The EDU a unique educational tool for science and engineering education. The EDU is a fully functional test instrument for the non-linear electroceramics like those used for industrial sensors and actuators. The EDU measures the hysteresis loops of packaged ferroelectric capacitors Radiant created specifically for the tester. Radiant provides a complete set of tutorials to guide the student in understanding non-linear materials and a set of recommended experiments for the students to work with the ferroelectric capacitors. External ports on the instrument allow students to build their own sensor and/or memory projects using ferroelectric components from Radiant and to control their projects using the EDU’s operating software.
The EDU has a 20kHz arbitrary waveform generator and a 20kHz electrometer that run under the control of an elegant graphical data-acquisition program. The EDU architecture allows any laptop with a USB port to become a ferroelectric test instrument in less than a minute, making it a perfect teaching tool in student labs.
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