COMPUTERIZED TEST TECHNIQUES FOR INSTRUMENTATION MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDERS
Affiliation
Western Space and Missile CenterFederal Electric Corporation
Issue Date
1983-10
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Proceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection.Abstract
Since development of the initial system in 1980, the Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC) has been refining computerized test techniques for instrumentation magnetic tape recorder/reproducers. These tests include standard IRIG tests such as flutter, time base error (TBE), interchannel time displacement error (ITDE), harmonic distortion, frequency response and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), as well as slot noise, crosstalk and intermodulation distortion (IMD). The test philosophy is to duplicate results that can be obtained manually, but at the same time greatly reduce test time and operator intervention. Such parameters as data sampling periods and number of samples have been refined to obtain maximum correlation and minimum test times. Also, a complete set of self-check and troubleshooting programs have been developed.Sponsors
International Foundation for TelemeteringISSN
0884-51230074-9079