Publication Date:
2011-08-18
Description:
This paper describes the application of a single-chip microcomputer in a high-altitude balloon instrumentation system. The system, consisting of a magnetometer, a stepping motor, a microcomputer and a gray code shaft encoder, is used to provide an orientation reference to point a scientific instrument at an object in space. The single-chip microcomputer, Intel's 8748, consisting of a CPU, program memory, data memory and I/O ports, is used to control the orientation of the system.
Keywords:
AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTATION
Type:
IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine; 2; Dec. 198
Format:
text
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