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 Application
http://library.thinkquest.org/13526/c3c.htm
Electromagnetic Induction
http://www.scienceclarified.com/images/uesc_04_img0221.jpg
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
Sensors
http://www.youritronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/pic-microcontroller-temperature-sensor-front-view.jpg
Digital Signal Processing Chips
http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1979-DSP.html
Signal Frequency
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Physics/Acoustics/General/Wavelength2/freq-wavelength.jpg
Oscilloscopes
http://www.tinalab.com/English/tinalab/images/real_pic2.gif
Bibliography
• "Binary Computer Code Informational Page." The Problem Site. 7 June 2009.
• "Digital Computer." McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 8th ed. 1997. 289-96.
• "Embedded Processor and System-on-Chip Quick Reference Guide." Linux Devices. 7 June 2009.
• "Fiber Optic Cable Tutorial." 7 June 2009.
• Hanna, Darrin M., and Richard E. Haskell. "Learning Digital Systems Design in VHDL by Example in a Junior Course.”
• "LIDAR." Guys of LIDAR. 7 June 2009.
• "Oscilloscope Tutorial." Williamson Labs. 7 June 2009.
• Russell, Daniel A. "The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms."