A preliminary examination of the problems associated with railroad locomotive data acquisition is presented. An approach toward the design of a microprocessor-based locomotive data recorder is also presented. Special attention is placed on determining the functional characteristics and environmental specifications required for the system. The system described consists of a magnetic tape digital data recorder, an ensemble of transducers, and analysis software. The system described is to be used as a research tool. (ERA citation 04:010911)
Locomotive Data Acquisition Package. Phase I, Final Report, October 1977--July 1978
1978
122 pages
Report
No indication
English
Railroad Transportation , Recording Devices , Data acquisition systems , Diesel engines , Railways , Trains , Computers , Design , Life-cycle cost , Maintenance , Measuring instruments , Performance , Reliability , Research programs , Locomotives , ERDA/320202 , ERDA/330102 , Data recorders , Tape recorders , Microprocessors