On-Board Recorder for Data Acquisition During Firing and Flight of Projectiles

SHOTr proposes to design and develop an innovative data acquisition system with previously unavailable capabilities for use in the research and development of precision munitions by the United States defense community. This second generation on-board recorder (OBR-II) has highly advanced interface and control features, all of which are under software control. These features provide for drastically improved simplicity in interfacing the precision munitions sensor suite, device functionality, data acquisition timing control, and data retrieval to virtually any PC via a USB port. In addition to these compelling improvements to the recorders currently in use, SHOT's OBR-II channel capacity, signal converter resolution, non-volatile data storage, and recorder storage capacity are far in excess of any of the high shock environment recorders available today. As part of the development of the OBR-II, SHOT will also investigate the structural analysis of novel physical configurations, housing materials, potting compounds, and electrical interface packaging. SHOT's OBR-II is a recorder that is capable of handling the high shock environment, as well as being truly simple to use and attractive in every regard to military and commercial customers.