Development of a low cost data acquisition system for the Space Shuttle solid rocket booster program

Author

Crawford, K.

Author_Institution

Div. of Comput. & Data. Syst., NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

31 Oct-7 Nov 1998

Abstract

Boeing North American (BNA) have been conducting remote data acquisition trials on military and civil transportation platforms. BNA performed an analysis of available data acquisition systems. The SoMat Model 2100 Field Computer was selected after passing preliminary outgassing and functional testing. The formal program to develop an Enhanced Data Acquisition System (EDAS) was initiated in February 1997. MSFC undertook further system analyses: determining the location of the data acquisition unit in the SRB; identifying EDAS/SRB integration requirements; and identifying requirements for the EDAS enclosure, connectors, cables, and cable routing

Keywords

aerospace testing; data acquisition; rockets; space vehicles; Boeing North American; EDAS/SRB integration requirements; SoMat Model 2100 Field Computer; cable routing; cables; connectors; functional testing; low cost data acquisition system; solid rocket booster program; space shuttle; Cables; Connectors; Costs; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Electronic design automation and methodology; Military computing; Performance analysis; Testing; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1998. Proceedings., 17th DASC. The AIAA/IEEE/SAE

Conference_Location

Bellevue, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5086-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1998.739861

Filename

739861