Bench-Top System to Simulate Space Flight Detectors

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Engineering, 2006-07

Liaison(s): Scott Weidner
Advisor(s): David Money Harris
Students(s): Noel Godinez (F), Kyle Jacobs (TL), Zack Rubin (S), Nate Schlossberg, Michael Yang

The purpose of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) clinic project is to create a benchtop apparatus for use in testing spacecraft electronics. The device uses micro channel plates (MCPs) to generate pairs of electrical pulses with settable relative amplitudes and settable relative arrival times. These pulses are intended as realistic inputs into SwRI’s electrical system. The device must also be compact enough to fit on half of a conventional lab bench.