An array processor-based sea-going multichannel data acquisition system

Author

Barkley, G.K. ; Kruger, W.P. ; Halpeny, C.A. ; Leen, W. ; Larow, A. ; Leo, T.

Author_Institution

Planning Syst. Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

6-8 Sep 1989

Firstpage

87

Abstract

Summary form only given. A seagoing data acquisition system based on a pair of minicomputers, an array processor, a 64-channel scanning analog-to-digital converter, and programmable antialiasing filters is described. The two computers are linked through Decnet using Ethernet hardware. Options include wavenumber frequency processing and frequency-domain beamforming. Processed data are presented on color graphics terminals and eight-color plotters. Optional displays are contours, three-dimensional surfaces, and colorized gray-scale plots. Also available are individual power spectra, phase and coherence pairs, and steered beam power spectra. Data are stored at sea on optical disk cartridges

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; computerised signal processing; data acquisition; engineering graphics; marine systems; parallel processing; 64 channel scanning ADC; Decnet; Ethernet hardware; array processor; color graphics terminals; colorized gray-scale plots; contours; frequency-domain beamforming; minicomputers; multichannel data acquisition system; optical disk cartridges; plotters; programmable antialiasing filters; sea going system; steered beam power spectra; three-dimensional surfaces; wavenumber frequency processing; Analog-digital conversion; Array signal processing; Color; Computer graphics; Data acquisition; Ethernet networks; Filters; Frequency; Hardware; Microcomputers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multidimensional Signal Processing Workshop, 1989., Sixth

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MDSP.1989.97044

Filename

97044