Military automated frequency sweep program
Problem
Military secret meeting containers for frequency penetration required extensive manual testing utilizing a frequency generator on the exterior and signal analyzer on the interior. Operator would manually perform frequency sweep with frequency generator and signal analyzer, having to run through 100s of combinations. Standard production frequency sweep testing required almost 2 weeks of lead time.
Solution
Using the customers pre-existing hardware, Novum designed, programmed, tested, and commissioned a fully automated frequency sweep program within 4 weeks which reduced standard test time from 2 weeks to 2 days.
Provided turn-key LabVIEW-based autonomous frequency sweep program for a military application that significantly reduced human error potential and overall test time
The system communicated to client's hardware via GPIB and allowed automated frequency sweeps to be performed based on a pre-configured test sequence (recipe)
Utilized TCP/IP communication protocol to transfer frequency data between client and server computers (each computer was connected to either spectrum analyzer or signal generator)
Developed custom GPIB Driver's for signal generators and spectrum analyzer
