A Microprocessor Controlled Automatic Data Logging System (ADL).

Abstract

This paper describes a digital, microprocessor controlled data acquisition system which optimizes man/machine communications. The processor provides digital feedback control, data collection over any number of channels (up to 8), 32 BIT floating point (7 significant digit) mathematics, and a variety of output formats. The main features of the device are the ability to work in any numerical unit desired by the user, mathematical noise filtering and automatic feedback control. The particular application under consideration is automatic data collection and angle-of-attack control of a subsonic wind-tunnel. Data are presented to demonstrate the data logging capabilities of the system. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047169

Entities

People

  • John David Casko

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Arithmetic
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Conversion
  • Data Acquisition
  • Decoding
  • High Resolution
  • Microsecond Time
  • Notation
  • Operating Systems
  • Scratchpad Memories
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.