Projects

Light Puff – A Deivce for Blink Reflex Measurement

Light Puff – A Deivce for Blink Reflex Measurement

Light Puff is a device designed to measure trigeminal sensitivity to supra-threhold stimuli. It consists of two integrating spheres, each equipped with a fiber optic coupling that receives light from a CombiLED, providing soft, even lighting for visual stimulation....

Happy Hippo (software for hippocampus test)

Happy Hippo (software for hippocampus test)

Happy Hippo is a Windows-based software designed to train macaque monkeys on a novel auditory search task. In this task, the animal uses a joystick to locate a target in auditory space, receiving a juice reward for correct responses. By performing this task,...

Digital Signal Control Module

This module was developed to resolve a timing issue in an optical-video system, where the video system triggered the shutter too early, resulting in clipped video frames. The module reads the signal from the shutter controller and outputs a mirrored signal with an...

MRI-Compatible air puff delivery system

MRI-Compatible air puff delivery system

This MRI-compatible air puff delivery system designed for precise, non-contact somatosensory stimulation during neuroimaging. The device uses compressed air to drive a piston mechanism that releases brief air puffs, with full control over duration, pressure, and...

Olfactometer v2.0

Olfactometer v2.0

This project was completed for Gottfried’s lab at the University of Pennsylvania to aid in the research for Olfactory Neuroscience. Here is the website to the lab: Research   The Olfactometer delivers up to 12 different scents using pneumatics and air...

Two channel Vape Controller for Mice – Mariella De Biasi LAB

https://web.sas.upenn.edu/electronicshop/files/2021/01/1595E-v14.mp4   This system is a drug administration device that control two vaporizers commercially available for human use , better knows as E-cigarattes. The system is capable to be used in passive...

Induction Heater Machine for the Makvandi LAB

Induction Heater Machine for the Makvandi LAB

The induction heater was made with the purpose of be use in the dry Astatine Distillation process. Previously they was using an electrical heating furnace that has the same technology as a conventional oven. The problem of an electrical heating furnace is that take a...

OneLight FW Control

OneLight FW Control

A system was placed for Dr. Brainard’s lab to run the backpanel firmware code for troubleshooting/feature addition purposes. The system to troubleshoot the OneLight uses a Microchip MPLAB ICD 3, the MPLAB IDE 8.92 and runs the FW code into the PIC16F877 device in the...

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