Error Model Verification for a Three Axis Laser Gyro Strapdown Inertial Measurement Unit.

Abstract

A digital data acquisition system was developed to obtain data from a Sperry laser gyroscope strapdown inertial measurement unit for error model verification. The system consisted of a laboratory test set-up with the inertial measurement unit (IMU) on the Genisco rate table and input/output interfaces such that meaningful IMU sensor data was recorded on magnetic tape with absence of a microprocessor. The recorded data was processed on the CDC 6600 digital computer by a specially developed program which formats the data in accordance to desired specifications. The calibration sequence for error model verification was a 6-position dynamic test for the laser gyros and a 6-position static test for the accelerometers. The result is a reliable and flexible system that can obtain data from the IMU in the laboratory for analysis. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064047

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  • Robert S. Lawrence

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

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