Development of Onboard Data Acquisition for Unmanned Air Vehicle Flight Testing.

Abstract

An off-the-shelf data logger was used as the basis to evolve software and hardware installations providing a simple, reliable data recording system for UAV flight tests. Wiring harnesses, circuit board and plug designs, as well as controlling software were developed for general installations. The recorder is housed in a 4x2.Sxl .5 inch box which can be conveniently installed or removed in any UAV. It is capable of storing up to 512K of data at sampling rates up to 3200 Hz with eight, 12-bit analog channels. A set of MATLAB commands was developed to allow convenient processing and analysis of recorded data. Numerous ground and bench tests were conducted as well as flight tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA335135

Entities

People

  • Joseph M. Merola

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Circuit Boards
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Flight Recorders
  • Laptop Computers
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Recording Systems
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy