Macrostructure Logic Arrays Volume 1
Abstract
The Digital Emulation Technology Laboratory (formerly referred to as the KEW Digital Emulation Laboratory) is a principal unit within the Computer Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) at Georgia Tech. This report addresses the objectives, requirements, and schedule of the Digital Emulation Technology Laboratory (DETL), relative to contract number DASG60-85-C-0041. An associated report, "Annual Report -- Task 1: Digital Emulation Technology Laboratory" covers DETL relative to contract number DASG60-89-C-0142. The major distinction between these two contracts and their associated activity at DETL is that the newer contract concerns primarily activity associated with the effort to develop an integrated hardware and software environment for end-to-end simulations of exoatmospheric interceptors such as EXOSIM. This report, on the other hand, focuses more on the basic hardware and system software that was developed at Georgia Tech and eventually applied to these end-to-end simulations. This includes the Georgia Tech Parallel Function Processor (PFP), the older system software for the PFP (utilities and parallel programming tools), and earlier application software (prior to EXOSIM). Within DETL, there are two main hardware systems: the Parallel Function Processor (PFP) and the Seeker Scene Emulator (SSE). Each of these systems is a complex parallel processor, designed to function together as an emulation facility for kinetic energy weapons systems. Software development is also an active area of research, both at the system level (compilers, loaders, graphics development) and at the application level (simulation and emulation studies). The principal objectives of DETL are as follows: (1) Provide facilities for 6-DOF KEW emulation; (2) Provide real-time capability in excess of 2000 Hz; (3) Provide real-time emulation of IR FPA seekers; (4) Test and verify GN&C software and hardware systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 02, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA351513
Entities
Organizations
- Georgia Tech