SIMPLIFIED AUTOMATIC DATA PLOTTER FOR FM/FM TELEMETER SYSTEMS 'SADAP',

Abstract

A new, simple, data-reduction device was designed and constructed. It consists of a standard playback and discrimination system for tape-recorded telemeter signals; an electronic system for the scaling of time signals; an an optical-mechanical system which simultaneously records on film a horizontal scale grid which may be nonlinear if the function requires it, vertical timing lines, and the galvanometer trace of the telemetered function. This device produces a continuous graphic plot of telemetered information on a linear or nonlinear scale (as may be necessary) with an accuracy within one per cent of manual plotting methods but in about 1/20 of the time. It requires complex electronic circuitry for the timing pulses only, yet it produces a trace of comparable quality to that of far more complex machines. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 27, 1953
Accession Number
AD0658086

Entities

People

  • H. B. Riblet

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Automatic
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Data Reduction
  • Discrimination
  • Galvanometers
  • Playback
  • Plotters
  • Plotting
  • Processing Equipment
  • Standards
  • Telemetry
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Time Signals

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics