A Serial Communication Interface for Data Acquisition Instrumentation in a Wind Tunnel

Abstract

The Low Speed Wind Tunnel (LSWT) at the Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory (AMRL) has used a proprietary Bidirectional Parallel Interface (BPI) bus for data collection from instrumentation since 1989. As part of the ongoing development of the LSWT data acquisition system it was decided that a more reliable and faster communication scheme was required. This report describes the unique system of hardware and software developed to enable the VMEbus-based instrumentation modules to communicate with a Host computer over an ethernet network.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA360647

Entities

People

  • M. Spataro
  • S. Kent

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Ethernet
  • Host Computers
  • Instrumentation
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Software Development
  • Strain Gages
  • Systems Engineering
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Fluid Dynamics.