SPONSORS
The cash funding from the laboratory research came from the following sources:
- National Science Foundation (two times)
- Wright Patterson Air Force Research Laboratories (two times)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (two times)
- Intel Semiconductor (three times)
- PSU Provost (two times)
- PSU Maseeh School Dean (two times - for high school robotics)
- Portland School District (high school robotics).
- Hillsboro School District (high school robotics).
- IEEE Oregon Educational Grant (RAS).
- IEEE RAS Student Project Funding (RAS).
- Analogix (FPAA).
- Development Corporation (FPAA).
- Oregon Commission for Blind (wheelchair for blind).
- Design Automation Conference - IEEE and ACM. (FPGA hardware engines).
- National Institute of Health (ovulometer).
The following companies donated equipment.
- Intel Semiconductor (computers, special workstations, test equipment, boards and IC chips, software)
- Lattice Semiconductor (complete FPAA development systems with ICs)
- Tektronix (industrial robot, motors and robot equipment)
- IBM (industrial robot)
- Innoveda (software, personal computers)
- Summit Design (workstations, printers, disk drives, monitors)
- ABTECH (software for data mining)
- Xilinx (software, IC development boards)
- Freightliner (tank).
- Atmel (software, microcontroller ICs)
- Cypress Semiconductor (software, development tools, IC)
- ORCAD (EDA software)
- ViewLogic (EDA software)
- Altera (EDA software, FPGA development boards)
- Sharp Microelectronics (DSP processor board, complete development software)