Engineering and Technology

By Sean McIntee

Fiber Optic Communication System

• Five Parts: – Encoder/Modulator– Transmitter– Fiber– Detector– Demodulator

http://www.home-theater-accessories-resource.com/Images/Pictures/fiber%20optics.jpg

Fiber Optic Imaging

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/fiber-optic.htm

How Light Travels

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/fiber-optic2.htm

LIDAR

• Light Detection and Ranging

http://www.aad.gov.au/Asset/Expeditioner/images/twia_lidar_beam_lge.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Starfield_Optical_Range_-_sodium_laser.jpg

How LIDAR Works

http://gulfsci.usgs.gov/tampabay/data/1mapping/lidar/

Doppler Effect

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~efortin/thesis/html/Doppler.shtml

Future Technology

• Space Borne Doppler Wind LIDAR

• Autumn 2010

Magnetic Fields and Use

http://library.thinkquest.org/13526/c3c.htm

Electromagnetic Induction

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http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_14/5.html

Digital Computers

http://www.joytech.net/images/products/Wireless-Fusion-Controller-1_Large.jpghttp://less4more.com.au/shop/images/CALC.jpg

Binary Code

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/csppleds.aspx?fid=21021&df=90&mpp=25&noise=3&sort=Position&view=Quick&fr=326

VHDL

• Very (High Speed Integrated Circuits) Hardware Description Language

http://www.derepas.com/fabrice/hard/overview.jpg

Embedded Processing System

http://www.denx.de/en/pub/Hardware/SodimmTX25/StarterKit_V.jpg

Temperature Sensors

http://www.youritronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/pic-microcontroller-temperature-sensor-front-view.jpg

Signal Frequency

http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Physics/Acoustics/General/Wavelength2/freq-wavelength.jpg

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Digital Signal Processing Chips

http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1979-DSP.html

Oscilloscopes

http://www.tinalab.com/English/tinalab/images/real_pic2.gif

Visual Programming