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A simple data logging system for ballistic applications /

An economical and robust data logger is presented that is well suited to ballistic environments. This ballistic data recorder acquires two channels of analog data over a 0- to 5-V range, with acquisition times as short as 2.3 microns and record lengths as large as 0.5 MB per channel. The microcontro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kottke, Thomas
Corporate Author: U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. : U.S. Army Research Laboratory, [2006]
Series:ARL-TR (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.) ; 3853.
Subjects:
Data loggers.
Ballistics.
Electrical and electronic equipment.
Computer Hardware.
Computer Programming and Software.
Recording systems.
Data processing equipment.
Test and evaluation.
Computer program documentation.
Software tools.
Schematic diagrams.
Fabrication.
Data acquisition.
DATA LOGGERS
DATA RECORDERS
MICROCONTROLLERS
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo623
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Summary:An economical and robust data logger is presented that is well suited to ballistic environments. This ballistic data recorder acquires two channels of analog data over a 0- to 5-V range, with acquisition times as short as 2.3 microns and record lengths as large as 0.5 MB per channel. The microcontroller-based architecture allows many data acquisition parameters such as rate, mode, triggering method, and record length to be selected and varied by the user. Onboard batteries and charging circuitry further enhance the data logger's applicability and flexibility. Complete details of the ballistic data logger's hardware and software are presented in this report. A description of the hardware begins with a broad overview of the ballistic data logger's capabilities and method of operation and increases in complexity to provide complete electronic schematics, fabrication methods, and component procurement information. A complete listing of data logger software is provided with extensive documentation. The ballistic data logger's performance is verified with an example of acquired data.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 2, 2010).
"July 2006."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 62 pages) : digital, PDF file.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 21).
Access:APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE IN MICROFICHE.