Black Brant X - The low cost development of an advanced sounding rocket system

Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) provide solutions for implementation of lightweight Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). UDDI extension for WSRP enables the discovery and access to user facing web services provided by business partners while eliminating the need to design local user facing portlets. Most importantly, the remote portlets can be updated by web service providers from their own servers. Remote portlet consumers are not required to make any changes in their portals to accommodate updated remote portlets. This approach results in easier team development, upgrades, administration, low cost development and usage of shared resources. Furthermore, with the growing interest in SOA, WSRP should cooperate with service bus (ESB).In this paper, the author examines the technical underpinning of the UDDI extensions for WSRP (user facing remote web services) and their role in service sharing among business partners. The author also briefly outlines the architectural view of using WSRP in enterprise integration tasks and the role Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).

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A low-cost development platform to design digital circuits on FPGAs using open-source software and hardware tools

2020 XIV Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE) ◽

10.1109/taee46915.2020.9163730 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Albert Saiz-Vela ◽

Pau Fontova ◽

Tomas Palleja ◽

Marcel Tresanchez ◽

Juan Antonio Garriga ◽

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Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Digital Circuits ◽

Low Cost ◽

Development Platform ◽

Cost Development ◽

Software And Hardware

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A coincidence detection system based on real-time software

Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems ◽

10.5194/gi-5-437-2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 437-449 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sindulfo Ayuso ◽

Juan José Blanco ◽

José Medina ◽

Raúl Gómez-Herrero ◽

Oscar García-Población ◽

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Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Detection System ◽

Low Cost ◽

Cosmic Ray ◽

Coincidence Detection ◽

Pulse Delay ◽

Development Platform ◽

Electronic Circuitry ◽

Coincidence System ◽

Cost Development

Abstract. Conventional real-time coincidence systems use electronic circuitry to detect coincident pulses (hardware coincidence). In this work, a new concept of coincidence system based on real-time software (software coincidence) is presented. This system is based on the recurrent supervision of the analogue-to-digital converters status, which is described in detail. A prototype has been designed and built using a low-cost development platform. It has been applied to two different experimental sets for cosmic ray muon detection. Experimental muon measurements recorded simultaneously using conventional hardware coincidence and our software coincidence system have been compared, yielding identical results. These measurements have also been validated using simultaneous neutron monitor observations. This new software coincidence system provides remarkable advantages such as higher simplicity of interconnection and adjusting. Thus, our system replaces, at least, three Nuclear Instrument Modules (NIMs) required by conventional coincidence systems, reducing its cost by a factor of 40 and eliminating pulse delay adjustments.

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A Primer for Telemetry Interfacing in Accordance with NASA Standards Using Low Cost FPGAs

Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation ◽

10.1142/s225117171640002x ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 05 (01) ◽

pp. 1640002

Author(s):

Jake McCoy ◽

Ted Schultz ◽

James Tutt ◽

Thomas Rogers ◽

Drew Miles ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Low Cost ◽

Photon Counting ◽

Sounding Rocket ◽

Photon Counting Detector ◽

Field Programmable ◽

Programmable Gate Arrays ◽

Custom Hardware ◽

Commercial Off The Shelf ◽

Main Component

Photon counting detector systems on sounding rocket payloads often require interfacing asynchronous outputs with a synchronously clocked telemetry (TM) stream. Though this can be handled with an on-board computer, there are several low cost alternatives including custom hardware, microcontrollers and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This paper outlines how a TM interface (TMIF) for detectors on a sounding rocket with asynchronous parallel digital output can be implemented using low cost FPGAs and minimal custom hardware. Low power consumption and high speed FPGAs are available as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products and can be used to develop the main component of the TMIF. Then, only a small amount of additional hardware is required for signal buffering and level translating. This paper also discusses how this system can be tested with a simulated TM chain in the small laboratory setting using FPGAs and COTS specialized data acquisition products.

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Low-cost student-manufacturable liquid oxygen-ethanol sounding rocket

AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum ◽

10.2514/6.2019-0613 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anil P. Nair ◽

Daniel I. Pineda ◽

R. Mitchell Spearrin ◽

Dave E. Crisalli

Keyword(s):

Low Cost ◽

Liquid Oxygen ◽

Sounding Rocket

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The PT6 Engine: 30 Years of Gas Turbine Technology Evolution

Volume 1: Aircraft Engine; Marine; Turbomachinery; Microturbines and Small Turbomachinery ◽

10.1115/93-gt-006 ◽

1993 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Badger ◽

A. Julien ◽

A. D. LeBlanc ◽

S. H. Moustapha ◽

A. Prabhu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gas Turbine ◽

Low Cost ◽

New Technology ◽

Operating Cost ◽

Weight Ratio ◽

High Standard ◽

Direct Operating Cost ◽

Cost Development ◽

Engine Reliability ◽

Cycle Temperature

The PT6 engine entered service in the mid-1960’s. Since then, application of new technology, has enabled low cost development of engines approaching 1500 KW, the introduction of electronic controls, improved power-to-weight ratio, higher cycle temperature and reduced specific fuel consumption. At the same time, PT6 field experience in business, commuter, helicopter and trainer applications has resulted in engines with low Direct Operating Cost and a reputation for rugged design and a high standard of engine reliability. This paper will highlight some interesting examples of this technical evolution, including the development of electronic controls and the application of the latest 3D aerodynamic and stress analysis to both compressor and turbine components.

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