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LEA

Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Automation

WHAT IS DONE AT LEA?

The Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Automation (LEA) has adopted the mission of two former laboratories: the Electrical Engineering Laboratory established after the 1962 relocation of the Maritime Junior College to the present location, and the 1974 Laboratory of Technical Measurements. 

 

In laboratory tutorials for first- and second-cycle degree study programmes, all students gain hands-on experience in dealing with electricity, communication and navigation electronics as well as automation. Numerous students’ degree theses are based on the results of the work done in LEA (D. Loredan, D. Kocjančič, M. Oblak, S. Prešeren, I. Hrastnik). Cooperation with other institutions within the University of Ljubljana (especially the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy) and abroad (currently, we are actively collaborating with EC-JRC, Ispra), is expected to result in interesting and relevant research results.

 

LEA STAFF (1997 - )

 

EQUIPMENT

  • multimeters (Fluke, MI, Agilent), current clamps (Metrel), oscilloscopes (Agilent, Siglent), signal generators (Agilent), meggers (Metrel), stroboscope (Metrel), autotransformers (1f, 3f), 3 phase transformer with rectifier, variable resistors
  • inertial instruments (Xsens), inertially controlled magnetic compass (KVH), receivers GNSS – receive GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo (Ublox, Leica)
  • Coulomb balance (Pasco), Cavendish balance (Pasco), speed of the light meter (Unilab), radioactivity meter (Aware)
  • Salinity meter (Eutech), fish finders (Lowrance), maritime VHF station with DSC, compact thermal camera (Flir)
  • soldering iron: classic (Weller) and hot-air (Aoyue)
  • thyristor power controller (Eurotherm), DC motor-generator, 1 phase motor with auxiliary phase, 3 phase motors: asynchronous with manually frequency-current inverter and PC controllable converter, magnetic brake.
  • Programmable logic controllers (Cybro, Siemens), Red Pitaya, Raspberry-Pi (v1,v3), Arduino (kit 30 sensors), programmable radio receiver N200 (Ettus), RTL-SDR
  • Data acquisition devices: myDAQ myRlo, DAQ-book, LabVIEIV (National Instruments)
  • autopilot (Simrad)
  • DC sources (Agilent) in secondary batteries (12V, 7,2Ah)
  • Permanent exhibition: navigational radar (Kelvin&Hughes), antenna (Furuno)

 

PROJECTS (2013 - )

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 
 

DIMC, Franc, BALDINI, Gianmarco, KANDEEPAN, Sithamparanathan. Experimental detection of mobile satellite transmissions with cyclostationary features. International journal of satellite communications and networking. 2015, vol. 33, no. 2, str. 163-183. ISSN 1542-0973. DOI: 10.1002/sat.1081. [COBISS.SI-ID 2504547]

 

DIMC, Franc, BAŽEC, Matej, BORIO, Daniele, GIOIA, Ciro, BALDINI, Gianmarco, BASSO, Marco. An experimental evaluation of low-cost GNSS jamming sensors. Navigation : journal of the institute of navigation. 2017, vol. 64, no. 1, str. 93-109. ISSN 0028-1522. https://www.ion.org/publications/abstract.cfm?articleID=102706. [COBISS.SI-ID 2813283

 

BAŽEC, Matej, DIMC, Franc, PAVLOVČIČ PREŠEREN, Polona. Evaluating the vulnerability of several geodetic GNSS receivers under chirp signal L1/E1 jamming. Sensors. 3. feb. 2020, vol. 20, iss. 3, str. 1-25, ilustr. ISSN 1424-8220. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/3/814, DOI: 10.3390/s20030814. [COBISS.SI-ID 2963811

 

ŽAGAR, Dejan, SVETINA, Matija, KOŠIR, Andrej, DIMC, Franc. Human factor in navigation : overview of cognitive load measurement during simulated navigational tasks. Journal of marine science and engineering. 2020, no. 10, 775, str. 1-11, ilustr. ISSN 2077-1312. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/8/10/775, DOI: 10.3390/jmse8100775. [COBISS.SI-ID 31595267

 

BAŽEC, Matej, DIMC, Franc. Sensing SDR-based GNSS jammers. In: LENAC, Kristijan (ed.), et al. Proceedings. 11th Annual Baška GNSS Conference, Baška, Krk Islad, Croatia, 7-9 May 2017. Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies, 2018. Str. 85-95, ilustr. Proceedings (Annual Baška GNSS Conference). ISSN 1849-7306. https://www.pfri.uniri.hr/web/hr/dokumenti/zbornici-gnss/2018-GNSS-12.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 2919267],

 

 LUIN, Blaž, PETELIN, Stojan, AL-MANSOUR, Fouad. Modeling the impact of road network configuration on vehicle energy consumption. Energy. 2017, vol. 137, str. 260-271. ISSN 0360-5442. [COBISS.SI-ID 30635815]] 

 

LUIN, Blaž, PERKOVIČ, Marko, DIMC, Franc. AIS-data aided mapping of multipath abundant areas in the Port of Koper. In: GUCMA, Lucjan (ed.). Book of abstracts. Kołobrzeg: Maritime University of Szczecin, cop. 2019. Str. 27. [COBISS.SI-ID 2952291]

 

ŠTERN, Andrej, BATAGELJ, Boštjan, DIMC, Franc, LUIN, Blaž. COST akcija SaPPART - ocenjevanje učinkov delovanja satelitskega lociranja na cestni promet. In: KOROŠEC, Tomaž (ed.), BATAGELJ, Boštjan (ed.). Radijske komunikacije : zbornik = Radio communications : proceedings. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Založba FE, 2014. Str. 226, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-243-260-7. [COBISS.SI-ID 10799700]

 

DIMC, Franc, BAŽEC, Matej, GRM, Aleksander. Extraction of magnetic field anomalies from objects in a road infrastructure. In: European navigation conference, 30 May - 2 June 2016, Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki: ENC, 2016. [7] str. [COBISS.SI-ID 2657123]

 

OBLAK, Marko. Določanje pogonske moči ladje prek merjenja vzvoja in kotne hitrosti gredi ladijskega vijaka : diplomsko delo visokošolskega strokovnega študija prve stopnje. Ljubljana: [M. Oblak], 2017. 78 str., ilustr. https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=91124. [COBISS.SI-ID 11711828

 

LEA website:

https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Laboratory-of-Electrical-Engineering-and-Automation-Franc-Dimc