The VITAL SIGNS Curriculum Materials Project: Equipment Package
New miniature, microprocessor-based data acquisition systems have greatly increased the ease and power of performance monitoring. The microcomputer interface to some of these data acquisition systems allows us to package the software into an automated process requiring little specialized skill on the user's part. In addition, collected data go back to the laptop computer where standard pre-programmed routines can regularize data analysis.
Eight sets of the equipment specified below, through the support of the National Science Foundation under its Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program, will float among architecture schools to support case study measurements. We are coupling this hardware with a proposal for seminar training sessions, hosted by the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE), to discuss field monitoring techniques. The first of these meetings was held in August 1995 in Berkeley.
The following tables describe the Equipment Package proposed to the National Science
Foundation Instructional Laboratory Improvement Program. The proposal calls for eight sets
of this equipment to be loaned to U. S. Schools of Architecture as part of the Vital Signs
Project.
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HANDHELD INSTRUMENTS |
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| Model No. | Description |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| 884-2 | Simpson Sound Level Meter |
| 429 | Solomat Hotwire Anemometer |
| Telaire 1050 | Telaire Systems CO2 monitor |
| 1055D | Telaire Systems CO2 calibration kit |
| 7010167-4 | Sensidyne Standard Hazmat Kit |
| 1519-911 | Minolta T-1H illuminance meter |
| 1842-155 | Minolta LS-100 luminance meter |
| DS-2000 | Sylvania photometer |
| OS81 | Omega infrared thermometer |
| PM20 | Raytek Infrared Thermometer |
| 1328 | Taylor sling psychrometer |
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DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| Model No. | Description |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| 21X | Campbell Scientific 21X DAS |
| PS12ALK | Battery system and charger |
| 10TCRT | Thermocouple reference thermistor |
| SC32A | RS-232 interface & cable |
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MICRO DATALOGGERS |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| Model No. | Description |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| HOBO-XT | Onset HoboTemp temperature loggers |
| HOBO-Volt | Onset Hobo voltage loggers |
| HOBO-Light | Onset Hobo light intensity loggers |
| HOBO-RH | Onset Hobo relative humidity loggers |
| Starter Kit | Onset Interface cable & software |
| SR-002 | ACR Smartreader 2 (temp & humidity) |
| SR-003 | ACR Smartreader 3 (electric current) |
| TR-SFW | ACR Trendreader Software Package |
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SENSORS |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| Model No. | Description |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| LI 200SA | Li-Cor Silicon pyranometer |
| 2220 | Li-Cor millivolt adaptor for LI 200SA |
| LI-210SA | Li-Cor 210S photometer |
| 2290 | Li-Cor millivolt adaptor for LI210SA |
| A60FL | ACR A60FL Clamp-on amprobe |
| EH-010 | ACR External Temp/RH Sensor ACR RH Module (included w/ ACR2) Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 (pre-installed) |
| TT-T-20 | Omega TT thermocouple wire (500 ft) |
| 207 | Campbell Scientific temp. & r.h. probe |
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COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| Model No. | Description |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| Laptop computer MS DOS 6.2(pre-installed) |
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| V5.0 | MS Excel |
| V2.0 | Claris FileMaker Pro |
| PC208-3 | Acquisition & communication software |
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UTILITY INSTRUMENTS |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| Model No. | Description |
| ................................ | ....................................................... |
| 87 | Fluke RMS multimeter |
| 80T-150U | Fluke Temperature Probe |
| Y8101 | Fluke Clamp-on amprobe |
| Modified Occupancy Sensor | |
| LOFSAC | LOF Sun Angle Calculator |
| 17-023 | E. Vernon Hill Borozin smoke gun |
| 17-024 | Refill Powder for smoke gun |
| TR-81 | Sony Hi-8mm camcorder |
| RM-155K | Sony time-lapse controller for TR-81 |
| Sundial | Statens Institut for Byggnadsforskning |
| PM-5-360PC | Suunto Handheld clinometer |
| KB-14-360R | Suunto Handheld bearing compass |
The Vital Signs Curriculum Materials
Project
Comments to author:cris@ced.berkeley.edu
All contents copyright (C) 1998.
Charles C. Benton.
All rights reserved. Revised: 15 August, 1995