Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The quest to bring lockstep efficiency to labor intensive factory production at first relied on mechanical ingenuity. Over time, as reliable and cost-effective microprocessor...
Articles: Imaging
Analog cameras dominated the early years of machine vision systems, offering adequate performance, a simple interface, and a moderate price. Technology advances, however, are now tipping the...
Products: Imaging
AZ Displays, Mission Viejo, CA, has introduced the AOM080S, AOM121S, and AOM150X open-frame, rugged, color LCD monitors that feature built-in touch panels and plug-and-play capabilities. They support NTSC, PAL, and SECAM...
Briefs: Information Technology
An automated procedure has been developed to derive relevant factors, which can increase the ability to produce objective, repeatable methods for determining aerodynamic surface...
Briefs: Software
DSN Data Visualization Suite
The DSN Data Visualization Suite is a set of computer programs and reusable Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that assist in the visualization and analysis of Deep Space Network (DSN) spacecraft-tracking data, which can include predicted and actual values of downlink frequencies, uplink frequencies, and...
Products
Maple Systems, Everett, WA, has released three Gold Series panel PCs in contoured 10", 15", and 17" fanless models. All models feature Intel processors and are preloaded with Windows XP Pro. The fully functional PCs run...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An effort to develop large-aperture, wide-angle-scanning reflectarray antennas for microwave radar and communication systems is underway. In an antenna of this type as envisioned,...
Briefs: Information Technology
Presentation Extensions of the SOAP
A set of extensions of the Satellite Orbit Analysis Program (SOAP) enables simultaneous and/or sequential presentation of information from multiple sources. SOAP is used in the aerospace community as a means of collaborative visualization and analysis of data on planned spacecraft missions. The following...
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI)
Sunnyvale, CA
800-800-7441
www.sgi.com
SGI has supplied NASA's Advanced Supercomputing facility at NASA Ames...
Briefs: Physical Sciences
An instrument measures electrical properties of relatively dry soils to determine their liquid water and/or ice contents. Designed as a prototype of instruments for measuring the...
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Radiation Detection Hardware Part of Living With a Star Experiment
Space Micro Inc.
San Diego, CA
858-332-0700
www.spacemicro.com
Space Micro’s space dosimeter card has been successfully integrated at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) into the Living with a Star (LWS), Space...
Briefs: Physical Sciences
A method for real-time detection of dust devils at a given location is based on identifying the abrupt, temporary decreases in atmospheric pressure that are characteristic of dust...
Briefs: Software
Symbolic Processing Combined With Model-Based Reasoning
A computer program for the detection of present and prediction of future discrete states of a complex, real-time engineering system utilizes a combination of symbolic processing and numerical model-based reasoning. One of the biggest weaknesses of a purely symbolic approach is that it...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
In a proposed coding-and-modulation scheme, a high-rate binary data stream would be processed as follows:
Briefs: Software
Spreadsheets for Analyzing and Optimizing Space Missions
XCALIBR (XML Capability Analysis LIBRary) is a set of Extensible Markup Language (XML) database and spreadsheet-based analysis software tools designed to assist in technology-return-on-investment analysis and optimization of technology portfolios pertaining to outer- space missions....
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A prototype decoder for a serially concatenated pulse position modulation (SCPPM) code has been implemented in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). At the time of this...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Diamond Machining of an Off-Axis Biconic Aspherical Mirror
Two diamond-machining methods have been developed as part of an effort to design and fabricate an off-axis, biconic ellipsoidal, concave aluminum mirror for an infrared spectrometer at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Beyond this initial application, the methods can be expected to...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The figure shows a biasable subharmonic mixer designed to operate in the frequency range from 520 to 600 GHz. This mixer is a prototype of low-power mixers needed for development of...
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Quick-Connect Windowed Non-Stick Penetrator Tips for Rapid Sampling
Standard penetrator sampling systems were designed in order to allow for sampling via penetrators to produce a full set of sample acquisitions including volatile liquids, fine powders, and solid fragments. A gravity harpoon sampler has been designed with a removable tip and a...
NASA Tech Needs
Highly Power-Aware Digital Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Radio
As NASA embarks upon deep-space human exploration, the next-generation extravehicular activity (EVA) radio will be a pivotal technology and an integral part of lunar surface systems success. It facilitates surface operations, enables crew mobility, and supports point to multi-point...
Briefs: Medical
A method of discriminating between spore-forming and non-spore-forming bacteria is based on a combination of simultaneous sporulation-specific and non-sporulation-specific quantitative...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An alternative scheme has been conceived for packaging of silicon- based back-illuminated, back- side-thinned complementary metal oxide/semiconductor (CMOS) and charge-coupled-device...
Briefs: Information Technology
Using Covariance Analysis To Assess Pointing Performance
A Pointing Covariance Analysis Tool (PCAT) has been developed for evaluating the expected performance of the pointing control system for NASA’s Space Interferometry Mission (SIM). The SIM pointing control system is very complex, consisting of multiple feedback and feedforward loops, and...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An investigational method of improving the performance of a fuel cell that contains a polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) is based on the concept of roughening the surface of the PEM,...
Techs for License
Innovative Cooling Technology for Circuit Boards with LED Lights
Advanced Solid State Lighting (SSL) is a technology that enables the use of LED lights in cost-sensitive applications where cooling of the LED is needed. One limitation that has hindered LED light designs in commercial applications is the cooling of the LEDs when used in the...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Lightweight composites of RP46 polyimide and glass fibers have been found to be useful as extraordinarily fire-resistant electrical-insulation materials. RP46 is a polyimide of the...
Techs for License
Through-Metal RFID Tags Resist Harsh Environments and Deter Counterfeiting
These patented 125-kHz RFID tags and readers enable tag information to be read and written through metal so that tags can be hermetically sealed inside metal parts such as surgical instruments, construction forms, weapons, and similar devices that must withstand harsh...
Briefs: Materials
Damage Detection and Self-Repair in Inflatable/Deployable Structures
Inflatable/deployable structures are under consideration for applications as varied as expansion modules for the International Space Station to destinations for space tourism to habitats for the lunar surface. Monitoring and maintaining the integrity of the physical structure...
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