A digital control unit for a rocket borne quadrupole mass spectrometer
Abstract
To control a quadrupole mass spectrometer during a rocket flight a programmable digital control unit has been developed. The design centers around a programmable read only memory. Up to eight different programs of 16 breakpoints may be sequentially selected. For data transmission, a PCM system has been included into the control unit. The operation and the circuits of the unit are described.
- Publication:
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Scientific Interim Report Northeastern Univ
- Pub Date:
- April 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978neu..reptR....R
- Keywords:
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- Control;
- Mass Spectrometers;
- Read-Only Memory Devices;
- Rocket-Borne Instruments;
- Circuit Diagrams;
- Computer Programming;
- Data Acquisition;
- Data Reduction;
- Quadrupoles;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation