Data Collection Station for Automobile Safety Testing

Abstract

Increased emphasis on the incorporation of additional safety features in automobile designs has accelerated the adaptation of aerospace telemetry and datahandling techniques to the field of automotive performance testing. Described is a multiple link FM/FM telemetry ground station as used for acquisition of data from an automotive test track. System inputs adhere to aerospace telemetry standards, the output being a computer-compatible digital tape. Detailed attention is given to the high-speed sampling, data conversion, and digital tape formatting subsystem.