Sensor Technology Research Centre

Facilities

The Centre is housed in a suite of recently refurbished laboratories in the Richmond building at the University of Sussex. Our laboratories include a vast array of equipment and facilities outlined below.

Test and measurement Instrumentation capability DC to microwave frequencies Ocsilloscopes Function generators Arbitary function generators Power supplies Spectrum analysers Dynamic signal analysers Vector network analysers Multi-frequency LCR meters High sensitivity instrumentation Dielectric analysers Insulation testers Bespoke instruments
National Instruments hardware and software PXI and PXIe platforms Data acquisiton (DAQ) LabVIEW virtual lab programming GPIB and instrument control
Communications and network development tools Mobile and wireless development platforms Wireless sensor network nodes and gateways TI digital signal processing kits and video platforms Integrated software development environments High performance computer cluster Modelling and simulation tools MATLAB communications tool boxes Network simulation tools (OPNET, NS3)
Prototyping & fabrication Circuit simulation software using NI Multisim PCB design software using NI Ultiboard and EasyPC PCB prototyping Surface mount fabrication equipment
Environments Low noise shielded rooms Magnetically screened enclosures
Materials and workshop facilities Mechanical workshop access Materials polishing and coating Coil winding High temperature furnace
Clean room & microelectronics Clean room Metal deposition and processing equipment Electron beam lithography Scanning electron microscopes Optical microscopes