International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 28-31, 1996 / Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / PC based instrumentation and telemetry processing systems are attractive because of their
ease of use, familiarity, and affordability. The evolution of PC computing power has
resulted in a telemetry processing system easily up to most tasks, even for control of and
processing of data from a very complex system such as the Common Airborne
Instrumentation System (CAIS) used on the new Lockheed-Martin F-22. A complete
system including decommutators, bit synchronizers, IRIG time code readers, simulators,
DACs, live video, and tape units for logging can be installed in a rackmount, desktop, or
even portable enclosure.
The PC/104 standard represents another step forward in the PC industry evolution towards
the goals of lower power consumption, smaller size, and greater capacity. The advent of
this standard and the availability of processors and peripherals in this form factor has made
possible the development of a new generation of portable low cost test equipment.
This paper will outline the advantages and applications offered by a full-function, standalone,
rugged, and portable instrumentation controller. Applications of this small (5.25"H x
8.0"W x 9.5"L) unit could include: flight line instrumentation check-out, onboard aircraft
data monitoring, automotive testing, small craft testing, helicopter testing, and just about
any other application where small-size, affordability, and capability are required.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/607587 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Schumacher, Gary A. |
| Contributors | Terametrix Systems International, Inc. |
| 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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