Electronics and Digital Systems Laboratory
This laboratory is more than 1130 square feet and has 16 individual stations set up to support design, bread boarding and testing of logic circuits. Each station provides a power supply and oscilloscope. There is ample space for students to work in pairs at each of the stations. The laboratory also has several stand-alone computers with software for simulating logic circuits.
The Electronics and Digital Systems Lab is also used as the PLC (programmable logic controllers) lab. Five stand-alone computers are connected to PLCs (SLC500 and Micrologix family), and have:
- Ladder-logic Programming Software (RSLogix500)
- Emulation Software
- Data Acquisition Software
- HMI (Human-machine interface)
Some of the PLCs are connected to hardware (motors, pneumatic valves and cylinders, etc.) so students can realize their control strategies. The computers in this room have software for PCB (Printed Circuit Board) layout. The attached printers produce a negative that is used in the Etching room for exposing the photosensitive PCB.