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Plankton Sampler
(Click link for project details)
Robotic Manufacturing
Software for coordinated control of multiple robotic work cells, including
part queuing, exception processing, and fail-restart processing.
Parallel Processing Development Tools
Co-developed a cross-compiler for development of parallel-processing
applications using the Inmos Transputer.
TCP/IP services for a popular PC-based real-time operating system, QNX.
Electron-Beam Furnace Operation
Software for control of vacuum furnaces for processing of exotic metals, and
for vacuum-deposition of metal films. This work controls furnace power
level, calibrates and controls electron-beam motion, and responds to safety
interlocks.
IrDA Communication Processing
Infrared data communications are among the features which are being
implemented in personal computers, palmtops, and PDAs. Alpha Omega has
provided PC system interface software for IrDA communications at several
megabaud sustained transfer rates to make the marriage between new IrDA
interface hardware products and the systems in which they are installed.
Environmental Measurements
We have worked with numerous scientific research projects in development of
X-ray densitometers, flourometers, meteorological measurements, ocean
current and tide measurement, river flow measurement, energy use monitors,
animal and platform tracking, and radio, satellite, and telephone-based data
collection. Alpha Omega has provided short-run manufacture of some of the
resulting instruments, and we have also assisted our customers in setting up
contract or in-house production and test arrangements for items of their
manufacture.
Puffin Egg Incubation
This project had the goal of measuring the environment of the eggs of tufted
puffins. We packaged a miniaturized monitoring system in a molded epoxy
replica of the egg. The system recorded temperature and motion, to learn how
often and in what direction the adult puffins rotate the egg. This data was
used to accomplish the first artificial incubation of puffin eggs.
Health Care Data Acquisition
This system is used to acquire current measurements of the status of
patients who receive care for chronic disease. These measurements can be
provided either by the patient or by a care provider, and historic and
current data access, information security, care planning, worker and patient
scheduling, communication, and interoperation with other software packages
are featured in addition to basic data collection. The result is improvement
to both cost efficiency and quality of care.
Realtime Machine Tool Control
Our hardware and software are used to control a large machining process, in
which machine components weighing thousands of pounds move under closed-loop
computer control at speeds up to 15 inches/second, with positioning
uncertainties better than 0.001 inch. Alpha Omega has provided
custom-manufacture of this control package since its development in 1985.
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