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Automation of heating center with NI compactRIO

Monitoring and information-analytical module for analyzing the efficiency heating center. Devices used: cRIO-9072  NI 9211 Thermocouple module  NI 9870 RS-232 module for connection with INFOCAL5 by RS-232 outputs. HMI created by my student Sergey Tsykhmistro.

Automated system for operational analysis the energy efficiency of public buildings heating in Donetsk city

Automated system for operational analysis the energy efficiency of public buildings heating in Donetsk city was carried out under an agreement with the Donetsk City Council for the scientific work No. 08-198 " Automation of energy consumption metering of public sector objects ", and scientific work No. 09-275 "Development of an automated energy consumption metering system" . An automated system consists of hardware and software. The composition of the measuring post includes: analogue air temperature sensors; heat meters; controller with integrated analog-to-digital converter; industrial minicomputer; ADSL modem. The system was installed in school number 66 of the Kuibyshev district of the city of Donetsk.  Temperature sensors LM335 (in box with a wireless controller). Software of an industrial minicomputer in the mode of receiving data from room temperature sensors Microcontroller, industrial minicomputer and switch Heat meter Wat...

Robot dog

Student Sergey Tsykhmistro developed a robot based on the designer LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0. To create a robot he used materials from the official site.

Golf Robot

My wife Victoria with my support created a robot based on the LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0. The robot was presented at the exhibition-exhibition "Physical Modeling and Robotics". An alternative goal is to show students the ease of creating robots based on the LEGO Mindstorms constructor. Tasks of the robot: 1. Drive to the ball (the ultrasonic sensor determines the distance). 2. Analyze the color of the ball with a color sensor and hit the ball in case the color of the ball is in the specified range. 3. Drive off and turn 90 degrees.

Multisensor intelligent gas analyzers

The main direction of Computer Monitoring Systems Department (name before 2015) is automated systems for  atmospheric monitoring . The department has worked in this direction for more than 10 years and fulfilled a large number of orders both in the region and in the country. More than 10 employees of the department were involved in these works. Students and graduate students were also involved in this works. About my contribution to the work can be read here , or  here ,or  here ,or  here , although, of course, this is only a small part of the results of the work. Automation of the experiment, design of devices, testing of the finished product - all this would not have been possible without the LabVIEW programming environment. Some history you can read here . It was a great time. Thank you all.

Helicopter

Dean of KITA faculty Alexander Horhordin proposed this task. The current device was provided by the Department of Mechatronics. The micro controller program was developed by a man whom I respect very much - Dmitry Lebedenko. I developed a LabVIEW PID controller program. The result of the work was presented at the NI competition exhibition, a diploma was obtained. I note that it was a very interesting task, debugging and demonstration caused a sensation in the audience. I was pleased to work. And I am glad that I met Dmitry. The stand of automatic control an aerodynamic object is developed for practical application in education on disciplines: "Theory of automatic control in aerodynamic", "Mechatronic and Robotics", "Theory of mechanic". The presented object of the system of aerodynamic management is universal in area of teaching and carries in itself acquainting character with the practical systems. Universality of this setting is in that a s...

I am the only one Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer in Ukraine

After a successful trip to Taganrog (Russia), it was decided to try luck in obtaining a Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) certificate. The problem was one and the most important - the lack of representative NI office in Ukraine. And nobody tried. In fact, in Ukraine I was the first. The training center in Taganrog applied for Moscow to ask allowing to test me in Taganrog. Consent was been given. Since I studied on my own, I was nervous, knowing that such exams repeat the training courses. However, an example of an exam taken from the Internet showed that "everything is possible." At the appointed time, I crossed the border, and in due time I wrote the exam. I did not ask for help from the examiners, since in principle, the tasks were clear. Exam, of course, in English. After a while I received a confirmation and a certificate. Certificate for a period of 2 years. Why such a short time? NI correctly believes that in 2 years I must to grow to a higher l...

Low-cost input-output devices

The Computer Monitoring Systems Department (Donetsk National Technical University) developed stationary system for environmental and atmospheric monitoring. And Department developed the connection of laboratory instruments to a PC. Most of inexpensive gas analyzers, chromatographs, atmospheric sensors and other measuring equipment are equipped with analog outputs. However, ADCs with computer interfaces are expensive. Therefore, the Department has developed low-cost input-output devices that may be of interest to any organizations operating with monitoring and control. RS-232 oscilloscope 1 channel, the frequency of digitization - 14.4 kHz.  Digitalcity  - 8 bits. Measurement range: 0 .. + 5V. The driver is a self-propagating distributive with the NI LabVIEW virtual machine. The software contains the following functions: 1) RS-232 port setup; 2) waveform display; 5) scrolling and increasing graphics; 3) software synchronization; 4) manual software ca...

The thermostat in the boiler room

The complex performs automatic control of the boiler houses network  with the ability to monitor and adjust the algorithm through the global network. Consists from hardware and software parts. Includes a thermostat in the boiler room and a manager. Thermostat in the boiler room Hardware: The controller is a PC / 104 processor board (2xRS232, LPT, IDE, Ethernet, VGA, keyboard, mouse). ROM - IDE M-Systems 256 Mb flash disk. Sensors - case external temperature sensor (-40:+30°С); contact feed sensor (-5:+100°С), contact sensor of return water (-5:+100°С); Cabinet temperature sensor in the room (-5:+10°C). All sensors are built on thermistors. Analog input - self-made device (4 analog inputs 8kHz -> RS232, galvanic isolation). Discrete output - self-made device (Parallel port -> 8 relays); Power supply, housing, a set of connecting wires. Optionally - a CDMA modem with a directional antenna, a radio modem, a GSM modem, a wired telephone modem. Software : Window...

Exhibition EIA 2008 in Kiev. Our performance

AviaOK International, a system integrator of National Instruments (NI), a leading manufacturer of measurement and testing equipment and world software, invited Anton Kharitonov (Assistant of the Computer Monitoring Systems Department) and Rostislav Varzar (student) to take part in the exhibition "EIA: Electronics and Industrial Automation 2008".  Anton Kharitonov and Rostislav Varzar presented the laboratory based NI ELVIS with mock-ups of laboratory measuring instruments: oscilloscopes and complex for measuring the concentration of salts dissolved in water, developed during the preparation for the course “Methods, systems and tools for computer environmental monitoring”. The exhibition was held in Kiev, from 15 to 18 April 2008 at the exhibition center "KyivExpoPlaza". Booklets 1 , 2 , 3 (in Russian) were presented.  Great thanks to Viacheslav Dolgikh and Rostislav Varzar.