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NU-LED Completes Workshop on Introduction to FPGA-based Design for Advanced Experimental Test Setup and Computation Intensive Applications

In December 2019, NU-LED offered a workshop on Introduction to FPGA (Field programmable gate array) based design. Postdocs and research students from Physics, Chemistry, Neurobiology and Electrical Engineering attended the workshop.

Field programmable gate arrays are programmable devices used to implement digital circuits. Complex FPGA based designs can combine logic design, microprocessor, signal processing and communication applications into a single device. Fast prototyping and reprogrammability makes FPGAs suitable for research applications.

The workshop introduced students to FPGA architecture, firmware development environment, design and implementation of digital circuits using hardware description language, and programming development kits. Students designed, implemented and tested circuits using FPGA development kits.

If you would like to enroll in upcoming workshops or for more information, please contact Sheena NM . Please contact us for any support in electronics design and development to further your research goals.

First Offering of LabVIEW Instructional Course a Big Success!

In October 2019, NU-LED gave it's first triannual LabVIEW instructional course: “LabVIEW: An Introductory Course for Research Students.”  This two-week course teaches the popular LabVIEW programming environment from the basics up to creating mid-size applications.  Upon completion, students are able to create their own programs and should feel comfortable taking the CLAD certification exam offered by National Instruments.

Overall the first course iteration was highly sucessful with extremely positive feedback from students.  If you are intererested in taking this FREE course or any of the other educational courses currently being offered by NU-LED, please see more information about courses and workshops offered by NU-LED . No prior knowledge of LabVIEW is required for the course, and computer hardware with LabVIEW software installed will be provided at no cost.



1 st Year Anniversary of Merger of ELSC and EDS Core Facilities

In September 2018, the Electronics and Laser Systems Core Facility and the Electronics Design shop merged to create the Northwestern University Laser and Electronics Design Core Facility (NU-LED).  We went from a tiny one bench room to an approximately 700 sq. foot modern facility. Since the merger, NU-LED has performed over 185 professional service requests for 37 separate research groups/centers and 19 different deparments!  Stop by and find out how how we can help with your research today!