Control and Data Transmission System for a Balloon-Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer,

Abstract

A control system for a balloon-borne ion mass spectrometer is described in this report. The system provides the ground based experimenter with a control flexibility approaching laboratory environment. A programmable PCM encoder is used for data transmission. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA104512

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People

  • J. Spencer Rochefort
  • Raimundas Sukys

Organizations

  • Northeastern University

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Data Transmission
  • Data Transmission Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics
  • Environment
  • Ground Based
  • Ground Stations
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Measurement
  • Software Development
  • United States

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