Transportation Research Tools & Instruments (TRTI)

随着车辆电气/电子系统的普及，人们越来越重视电磁兼容性以及电子和机电组件环保手段的验证。已经确定的是，在系统级具有灾难性结果的严重组件级故障可能是由于环境保护手段和电磁兼容性的缺陷而导致的故障。因此，近年来运输行业使用的产品的测试计划得到了加强，包括广泛的EMC和环境测试计划。范肖学院正在请求阿尔蒂支持四件设备，以加强研究和提高其产品验证能力的土地，空中和地面运输部门。这些项目是：静电放电枪;瞬态脉冲发生器;任意波形发生器;和盐雾室。前三个项目旨在扩大学院的EMC工具库存，如果获得，将补充学院拥有的现有设备，这些设备已用于对汽车和消费品进行排放测试和缓解策略开发。盐雾室将对许多部门有用。与这些测试计划相关的设备和测试时间的资本成本对于许多中小型企业或较大关注的较小部门来说可能是成本高昂的。尽管如此，对于许多需要这种性质的测试设备的企业来说，设备的可及性可能是进入市场的障碍。购买这些设备将有助于Fanshawe College更好地满足中小企业和初创公司的需求。

With the proliferation of electrical/electronic systems in vehicles, there has been an increased emphasis on electromagnetic compatibility as well as validation of the environmental protection means of electronic and electromechanical assemblies. It has been well-established that severe component level failures that have catastrophic results at the system level can result from failures due to shortcomings in the environmental protection means and electromagnetic compatibility. Consequently, test plans for products used in the transportation sector in recent years have been enhanced to include extensive EMC and environmental test schedules. Fanshawe College is requesting ARTI support for four pieces of equipment to enhance research and improve its product validation capabilities for the land, air and ground transportation sectors. These items are: an electrostatic discharge gun; transient pulse generator; arbitrary wave form generation; and a salt spray chamber. The first three items are intended to expand the College's EMC tool inventory and, if acquired, will complement existing equipment possessed by the college that has been used to perform conducted emissions testing and mitigation strategy development on automotive and consumer products. The salt spray chamber will be useful to a number of sectors. The capital costs of equipment and test time associated with these test schedules can be cost-prohibitive to many small to medium sized enterprises, or smaller divisions of larger concerns. Notwithstanding, equipment accessibility can be a barrier to marketplace entry for many enterprises where test equipment of this nature is required. Acquisition of this equipment will help Fanshawe College better meet the needs of SMEs and startup companies.