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Teaching Laboratories

Analog and Digital Control Systems Laboratories

Faculty in Charge: Dr. R. Trahan and Mr. L. Holzenthal

Both the Analog and Digital Control Systems Labs are currently being upgraded. Five new computer systems have been ordered to perfom data acquisition and controls processing.

Communications Laboratory

Faculty in Charge: Dr. T. Riemer

We are in the process of upgrading this lab.

Computer Engineering Laboratory

Faculty in Charge: Dr. Abdul Alsamman

The Computer Engineering Lab is furnished with 40 computers and 40 Altera FPGA boards. The facility serves as a lab for VLSI, Digital System Design, Microprocessor Design and Interfacing and Computer System Design and Architecture.

Digital Logic Laboratory

Faculty in Charge: Drs. E. Bourgeois and D. Charalampidis

Eight computer systems, 20 DSP boards, and 8 special DSP boards are used for DSP.

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Laboratory

Faculty in Charge: Dr. Dimitrios Charalampidis

The DSP Lab is furnished with 8 computers and over 20 Texas Instruments DSP boards. The lab is for digital signals processing course.

Electrical and Electronics Circuits Laboratory

Faculty in Charge: Drs. T. Riemer and E. Bourgeois

The circuits lab contains 12 complete stations which include analog Simpson multimeters, power supplies, function generators, digital meters, digital storage oscilloscopes, and Textronix analog scopes. A main computer system is connected to all equipment in each of the 12 stations.

The lab is currently being upgraded to include National Instruments ELVIS systems.

Energy Conversion Laboratory

Faculty in Charge: Mr. H. Alciatore

The Energy Conversion Laboratory resides in room 611 of the UNO engineering building. This lab is used primarily by the electrical engineering curriculum course ENEE3511 "Energy Conversion Lab", which is taken after a student has successfully completed the course ENEE3521 "Electric Machinery". This lab is also used for demonstrations and special lab exercises for the course ENEE3501 "Basic Electric Machinery" for non-electrical engineering students.

The ENEE3511 "Energy Conversion Lab" course is very unique. It is the only course in the electrical engineering curriculum where students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with power equipment including rotating electrical machinery (DC and three phase AC generators and motors) and power transformers (single phase and three phase). In this course, the students learn to use detailed wiring diagrams to connect electric machines with power sources, loads, and meters to perform many different types of tests and experiments that demonstrate the operational and loading characteristics of electric machine systems. There is also a strong mathematical modeling and calculation aspect to this course as well. Students learn to conduct standard machine tests from which mathematical models for the machines can be determined empirically. Loading tests are then done on the machines, and the measured quantities from the loading tests are compared to quantities calculated mathematically by the students using machine models and circuit analysis techniques.

The equipment used in the Energy Conversion Laboratory is manufactured by Hampden Engineering. There are three Hampden Model HMD-100CM student power consoles. Each power console is equipped with a 120/208V Three Phase Power Source, a 0-140/242V Variable Three Phase Power Source, a 0-125V 5A DC Power Source, and a 0-150V 1A DC Power Source.

The following additional equipment is located at each console.

Equipment Located at Each Hampden HMD-100CM Power Console

Qty	Description
2	Hampden DM-100A General Purpose DC Machines
1	Hampden SM-100-3 Three Phase Synchronous Machine
1	Hampden IM-100 Three Phase Induction Motor
1	Hampden T-100A Multi-Winding Multi-Tap Single Phase Transformer
1	Hampden T-100-3A Multi-Winding Multi-Tap Three Phase Transformer
1	Hampden RL-100A Variable Resistance Load Box
1	Hampden VRL-100B Variable Resistance Load Box
2	Hampden RLC-100 Single/Three Phase Variable Impedance Load Box
1	Hampden SYN-100 Phasing Lamp Synchronizer Box
2	Hampden Multi-Range Analog Wattmeters
2	Yokagawa Model 2491 Digital Wattmeters
4	Fluke Model 45 Digital Multimeters
3	Fluke Model 8010A Digital Multimeters
1	Shimpo Model DT-207L Optical Digital Tachometer
1	Schweitzer Model SEL-501 Dual Universal Overcurrent Relay

The three Schweitzer SEL-501 Dual Universal Overcurrent Relays in the lab were very graciously donated by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and are primarily used to detect and digitally record motor start-up current transient phenomena for analysis on a computer using software provided by Schweitzer.

Below is a list of the standard experiments done in the electrical engineering course ENEE3511 "Energy Conversion Lab" utilizing the above mentioned equipment. These experiments were all developed by the faculty member in charge of the lab, Mr. Henri Alciatore.

Equipment Familiarization Exercise
Analog and Digital Wattmeter Performance and Accuracy
Single Phase Transformer Operation and Modeling
Three Phase Transformer Operation and Modeling
Rotating Machine System Operation and Calculations
Shunt Excited DC Machine Operation and Modeling
Series and Compound Excited DC Machine Operation and Modeling
Three Phase Induction Motor Model Determination
Synchronous Motor Operation and Modeling
Synchronous Generator Operation and Modeling

Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Laboratory

Faculty in Charge: Drs. Jing Ma and Xinming Huang

The VLSI Lab is an extension of the Computer Engineering Lab and is furnished with 20 computers and Cadence VLSI software. The lab is used for VLSI design and Digital IC design courses.

Microprocessor Laboratory

Faculty in Charge: Dr. A. Alsamman

Students have access to 40 computers that run assemblers and microprocessor simulators. Students also have access to 40 Motorola HC11 microcontrollers for use in embedded and real-time applications. The labs also provide students with 40 Altera FPGA boards for advanced microcontroller applications.