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A FLEXIBLE MULTIFUNCTION TELEMETRY INPUT/OUTPUT MODULE

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 22-25, 2001 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / Many high-performance, reconfigurable data functions can now be integrated into a single PCI circuit
board, making possible low-cost and complex systems using PCs or UNIX workstations. FPGA and PCI
technologies are an excellent match to telemetry applications where commercial off-the-shelf solutions are
desired, but customization is common and performance critical. A Multifunction Telemetry I/O (MFT)
module was designed to exploit these technologies for both flight test and space telemetry ground systems.
The reconfigurability of the module has facilitated evolutionary hardware enhancements as well as custom
applications. These enhancements have been used both as building blocks for system integrators and for
commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) graphic setup, processing, archiving, and display software. The MFT
module includes a standard set of telemetry functions: up to two bit synchronizers, an IRIG time decoder,
and two independent telemetry serial input and output channels. The MFT module is also available on a 6U
VME board. This paper describes some of the proven capabilities and applications of this module.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/606458
Date10 1900
CreatorsWoicik, Richard
ContributorsL-3 Communications Telemetry & Instrumentation
PublisherInternational Foundation for Telemetering
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Proceedings
RightsCopyright © International Foundation for Telemetering
Relationhttp://www.telemetry.org/

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