Dynamically powering a position and angle digital detection and simulation output
AssigneeUnited Electronic Industries
InventorsOlexiy Ivchenko, Denys Kraplin
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Abstract
A position detection and simulation platform includes software configurable logic and programmable inputs and outputs to support software configuration only changes for use with a variety of position feedback devices including synchros, resolvers, linear variable differential transformers, and rotary variable differential transformers. Power to the software configurable outputs is dynamically controlled so that the power supply voltage presented to the outputs satisfies a minimum threshold above the amplitude of the output signal. Dynamic control is based on at least one of a digital representation of a signal to be output, an analog version of the signal to be output, or the signal being output.
Claims20
A method of dynamically powering a software configurable output, comprising:
- receiving a representation of a signal;
- determining, based on a software configurable parameter of the software configurable output, an expected amplitude of a driven output of the signal;
- adjusting a power supply voltage based on the expected amplitude;
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- providing the power supply voltage to a power supply input of a signal driver for generating the driven output.
A method of signal-based powering of a flight simulator signal driver, comprising:
- providing a flight simulation signal to a signal driver for generating a flight simulator output;
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- controlling a supply voltage for powering the signal driver so that the supply voltage tracks the simulation signal, wherein the supply voltage exceeds an amplitude of the flight simulator output by at least a power supply-to-signal threshold.
A system for dynamically determining a software configurable output power supply feedback signal, comprising:
- a processor accessible memory for storing digital waveform data for presenting to a software configurable output;
- a power supply feedback generation engine for generating a digital representation of the power supply feedback signal based on the digital waveform data;
- a phase adjust facility for providing the waveform data to the feedback generation engine, wherein the waveform data is provided to the feedback generation engine shifted in time relative to presenting corresponding waveform data to the software configurable output;
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- a digital-to-analog converter for converting the digital representation of the power supply feedback signal to a signal that is suitable for controlling a power supply output voltage of an adjustable power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.