Apparatus and control of a single or multiple sources to fire countermeasure expendables on an aircraft
AssigneeBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
InventorsJason H. Branch, Karl P. Herb, Danny L. Plemons
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Abstract
A sequencer for use with a countermeasure defense system includes an input signal indicative of firing an expendable, a circuit card that receives the input signal indicative of firing the expendable and an output analog signal from the circuit card that fires the expendable. The parameters of the output analog signal correspond to parameters of a digital waveform.
Claims20
A method for generating a fire signal for at least one expendable countermeasure, comprising:
- receiving an input signal indicative of firing the at least one expendable countermeasure;
- generating one or more parameters of a digital waveform as a function of the input signal;
- storing in a memory the one or more parameters of the digital waveform;
- generating an analog waveform as a function of the one or more parameters of the digital waveform, wherein the analog waveform is the fire signal used for firing the at least one expendable countermeasure.
A computer program product including one or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out for generating a fire signal for at least one expendable countermeasure, the process comprising:
- receiving an input signal indicative of firing the at least one expendable countermeasure;
- generating one or more parameters of a digital waveform as a function of the input;
- storing in a memory the one or more parameters of the digital waveform;
- generating an analog waveform as a function of the one or more parameters of the digital waveform, wherein the analog waveform provides the fire signal for firing the at least one expendable countermeasure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.