Electrical Ground Support Equipment

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Electrical Ground Support Equipment

• Ryan Miller
• STARLight Electrical Engineer
• [phone]
• rpmiller_at_umich.edu

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Overview

• GSE Requirements
• GSE Description
• Sample GSE Display

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EGSE Requirements

• Connect to STARLight instrument via 100BaseT
  ethernet
• Send commands to STARLight via net connection
• Receive realtime and stored data via net
  connection
• Display realtime or stored data using graphical
  and textual displays
• Export stored data to flat files for
  post-processing

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EGSE Description

• Laptop PC
• Custom Windows software written in Visual C
• Data Management
• Instrument Control
• Data Display
• Ethernet connection to Control Module for
  operation/calibration and data download.
• Database for storing data
• Data can be recorded to CD or ZIP or offloaded
  via the net after returning from the field.

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EGSE Sample Display