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Telemetry Systems

Course No. 171

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For Whom Intended  This course is intended for personnel involved in engineering applications of telemetry, in either commercial or defense/space organizations. Applications include telemetry as applied to control and monitoring of space vehicles as well as telecommunications, automotive testing, in-plant industrial system control and electrical power transmission telemetry systems.

Brief Course Description  The course starts with an introduction to telemetry systems, carrier signal modulation and telemetry standards.

The presentation continues with background information on topics encountered in telemetry systems such as: dB, sensors, filtering, signal waveforms and Fourier analysis.

Telemetry modulation techniques, frequency modulation (FM) and Pulse-Amplitude modulation (PAM) are covered next. After a discussion of digital signals, binary arithmetic and data formats, Analog/ Digital and Digital/Analog conversion is covered. Building on this knowledge, the instructor then presents Pulse-Code modulation (PCM), including commutation techniques.

Next comes a discussion of Data Bus standards such as ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553 and IRIG-106, followed by a section on bit encoding, including Viterbi, Reed-Solomon and convolution.

Special PCM formatting such as embedded asynchronous and embedded video techniques are discussed before covering time codes. The instructor then discusses Range Telecommunications issues such as multi-sourced data and architecture.

Next comes an overview of available computer systems, interfaces, networking options and parameter databases. System processing, testing, and specifying are considered next, followed by data compression and storage, including analog and digital tape recording and multiplexers. The course concludes with discussions of RF transmission theory, mission planning and data mining, an overview of telemetry vendors and a brief discussion of future trends, including iNet.

Certificate Programs  This course is an elective for TTi's Instrumentation Test Specialist Certificate Programs and may be used as an elective for any other TTi Certificate Program.

Prerequisites  There are no definite prerequisites, but TTi's courses Instrumentation for Electrical Test and Measurement and Digital Signal Processing would be helpful.

Text  Each student will receive a course workbook, including most of the viewgraphs used in the course presentation, also a CD-ROM with copies of the various standards discussed in the class.

Course Hours, Certificate and CEUs  Open courses meet seven hours per day. Upcoming presentation dates can be found on our current open course schedule. Class hours/days for on-site courses can vary from 14-35 hours over 2-5 days as requested by our clients. Upon successful course completion, each participant receives a certificate of completion and one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for every ten class hours.



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