Interior Instrumentation

Term | Definition |
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AC Power Inverters | 120 Volt Alternating Current Power inverters. |
Aircraft Network Switch | 8 PORT, 100 megabytes per second network switch that all aircraft data systems use to time sync to the M300 data system. |
CPC | Condensation Particle Counter measures all aerosols greater than 10 microns. |
CPI Data System | The Cloud Particle Image (CPI) data acquisition system. |
CPI Power Supply | The Cloud Particle Image (CPI) probe computer and power supply unit. |
DC Power Inverters | 28 Volt Direct Current power inverters. |
Flight Engineer Data Monitor | Displays real-time probe data from the primary video card on the M300 Data Acquisition System. |
Flight Scientist Monitor | Displays real-time probe data from the secondary video card on the M300 Data Acquisition System. |
HVPS-3 | Data acquisition system for the High Volume Precipitation Spectrum Probe. |
KVM Monitor | The KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) monitor allows user to display input from up to eight data systems. Currently set up to switch between the HVPS-3 CPI or M300 computer. |
KVM Selection Switch | The KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) switch allows users to alternate between up to eight data systems. |
M300 Data Acquisition System | The Science Engineering Associates model 300 Data Acquisition System (Sea M300) records data and visualizes data from probes in either histogram, time-series or spectrum plots as well as text format display. |
Spare 19" racks | Spare rear racks that can accommodate installation of project specific instrumentation |
Time Code Generator | A time synchronization system, that outputs a IRIGB time code derived from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. |
16 port serial box | Multiport subsystem that can connect up to 128 serial devices through one expansion slot. |