International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 27-30, 1997 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / In this paper, the Miniature Data Acquisition Transceiver System (Mini-DAT), a Type II
PC-Card based data acquisition and transceiver system is described. The Mini-DAT was
developed by ViaSat and is currently in use at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) at
Eglin AFB. AFRL is investigating the use of this Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM)
band system for data collection with advanced munitions.
The Mini-DAT combines the advantages of PC-Card technology with an off the shelf
interfacing and packaging approach to provide a large array of capabilities in a very small
package. The system provides everything needed to collect analog, discrete and digital
data, process the data and transfer the data in a wireless fashion using the latest license
free spread spectrum modulation technology.
The advanced design of the Mini-DAT allows for operation in harsh remote environments,
collecting data unattended and accessed remotely. A graphical user interface (GUI) is
provided via a Windows 3.x and 95 software package that can be easily customized for
specific applications.
The Mini-DAT provides fast and reliable error-free data transfer over the 2.4GHz ISM
communication band. It operates over a shared 80MHz bandwidth, allowing multiple
access of a number of portable units operating simultaneously in the same band.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/607567 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Gross, Jeffrey, Keller, G. E. |
| Contributors | ViaSat Inc., Eglin Air Force Base |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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