Measurement and Controls Sytems

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Measurement and Controls Sytems
Measurement and Control Systems Boeing Canoga Park
The Measurement Control Systems (MCS) Process
at Boeing, Canoga Park, is a member of the Test
Process within Engineering. We have provided
integrated instrumentation/measurement and
controls systems to all test programs conducted
at Santa Susana Field Laboratory, as well as to
other areas such as the Canoga and DeSoto
facilities, John C. Stennis Space Center,
Marshall Space Flight Center, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Edwards AFB, and the Redstone
Technical Test Center. We specialize in the
integration, design, fabrication, implementation,
testing, calibration, maintenance, and failure
analysis of instrumentation, data acquisition and
control systems and components. The MCS Process
consists of a multi-disciplined engineering staff
and a fully equipped and staffed MCS integration
and calibration laboratory.
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• DATA ACQUISITION CONTROL SYSTEMS
• Supports a wide variety of Measurement and
  Control Systems to meet virtually any test
  requirement. Digital High Frequency Data
  Acquisition Systems typically record data with
  frequency components up to 40KHz. Low Speed Data
  Acquisition Systems handle data rates up to
  1KHz. Extensive experience in using LabVIEW for
  data acquisition and control applications.
  Extensive controls experience in the application
  of Programmable Logic Controllers and Devices
  (PLC PLD) for test. Experienced in the
  application and use of signal conditioning
  equipment including amplifiers, filters and
  bridge completion networks. Capable of designing
  custom circuits for unique applications.
• Some of our most significant accomplishments have
  been made in the area of integrated data
  acquisition and control systems. We have utilized
  the latest PC and local area network (LAN)
  technology to create a data acquisition operating
  system environment (DDAS) and a high speed
  control environment (TCON) that are widely used
  at Boeing and customer facilities for high speed
  automated control of test operations.

DDACS (Distributed Data Acquisition Control
System) Features/Capabilities

• Distributed, modular data acquisition system
• Uses Ethernet on multicast, connectionless, UDP
  configuration
• Channel capacity - 1000 channels or more
• Data acquisition and recording
• Supports multisampling selected channels
• Sampling rates of up to 1000 samples/second/chan
  nel (can go higher with multiscan)
• High speed deterministic control system (fast
  as 1 millisecond cycle time)
• Comprehensive redline limit monitoring
• Voting families X of Y, programmable time
  delays for each channel
• Closed loop sequence control, closed loop servo
  control
• Automatic system health verification and
  calibration
• Real-time data processing
• Real-time control on processed data
• Real-time display, graphical and tabular data
• Data file management (database)
• Supports several off-line data processing
  formats
• Supports several popular front-end hardware
  brands, can support others

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CALIBRATION SERVICES The Measurement Control
Systems (MCS) Process offers a wide range of
calibration and cleaning services. We are
recognized by the Canoga Park Metrology
department as an authorized calibration source,
which allows us to perform calibrations for any
Boeing function. Our NIST traceable calibration
services include
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• SOFTWARE, DATA PROCESSING SERVICES
• Our Electronics Systems engineering unit is
  staffed with software engineers with expertise in
  a broad range of applications
• Data Acquisition and Control System Packages
• Standard data acquisition and control systems
• Microprocessor based DDAS running on Windows NT
• Both standard and custom Graphical User
  interfaces available
• Support many standard hardware interfaces (Neff,
  National Instruments, Preston, Datum)
• Custom data acquisition and control systems
• LabView applications
• High frequency data acquisition
• Customer Support
• System design and requirement specification
  support available
• On-site support of data and control system
  installation
• No-cost upgrades to new software versions when
  available
• Remote support of TCON and support files used
  with standard DDAS installations
• MEASUREMENT AND CONTROLS SERVICES

Contact Boeing Canoga Park 6633
Canoga Avenue P.O. Box 7922
Canoga Park, CA 91309-7922