A Microcomputer-Based Signal Data Converter for Runway Visual Range Measurements.

Abstract

A laboratory model microcomputer-based Runway Visual Range (RVR) System was designed and built at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center. The system includes a Microcomputer Signal Data Converter (SDC), a Remote Display, a local maintenance terminal, a cassette storage unit, a Transmissivity Display, and a Transmissometer Simulator. The Microcomputer SDC computes RVR values for up to 12 transmissometers; previous SDC designs can calculate RVR values for only 1 transmissometer. Furthermore, the microcomputer-based RVR System provides alarm checking, data storage, and RS-232 compatible data outputs that are not available in other RVR systems. Based on the improved capabilities and the microcomputer's low cost, it is concluded that Microcomputer SDC's would be cost effective at airports using more than three transmissometers. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA097568

Entities

People

  • David M. Wainland
  • Glenn J. Horton
  • Howard J. Meeks

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cassettes
  • Central Processing Units
  • Circuit Boards
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Data Transmission
  • Diagrams
  • Frequency
  • Light Sources
  • Personal Computers
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Recording Systems
  • Simulators
  • United States

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computer Science.