Hardware-In-The-Loop Testing of KEW Flight Processors
Abstract
The Computer Engineering Research Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology, under contract to the United States Army Strategic Defense Command, is developing special purpose parallel computers for hardware-in-the-loop simulation and testing of kinetic energy weapons (KEW) systems and components. Of primary interest is the ability to test guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) algorithms. This paper presents details on a hardware-in-the-loop test of a Honeywell (Sandia) S5, GN&C processor. The simulation emphasizes object processing and assumes information from the seeker sensor has been processed to produce object centroids. The objectives of the simulation were to: 1. Demonstrate hardware-in-the-loop testing with real GN&C technology. 2. Demonstrate real-time simulation capability using ADA software. 3. Assess the performance of the simulation processor relative to the GN&C processor. 4. Demonstrate the effectiveness of the SUN 386i as a user interface (host computer) to the simulation machine.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 16, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA408533
Entities
People
- A. H. Register
- C. O. Alford
- R. T. Abler
- W. S. Tan
Organizations
- Georgia Tech