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A Microcomputer-based Signal Data Converter for Runway Visual Range Measurements
註釋A laboratory model microcomputer-based Runway Visual Range (RVR) System was designed and built at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center. The system includes a Microcomputer Signal Data Converter (SDC), a Remote Display, a local maintenance terminal, a cassette storage unit, a Transmissivity Display, and a Transmissometer Simulator. The Microcomputer SDC computes RVR values for up to 12 transmissometers; previous SDC designs can calculate RVR values for only 1 transmissometer. Furthermore, the microcomputer-based RVR System provides alarm checking, data storage, and RS-232 compatible data outputs that are not available in other RVR systems. Based on the improved capabilities and the microcomputer's low cost, it is concluded that Microcomputer SDC's would be cost effective at airports using more than three transmissometers. (Author).