Control electronics for a multi-laser/multi-detector scanning system
Abstract
The Mars Rover Laser Scanning system uses a precision laser pointing mechanism, a photodetector array, and the concept of triangulation to perform three dimensional scene analysis. The system is used for real time terrain sensing and vision. The Multi-Laser/Multi-Detector laser scanning system is controlled by a digital device called the ML/MD controller. A next generation laser scanning system, based on the Level 2 controller, is microprocessor based. The new controller capabilities far exceed those of the ML/MD device. The first draft circuit details and general software structure are presented.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- August 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980STIN...8032652K
- Keywords:
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- Field Of View;
- Mars Surface;
- Microprocessors;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Robots;
- Roving Vehicles;
- Scanners;
- Azimuth;
- Computer Programs;
- Elevation Angle;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering