Instrument & Electronic Services Core
The principal objective of the Instrument & Electronic Services Core Module (IESM) in the U-M Medical School Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences is to provide investigators who have NEI grants with custom solutions to support vision research. IESM designs, builds and maintains specialized instruments and electronics that are not commercially available, yet provide unique capabilities to facilitate the Kellogg Eye Center research mission. IESM also maintains and upgrades commercial equipment routinely to ensure continuity, integrity and rigor of research experiments.
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Electronic Services
The principal objective of this Core is to provide primary investigators who have NEI grants with additional electronics and computer support in conducting vision research. A secondary objective is to facilitate collaborative studies among vision scientists.
The Electronics and Computer Core occupies 246 sq. ft. of dedicated space on the 7th floor of the Brehm Tower. It is readily accessible by investigators with laboratories on the same floor, and those in the adjacent Kellogg Research Tower.
- Design specialized electronic research equipment not available commercially
- Repair and maintain existing electronic equipment
- Consult on design of new equipment and modification of existing equipment supporting vision research, including breadboarding test circuits, wire-wrapping circuits and PCB design and fabrication.
- Support and repair of research computers. Service extends to hardware and software for PC, Macintosh and Linux
- Provide secondary backup services for research computers
- Provide programming support for Labview, C, Matlab, Microchip PIC, Arduino and Allen Bradley PLCs
- Provide consultation for bioinformatics high performance Linux computer cluster for gene sequencing analysis
The Core contains a full complement of electronic test equipment and software to support research:
- Tektronix oscilloscopes – analog and digital
- Function generators – Sinusoidal, RF and Arbitrary Function
- Power supplies, current sources, voltmeters, capacitance meters
- MicroOptix i-Lab Spectrophotometer
- Labview
- Autocad
- Cadsoft Eagle PCB design
- Programmable logic programmers for ROM, PLA, GAL, FPGA and PLD devices
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Instrument Shop
The instrument shop at the Kellogg Eye Center is unique. From design engineering to specialized machining, the shop transforms concepts into reality. Through collaboration with researchers, the instrument shop produces precision instruments and/or parts for use in the laboratories.
- Design and construction of unique instrumentation that is needed for special projects
- Rapid and innovative solutions for a wide range of technical problems that arise in laboratories
- Maintenance and repair of instrumentation
- Sharp CNC Toolroom Lathe
- Hardinge Toolroom Lathe
- Bridgeport CNC Milling Machine
- Bridgeport Milling Machine
- Harig Surface Grinder
- DoAll Vertical Band Saw
- Tennsmith Squaring Shear
- Tennsmith Hand Brake
- SolidWorks CAD System for Instrument Design
- BOBCAD-CAM CNC Mill and Lathe Software
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Jon Yenkel
Core Directors
James D Weiland
College of Engineering
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical School
Guan Xu
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering
