The Design and Development of the AFGL Vibro-Acoustic Measurement System.

Abstract

The Vibro-Acoustic Measurement System is a distributed computer network designed for monitoring environmental motions. The heart of the system is a master control unit to centrally manage the network as well as to continually record data. Closely coupled to the master is an array processor for the massively parallel data processing required in digital signal processing. Five slave units are coupled to the master. Each slave can handle 16 sensors; the system capacity is 80 channels. The network will function using only one voice grade telephone line between the master and each slave. Keywords: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Space shuttle, Launching sites, Vibration monitors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 24, 1987
Accession Number
ADA193680

Entities

People

  • Howard E. Michel

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Air Force
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Device Drivers
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Earth Sciences
  • Junction Boxes
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • Operating Systems
  • Processing Equipment
  • Signal Processing
  • Telephone Lines

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space