLENGEAutomate a precise chemical process to ensure critical timing of valve operations and measurements. Provide a robust solution that can run over extended periods of time without failure.
Topics: Automated Test
Challenge
Create an accelerated life test solution to automate configuration, control, and failure detection of high voltage dielectric materials.
Solution
The National Instruments Compact RIO (cRIO) platform with integrated real time embedded controller and FPGA Scan Engine capabilities programmed with LabVIEW and the LabVIEW Real-Time module.
Summary
All electrical insulation materials fail at some level of applied voltage. “Dielectric strength” is the maximum measured value of the electric field a material can withstand before breakdown occurs.
Topics: Automated Test
Challenge
Add new measurement capability to an existing legacy software application with concern for code reuse, robust design, and long-term maintenance.
Solution
A legacy version of LabVIEW 5.1 Professional Development System, Traditional NI-DAQ driver, and legacy E-Series multifunction DAQ measurement hardware.
Summary
During the life cycle of a product, manufacturers often find that the test and measurement requirements change. A product may be used in new or more precise applications. Corner use cases not previously tested may now cause failures and changing requirements pose a particularly difficult issue for mature products.
Topics: Automated Test
