Setting the PACE in IRSP: A reconfigurable PC-based array control electronics system for infrared scene projection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5092, Issue , 2003, Pages 61-70

  Goldsmith II, George C ^a   Herald, W Larry ^b   Erickson, Ricky A ^b   Irvine Jr , Walter S ^c   Mackin, Paul R ^a   Bryant, Paul ^d   Lindberg, Brian ^d  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MacAulay Brown Inc   (United States)

^c AEGIS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC   (United States)

^d Santa Barbara Infrared Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Emitter arrays; Field programmable gate array; Infrared projector; Nonuniformity correction; Real time processing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; FIRMWARE; INFRARED DEVICES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

ANALOG INTERFACE ELECTRONICS (AIE);

PROJECTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0345376988     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.488586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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