Test Data Visualization System (TDVS)

As the computational power of workstations has progressed, the ability to do data fusion and visualization from a complex test has increased accordingly. However the difficulties of interfacing between a workstation and different data recording instruments still hamper their use in testing. Physitron proposes to develop an integrated test and measurement workstation for on-site data analysis and data visualization. The major emphasis of this proposed work will be to combine various data acquisition schemes including the GPIB, VXI, RS-232, and plug-in boards and advanced visualization techniques. With this development, data collected from the sensors can be recorded by the workstation and manipulated by the data visualization software. Phase I activities includes identification of the hardware and software necessities, integration of a workstation with several data recording systems, identification of a data processing scheme, and identification of visualization software. In this way, optimization of the data acquisition, analysis, and presentation can be attained.