The following is general information and links to information outlining some actual Custom applications executed by Emerging Technologies, LLC. for our customers. These descriptions are in Brief format and are designed to provide a quick & simple validation of some of our experience. Click on the link above the short description to view the full brief with pictures. Briefs are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. If you need Acrobat Reader see the link at the bottom of this page. (If you are looking for Application Notes with regard to our Products, see our Products and Downloads pages). Electrical Bushing RIV/Hipot Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to provide a replacement RIV/Hipot test system for electrical bushings. The existing Faraday cage, product test tanks, and high voltage switches were to be re-used. Up to 100KV was required for Hipot testing and 30KV for RIV (Radio Influence Voltage) testing. Recloser Control Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build an automated recloser control test system. The new system required functionality to replace an existing system and new functionality to support testing of another product model. Functional Test Fixture Fabrication Emerging Technologies, LLC. has been called upon to provide functional test fixture fabrication for different products based on customer-provided designs and/or specifications. The customer provided the electrical design and test systems programming. Enhanced Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build an automated test system based on a combination of previous designs. Duplicate Assembly Carts Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to provide nine additional Automated Assembly Carts, duplicate to the prototype previously developed by Emerging Technologies. Recloser Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build an automated recloser test system based on an existing system. The new system required new functionality to support testing of a new product model. APU Distribution Panel Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop and build a custom APU Distribution Panel Tester. A basic manual design with DUT matched interface connectors for simple manual interconnection was required. The operator will connect the product to the tester and operate the product functions while watching for correct feedback on the tester. Test System Retrofit Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to retrofit an existing engineering style test system into a production floor style system. Tilting Fixture Functional Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build a functional test system with a tilting fixture. Cost was to be kept down by designing a manually operated system with the capability to be automated in the future. Automated Assembly Cart Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build an automated assembly cart. The cart design was to include the ability to rotate clockwise and counter clockwise, as well as raise and lower to accommodate different product models and operator height and working preferences. Custom Burn-In Chassis Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build custom burn-in chassis for circuit board based products. The chassis were to be designed to fit in a 19” rack mounted inside an environmental chamber. Concept to deployment schedule was expected to be short. Embedded Functional Test System Refurbish Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to repair and refurbish a pair of existing embedded testers. The existing testers had fallen into disrepair and the original manufacturer of the systems was no longer doing business. Hall Effect Sensor Calibration System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a calibration system based on an existing customer prototype. The system was to calibrate Hall Effect sensors with ranges from 37A to 420A. Docking Station PCB Functional Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC was called upon to develop a test system for a printed circuit board that would be installed in a docking station assembly. The product required automated testing. Medium Voltage Contactor Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a functional test system for a medium voltage contactor. The system incorporated a customer-supplied fixture and other hardware. The system test requirements included pickup tests and HiPot test. The provided fixture incorporates two DUT test locations to run pick-up and HiPot tests simultaneously (pick-up test in one location and HiPot test in the other). OEM Relay Interface Board Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a circuit board that would interface TTL level control outputs with 24VDC field hardware. Additionally, field inputs and discrete communication points were to be routed through the interface. Modular Production Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to build a duplicate system to one previously provided by Emerging Technologies. Additionally, the system required the integration of a three-phase AC power source for testing three-phase product. The new three-phase panel is mobile for use with the automated test system (via GPIB interface) or elsewhere under manual control. High Current Test Lab DAQ and Control System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to generate a functional specification for and develop a high speed data acquisition and control system for a high current test lab. The specifications required the system utilize off-the-shelf technology where possible. The system was required to measure and control events drawing up to 80k amps at up to 800VAC. High Voltage Isolation interface Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a high voltage isolation interface. The new interface isolates up to 10,000 VAC HiPot tester voltage from remote sense measurement hardware, used during functional test, while the DUT undergoes HiPot testing. Automatic Transfer Switch Functional Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop and build a pair of functional test systems for a new addition to an existing line of automatic transfer switches including single phase and three phase units. Additionally, the customer required the new systems be backwards compatible with existing products. Pressure At Power Verification System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a test system for electrically operated air pressure based products. The new system was to be based on an existing system re-using some of the existing components. New components were used where higher accuracies were required. Additionally, the new system was expected use a smaller enclosure requiring less space in the lab. Manual Test Console Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to build a manual version of an automated test system control console previously provided by Emerging Technologies. The new system was to be built at a reduced cost by reducing size and automation components. The majority of the functionality would remain through manual operations and the connection of a notebook computer provided by the customer. The power system and DUT fixture were provided by the customer. Environmental Chamber Pressure Control Panel Emerging Technologies, LLC was called upon to modify an existing pressure / flow measurement panel to include automated backpressure control. Additionally, the panel was to be configured for use inside an existing environmental test chamber. Measurements of airflow and pressure, as well as vacuum flow and pressure, were required. Remote pressure control was required to manipulate the pressure without compromising the environmental chamber. Automated Engineering Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC was called upon to add functionality to a test system design for electrically operated air pressure and flow based products. In addition to the functionality of the existing Engineering Test System, new features included computer-controlled pressure and motor speed and an automated testing sequence that would remove user interaction required for numerous tests. The control for the added functionality was added to the current user interface. Field Module Functional Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a test system for a motor field control module. The customer requested a stand-alone, non-PC based system. The test requires up to 600Vdc at up to 42 amps into a resistive/reactive load. Special custom signal generation, including configurable PWM, was required. Additionally, a manual test mode was required. Cover Control Functional Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a test system for a line of cover control sub-assemblies. Sensing color, intensity, and blink of LEDs was required. Embedded Multi-Speed Fan Functional Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop an embedded functional test system for a multi-speed cooling fan sub-assembly. Production - End Of Line Functional Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to manufacture an end of line functional test system for an air flow and pressure based product. Portable Field Module Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC was called upon to design and build two identical custom field module test systems based upon the customer’s existing in house test system. Electo-Mechanical Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build an Electro-mechanical Sub-assembly Test System capable of testing eight separate units simultaneously and independently. Portable Calibration, Programming, and Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build a custom Calibration, Programming, and Test System for a PIC16F72 based product. Engineering Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a test system for electrically operated air pressure and flow based products. Accurate measurement of flow, pressure, vacuum, temperature, and barometric pressure of air with correction to standard flow was required. Additionally the system required control of AC voltage and frequency, DC voltage, as well as, metering of voltage, current, frequency (AC only) and power. 320 Channel Data Acquisition System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a 320-channel data acquisition system for an accelerated life cycle test system. The specification called for an accurate, noise immune, easy to configure system. Additionally, the system needed to support the future addition of more channels. Stand Alone Embedded Test System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a stand alone, portable test system for a pcb-based sub-assembly. Test System Control Console Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to design and build a custom control console to control a medium voltage test system. The power system and DUT Fixturing was provided by the customer Custom Configuration Reader Interface Emerging Technologies, LLC was called upon to develop an interface to provide communication between a customer-supplied device and a host computer Calibration Programming and Test System Emerging Technologies was called upon to develop a system to automatically gather a subset of data, mathematically determine the remaining set of data, generate microcontroller source code based on the data, assemble the code, program the microcontroller, and test the programmed device. Custom Discrete Device Testers Emerging Technologies was called upon to develop a full features tester that could be used to supply up to 6.5 amps of DC power and provide manual switch interface for post production verification, testing, and troubleshooting of a customer device. Custom Control Module Tester Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a portable tester for a circuit board based control module. Custom Power Module Tester Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to develop a portable tester for a circuit board based power module. In Circuit Serial Programming System Emerging Technologies was called upon to develop an In Circuit Serial Programming (ICSP) system for a new line of products for an existing customer. Life Cycle Test System Emerging Technologies was called upon to develop software for a customer designed Life Cycle Test System. Servo Interface Emerging Technologies was called upon to develop a Sevo Interface for a new customer in the area. Servo Interface Enhancement Emerging Technologies was called upon to add additional functionality to a previously developed Interface for an existing customer. Portable Data Acquisition System Emerging Technologies was called upon to configure a customer purchased data acquisition system and train the users how to configure and operate the system. Custom Programming/Test System Interface Emerging Technologies was called upon to develop an interface that could facilitate our four related interfaces to the single customer device. Pre Calibration Adjustment System Emerging Technologies, LLC. was called upon to support development of a system to manually adjust, potentiometer biased, application signals prior to running calibration on a customer device. Custom Sub-Assembly Tester Emerging Technologies was called upon to develop an electronic sub-assembly tester. Spare Interface Modules Emerging Technologies was called upon to functionally replicate a group of custom interface circuit boards, used on an existing piece of production equipment. (You'll need the Adobe Acrobat reader to view this document. 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