Conversion of Computer Software for the Gimballed Electrostatic Gyro Navigation System. Volume I.

Abstract

The Gimballed Electrostatic Gyro Navigation System (GEANS) conversion effort consisted of the conversion of an assembly language program for the Honeywell HDC-601 computer to another assembly language program for the Singer/Kearfott SKC-2000 computer. The HDC-601 and SKC-2000 were run in real time simultaneously. The SKC-2000 real time executive automatically synchronized with the HDC-601 so both programs ran in parallel, using the same input data from the Inertial Measurement Unit (IUM). Alignment and Navigation output of both programs could then be compared and the SKC-2000 output verified. The conversion was completed successfully, the HDC-601 and SKC-2000 outputs agreeing to about 0.015 nautical miles per hour. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA041711

Entities

People

  • William E. Shephard
  • William Mikulski

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Assembly Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Debugging
  • Executives
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Government Procurement
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Measurement
  • Navigation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.