Small parachute flight data acquisition system

Conference · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6477845

Ryerson, D E; Hauser, G C

Sandia National Laboratories does extensive parachute design and testing. In support of that work, Sandia's Telemetry Department has designed and fielded a small, inexpensive data acquisition system. The system has been used in over fifty parachute and water entry tests. It consists of a microprocessor controlled unit which digitizes up to eight channels of signal-conditioned analog data and stores the data in memory for readout after the test. The system is also capable of doing control functions such as releasing the parachute at a predetermined time after unit release. 4 refs., 7 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6477845
• Report Number(s): SAND-88-2468C; CONF-8904118-7; ON: DE89008114
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
420200* -- Engineering-- Facilities
Equipment
& Techniques
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990220 -- Computers
Computerized Models
& Computer Programs-- (1987-1989)
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COST
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DESIGN
PARACHUTES
SPECIFICATIONS
TESTING