The goal of compatibility has often been aptly stated. However, this goal cannot be reached until the compatibility engineer is accepted as a co-worker and consultant to the design engineer. At present, one of the restrictions he faces is the complexity of and time taken for measurements and data reduction. He cannot give the design engineers and project supervisors the information they want in the time frame they need it. Instrumentation which will reduce these time factors and increase his flexibility is seen as a necessary first step toward designed-in compatibility.In this paper the present state of the instrumentation art is surveyed. Qualitative factors such as measurement flexibility and time are considered as well as traditional specifications. From this analysis and consideration of the goals of EMC, the requirements of future EMI instrumentation are projected.
BAE SYSTEMS has been developing and producing uncooled microbolometer sensors since 1995. Recently, uncooled sensors have been used on Pointer Unattended Aerial Vehicles and considered for several unattended sensor applications including DARPA Micro-Internetted Unattended Ground Sensors (MIUGS), Army Modular Acoustic Imaging Sensors (MAIS), and Redeployable Unattended Ground Sensors (R-UGS). This paper describes recent breakthrough uncooled sensor performance at BAE SYSTEMS and how this improved performance has been applied to a new Standard Camera Core (SCC) that is ideal for these unattended applications. Video imagery from a BAE SYSTEMS 640x480 imaging camera flown in a Pointer UAV is provided. Recent performance results are also provided.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.