Surface Search Radar Tracking by a Microcomputer Kalman Filter

Abstract

U. S. Navy ships not equipped with NTDS currently perform surface radar target tracking manually, a tedious and inaccurate process. This thesis establishes that an 8-bit microprocessor, interfaced to a common surface search radar, could compute the course and speed of multiple radar targets. The investigation includes the estimation of radar measurement errors, a determination of practical digital interface limitations, and the development of a Kalman filter algorithm, a floating point arithmetic library for the INTEL 8080 microprocessor, and the microprocessor tracking system software. The error statistics and execution time of the microprocessor software are presented for several computer simulated target tracks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA028857

Entities

People

  • Charles H. Wilson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Detection
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Kalman Filters
  • Microprocessors
  • Operating Systems
  • Optimal Estimators
  • Programming Languages
  • Radar
  • Radar Targets
  • Radar Tracking
  • Search Radar
  • System Software

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Computer Science.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.