S.P.H.E.R.E. Metrology Lab
The S.P.H.E.R.E. Metrology Lab is an interactive, educational simulator of the measurement laboratory proposed by Project S.P.H.E.R.E. (Spatial Positioning Harmonic Empirical Resonance Experiment). It lets you explore how a copper sphere resonance measurement could be set up, run, checked and troubleshot.
This is a simulation for learning and review. It does not produce measurements, datasets or scientific validation, and nothing in it is a research result. The project is at proposal stage.
What you can do in the lab
- Follow a training mode with an interactive checklist for a location-variable measurement.
- Work through challenge mode, where simulated faults must be found and corrected.
- Watch an operator dashboard and adjust an environmental chamber and XYZ stage.
- Inspect simulated instrument channels such as the RF monitor, scaling, offset and coupling.
Inside the simulator
- A realistic 3D laboratory with a thermal-vacuum chamber, XYZ stage, copper test sphere and instrument rack.
- A lab technician, Dr. Wire, who comments on the experiment, answers questions and can run safe lab tasks for you.
- An engineering schematic with a P&ID, a dimensioned cutaway and a signal-path diagram.
- Simulated instruments: vector network analyzer, laser Doppler vibrometer, oscilloscope and rubidium clock.
Who it is for
The lab is meant for students, reviewers and prospective collaborators who want to understand how a synchronized, location-variable resonance measurement would be organized before any real hardware is built. It shows the workflow, the instruments involved and the kinds of faults an operator would need to catch, using modeled signals rather than recorded data.
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S.P.H.E.R.E. Metrology Lab v2.0.0. © 2026 SPHERE Research, LLC. Designed and developed by Michael P. Goodman.