Designing a 3D Printable Arduino Integrated Circuit for Acceleration Sensing on Smart Munitions: Part 1. Breadboarding

Abstract

In supporting the Army's modernization priority, the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory is designing new materials and processes to manufacture smart munitions with enhanced precision and lethality, while optimizing size, weight, power and cost. One manufacturing technology we are developing is additive manufacturing or 3D printing of electronics. This technical report is Part I of a workflow process to design a 3D printable Arduino integrated circuit, which will be used in a smart 40-mm grenade dome to sense acceleration. The breadboarding routine is presented here for a demonstrator circuit and its functionality is demonstrated by sensing acceleration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1152804

Entities

People

  • Harvey Tsang
  • Jian Yu
  • Nikhil Murty

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Circuits
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronics
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Information Operations
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Precision
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Printing
  • Three Dimensional
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems