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The Clemson Vehicular Electronics Laboratory (CVEL) conducts targeted research related to automotive and aerospace vehicle electronics including electronic components, circuits, sensors, communications, power distribution and mechatronics with an emphasis on systems integration, electromagnetic compatibility and modeling. The lab is located in the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center on the campus of the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). It is equipped to make a wide range of electromagnetic emission and susceptibility measurements. It is also equipped to do real-time RF data collection and processing, as well as diagnostic testing and analysis. CVEL researchers specialize in the electromagnetic modeling and measurement of highly complex electronic components and systems.
Site OrganizationThis site has four main sections. The automotive electronics section includes tutorials and information relevant to electronic systems in cars, trucks, tanks, submarines, ships and various other land and water vehicles powered by gasoline, fuel cells, batteries or hybrid systems. The aerospace electronics section is devoted to electronics in air and space vehicles. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) plays an extremely important role is the development and maintenance of the electronic systems in all vehicular designs and therefore an entire section of the web site is devoted to EMC and the control of conducted and radiated electromagnetic interference (EMI), including intentional electromagnetic interference (IEMI). This section includes several tutorials and a collection of "EMC Design Guidelines". Finally there is a section devoted to electromagnetic modeling. Computational electromagnetic modeling tools are becoming an increasingly important part of the automotive and aerospace electronics design process. This section describes the tools that are available and provides tutorial information for people who are just getting started in EM modeling. Information on our laboratory can be accessed using the links in the sidebar on the left. These links include descriptions of some of our current projects as well as an overview of our staff, facilities and services. News Items of Interest
What's New at CVELA new calculator for plotting the step response of an RLC circuit has been added to the EMC page. The Automotive Electronic Systems page has been significantly updated for 2012. EMC Tutorials that were formerly found on the main EMC page have been updated and are now maintained on the LearnEMC website. Skypine Electronics Ltd. is the newest member of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. The I/O Coupling calculator [part of the Maximum Radiated Emissions Calculator (MR EMC)] for printed circuit board structure analysis is now online. With the help of the AuE 835 Automotive Electronics Integration class at CU-ICAR, the automotive electronics section of this website has been greatly expanded. There are new sections on automotive systems, sensors and actuators plus a few interesting class projects. Prof. Hubing authored a chapter in the book, Automotive Informatics and Communicative Systems. The book can be found on Amazon.com or individual chapters can be obtained from IGI Global. If you'd like to know more about what we've been up to lately, here are slides from recent presentations: Automotive Electronics PresentationsElectronic Systems Research at CU-ICAR Ensuring the Electromagnetic Compatibility of Safety Critical Automotive Systems Simulations for Improved Performance of Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems Active Balancing of Power Inverters Tools and Techniques for Ensuring Automotive EMC Performance
and Reliability Automotive Component Measurements for Determining Vehicle-Level Radiated Emissions PCB Radiation Mechanisms: Using Component-Level Measurements to Determine System-Level Radiated Emissions Circuit Board Layout for Automotive Electronics EMC Expert Systems for Evaluating Automotive Designs Electromagnetic Compatibility Presentations How EMC Engineers use Electromagnetic Modeling Tools Maximum Radiated Emissions Calculators Estimating the Maximum Radiated Electromagnetic
Emissions from Complex Systems Building IC Models Based on
Measurements and Using These Models Productively Using Electric and Magnetic "Moments" to Characterize IC Coupling to Cables and Enclosures Deriving Design Limits using the
Expert System Algorithms Essential New Tools for
EMC Diagnostics and Testing Non-Ideal Behavior of Components Lightning and Lightning Protection Things Every Electrical Engineer Should Know about EMC Estimating Unintentional Electromagnetic Emissions from Printed Circuit Board Designs Printed Circuit Board Decoupling Detection of Electronic Devices Based on Their Unintended Electromagnetic Emissions (last update: May 14, 2012 ) Contact UsIf you have comments or suggestions, please contact us at CVEL-L@clemson.edu. |
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