Facilities
The Electronics Test Centre has eleven test chambers. Indoor facilities can accommodate bench-level sized components up to floor mounted equipment weighing 20,000 pounds. ETC is also equipped for off-site antenna pattern testing.
Alternate test sites can be customized for specific out-of-the-norm applications.
On-site facilities include:
- Automated test and data acquisition systems
- Five (5) shielded RF absorber-lined semi-anechoic chambers
- Full vehicle RF test chamber with heat and exhaust venting
- Fully Ferrite-lined chamber approved by FCC and Industry Canada with 2 meter turntable
- Open area test site with turntable for vehicles up to 1000 kg
- High voltage laboratory (Lightning and ESD)
- Six (6) High RF field laboratories (HIRF)
- Machine shop and welding
- Environmental and safety facilities
- Electronic and mechanical engineering facilities
- Standard or customized power requirements
- Electric – AC or DC, 0 to 1000 volts
- Hydraulic design and support
- Customized alternate power and drive sources
- Secure/quarantine equipment storage
- Shipping and receiving area
