April 1998 to August 1999

Advanced Helicopter-1 Weapons Equipment (AH-1W): Mission Interface Module (MIM), Weapons Interface Module (WIM) and Helmet Mounted Display Interface Module (HMDIM)

Mission Interface Module(MIM)

Tasks Involved:

• Specification, architecture, design, parts selection, board layout, FPGA design and simulation and module test.
• Two FPGA designs: XILINX and Lattice.
• VME and PCI digital Interfaces
• Analog, Synchro and Discrete interfaces

Weapons Interface Module (WIM)

Tasks Involved:

• Specification, architecture, design, parts selection, board layout, FPGA design and simulation and module test.
• Two FPGA designs: XILINX and Lattice.
• VME and PCI digital Interfaces.
• Analog, Synchro, Discrete and Special weapons interface.
• Printed circuit board design, fabricate, assemble and test four (4) prototypes.

Helmet Mounted Display Interface Module (HMDIM)

Tasks Involved:

• The HMDIM accepts symbology from a graphics processor and converts it for display on an Integrated Helmet Display and Sighting System (IHDSS). The module also interfaces to dual Image Intensified Cameras.
• High speed video processing.
• Specification, architecture, design, parts selection, board layout, FPGA design and simulation, Printed circuit board design, fabricate, assemble and test one prototype.
• Six (6) unique, high speed (78 MHZ) XILINX FPGA designs.
• VME and PCI digital Interfaces.

December 1998 to February 1998

SH60R-CH60/MMH SMFD I/O Module

Tasks Involved:

• Design and fabrication of six (6) Input-Output circuit boards. Schematics and parts list provided by Litton.

April 1998 to June 1998

High Resolution X-Y Graphics Scan to Raster Scan Display Converter

Tasks Involved:

• Scan Converter generates a raster output suitable for display on a 1024 by 768 Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display.
• Logical Algorithm Generation, Architecture, FPGA (XILINX) Design and Simulation, Printed Circuit Board Design, Fabrication, Assembly and Test of one Prototype.