Title :
Development of Ada language control software for the NASA power management and distribution test bed
Author :
Wright, Ted ; Mackin, Michael ; Gantose, Dave
Author_Institution :
NASA Lewis Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
The Ada language software developed to control the NASA Lewis Research Center´s Power Management and Distribution testbed is described. The testbed is a reduced-scale prototype of the electric power system to be used on Space Station Freedom. It is designed to develop and test hardware and software for a 20 kHz power distribution system. The distributed, multiprocessor, testbed control system has an easy-to-use operator interface with an understandable English-text format. A simple interface for algorithm writers that used the same commands as the operator interface is provided, encouraging interactive exploration of the system
Keywords :
Ada; load management; power engineering computing; power system control; space vehicle power plants; test facilities; 20 kHz; Ada language control software; English-text format; NASA; control system; multiprocessor; power distribution system; power management; test bed; Energy management; Hardware; NASA; Power system management; Prototypes; Software development management; Software prototyping; Software testing; Space stations; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74482
