Project Title:
Miniature Infra-Red Data Acquisition and Telemetry System
08.13-4561
Miniature Infra-Red Data Acquisition and Telemetry System
Energy Optics Inc.
224 North Campo Street
Las Cruces
NM
88001
Stokes
John H.
NAS1-18285
Amount:
LaRC
NAS1-17944
Abstract:
Phase I demonstrated a heretofore unavailable telemetry technology relyingon IR communications and hybrid miniaturization to allow data from small aircraft
models to be transmitted in realtime to a remote test console. The thrust of the
program was miniatur-iza-
tion of a Telemetry Transmitter Unit (TTU) which resides within the confines of the
model. The resulting two-way communications capability allows data acquisition commands
to be transmitted to the TTU and test data to be received from it, while the model
is magnetically suspended in a wind tunnel.
Phase II is designed to advance the Miniature Infra-Red Data Acquisition and Telemetry
(MIRDAT) system to the user. The miniature TTU developed in Phase I will be modified
to meet user production stage requirements for wind tunnel telemetry. The TTU will
be further miniaturized by means of advanced hybridization techniques to a total
volume of about one cubic inch. Telemetry transmitters will undergo extensive laboratory
testing and actual wind tunnel testing before the final design is released for
production. A small quantity of TTUs, along with the required MIRDATperipherals,
will be manufactured and delivered to user.