Electronics and Computer Module

摘要/摘要--电子和计算机模块 电子和计算机模块由一名全职电气工程师组成，长期以来一直是不可或缺的组成部分 密歇根大学各种由NEI R01资助的研究项目。电子仪器和 计算机辅助数据采集和分析对于视觉研究的许多领域都是必不可少的，包括 视觉神经科学对视网膜发育和再生的影响。尽管许多电子仪器 在视觉科学中使用是商业上可用的，对以下方面的需求仍然很高： 商用设备；定制设备，如光源、滤光片、快门、控制器、电源 用品和加热器；以及确保电子设备平稳、协调运行的技术支持 仪器、计算机和软件。电子和计算机模块的第二种方式 对调查人员的好处是通过提供数据获取和分析(包括编程)方面的协助，如 以及为研究计算机和数据备份系统提供硬件和软件支持。最后，本模块 为电子仪器提供快速维修服务，包括冷冻箱等实验室设备， 离心机和孵化器，这使得研究人员可以避免在他们的实验时间表上代价高昂的延误。这个 模块，安置在W.K.凯洛格眼科中心布雷姆塔的一个专用房间里，有一个完整的 配套电子测试设备、测光表、支持研究的计算机硬件和软件， 包括Tektronix示波器、通用脉冲/函数发生器、电源和 面包板、可编程存储器和逻辑器件的编程器、万用表和逻辑探头， Windows和Macintosh计算机，分光光度计，以及用于程序开发的A/D和D/A板， 测量和测试目的。编程软件包括C语言、LabVIEW和MatLab。这个 电子和计算机模块被8名参与调查人员和他们的人员大量或中等使用 在过去的资助期内，实验室成员和14名参与调查人员预计将使用该模块 在下一个资助期获得中等或广泛的学位。本模块还为计算机提供支持 在其他核心模块中，将继续这样做，并将在下一个供资期间继续这样做。

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER MODULE The Electronics and Computer Module, staffed by a full-time electrical engineer, has long been an integral part of a variety of NEI R01-funded research projects at the University of Michigan. Electronic instrumentation and computer-assisted data acquisition and analysis are essential to many areas of vision research, ranging from visual neuroscience to retinal development and regeneration. Although much of the electronic instrumentation used in vision science is commercially available, there remains a high demand for: modification of commercially available equipment; custom equipment such as light sources, filters, shutters, controllers, power supplies and heaters; and technical support to ensure the smooth, coordinated operation of electronic instrumentation, computers, and software. A second way in which the Electronics and Computer Module benefits investigators is by providing assistance with data acquisition and analysis (including programming), as well as hardware and software support for research computers and data backup systems. Finally, this Module provides a rapid repair service for electronic instrumentation including such laboratory equipment as freezers, centrifuges and incubators, which allows investigators to avoid costly delays in their experimental timeline. The Module, housed in a dedicated room in the Brehm Tower at the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, has a full complement of electronic test equipment, light meters, computer hardware and software to support research, including Tektronix oscilloscopes, general purpose pulse/function generators, power supplies and breadboards, programmers for programmable memory and logic devices, multimeters and logic probes, Windows and Macintosh computers, a spectrophotometer, and A/D & D/A boards for program development, measurement, and testing purposes. Programming software includes C, LabVIEW, and MATLAB. The Electronics and Computer Module was heavily or moderately utilized by 8 participating investigators and their lab members during the past funding period, and 14 participating investigators anticipate using the Module to a moderate or extensive degree in the next funding period. This Module has also provided support for computers in the other Core Modules and will continue to do so in the next funding period.