Design of a Micro-Controller for Absorbed Power Analysis

Abstract

The U.S. Army uses 'absorbed power' to measure the level of discomfort of an occupant riding in a vehicle. Average absorbed power can be calculated if the time history of acceleration at a given point (for example) the driver's seat is known. The smaller the absorbed power is for a given vehicle, running over a specific profile at a certain speed, the better vehicle ride is. There is a need for Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chips and microcontrollers in order to construct an absorbed power measuring instrument.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230762

Entities

People

  • Alexander A. Reid
  • Gregory R. Hudas

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
  • Circuits
  • Clocks
  • Computations
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Human Body
  • Information Exchange
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Instructions
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Transfer Functions
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Robotics and Automation.