Sensors & Electronics
Electronics & Systems
Equipment Health Monitor Development (466)
Problem: Need quantitative environmental exposure record for stored equipment to determine if it is reliable for safe use.
Project Activity Scope (from Technical Overview Chart): Circuits and Devices through Integrated Systems.
PNNL Solution:
- Determined product environmental and handling risk factors
- Established design performance goals
- Leveraged PNNL health monitor system experience
- Designed and fabricated module prototype
- Established acceleration sensor threshold values
- Performed environmental, lifetime and performance testing
- Finalized sensor module design to pass full design review
- Delivered design package and assisted with technology transfer
Capabilities Employed to Meet Client Needs: Requirements analysis, conceptual design development, sensor evaluation and selection, analog and digital electronics design, fabrication, and checkout, mechanical housing and mounting design, fabrication, and checkout, stress testing (environmental tests [T and RH] and drop tests), embedded software development and validation, develop complete engineering design documentation, pass formal DOD design review, support technology transfer to commercial vendor for production units.
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Contact: Kurt Silvers
