Development of Experimental-Bed for Observation of Locomotory Small Animals

Abstract:

The animal experimental is a fundamental equipment for biomechanics experimental, which attached to electric shock instrument, oxygen analyser or high speed recording system. The animal experimental has an advantage that it offers a single environment excluded the interfere from natural regimes. In this paper, a small animal observation experimental-bed was developed based on C++. The interface of control program was developed using Visual Basic 6.0 and the COM port communication between SCM LM3S8962 and PC was developed based on C++ Builder 6.0. The velocities of belt of the small animal experimental can run according to line, sinusoidal curves, triangular wave curves and square wave curves. Moreover, the control program provides a combined velocity based on above curves for satisfy the sophisticated experiment of locomotory small animals.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 365-366)
• Pages: 646-649
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.365-366.646
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xiao Dong Zhang, Jian Qiao Li, Meng Zou
• Keywords: Animal, Biomechanics, Experimental-Bed, Motion Analysis

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