"Hatching DASlings"
Tutorial On Creating A Thumb-Sized, Untethered/Self-Powered, High-Performance, Field-Adaptable, Automatic, Survivable,
Multi-Channel, Extreme-Shock Event Recorder.
ABSTRACT: Many Data Acquisition tasks involve brief, violent, unconstrained events that preclude the use of “standard” DAS boards/modules;
explosions, impacts, pyroshocks, manikin ejection seat & crash testing, to name a few. “Hatching DASlings” presents the
creation processes for an automatic, miniature, ruggedized DAS that simul-samples 3 piezo-resistive-sensors with hard/soft triggering
at 500,000s/s/c, featuring non-volatile data storage & latent (non-battery) sources for internal power. This tutorial/seminar
covers the features, goals, work breakdown structure, GANTT chart, specifications, research & component design tradeoffs, schematics,
bills-of-materials, packaging, boards artwork, VHDL coding, etc., required to “Hatch this DAS.” All visitors may download all
of the “design documents.”
Mr. Gustin has presented various Data Acquisition System papers at Sensor's Expo: “Phenomena Acquisition and Recording System” in
1986; “Rugged Physical Events Recorder” in 1987; and, “Data Acquisition: A Scopious Disquisition” in 1988. He is the inventor
of the “Data Recorder Including A Recirculating Non-Volatile Memory” Patent (5,056,056, 8 Oct 91). He has successfully launched
two different mezzanine board I/O Product lines, designed several different ruggedized military-grade “black box” recorders, and too
many other various products to mention here. With over 30 years of experience, he now shares with you “Hatching DASlings.”
