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> Products New! Single-Axis Rate Table with Temp Chamber 1572-12-TL Positioning & Rate Table UAV HWIL Flight Motion Simulation System AERO 4000 Digital Motion Controller© Contract Manufacturing Services |
Welcome to the 3rd edition of Ideal Aerosmith's e-newsletter, Ideal Precision. Ideal Precision is published quarterly to provide updates on what is happening at Ideal Aerosmith, for you our customer.
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Visit the Ideal Aerosmith booth at these upcoming events:
> AIAA Guidance, Navigation & Control Conference
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1291BR Single-Axis Rate Table
Low Cost Single-Axis Rate Table with Temperature Chamber
1572-12-TL Two-Axis Positioning & Rate Table
Cost Effective UAV Hardware-in-the-Loop Flight Motion Simulation System
Simulate low dynamic UAV flight profiles with the Ideal Aerosmith Model 1573-FMS Three-axis Motion Simulator. The system can be driven directly from Flight Simulation computers that output real-time pitch, roll, and yaw data at frame rates up to 256 Hz via RS-232 or IEEE-488 interfaces. The 1573-FMS system features typical bandwidths of 25 Hz in roll, 12 Hz in pitch, and 7 Hz in yaw. The standard system allows unlimited rotation in the yaw axis, and +/- 185 degrees of freedom in pitch and roll axes.
New Generation AERO 4000 Digital Motion Controller© is Ideal for Motion Table Upgrades and Controller Replacements
Representing the culmination of Ideal Aerosmith knowledge and experience, with forward-thinking electrical, packaging, and software design, Ideal Aerosmith introduces the new AERO 4000 Motion Controller© as the next leading controller for the inertial testing and flight motion simulation industry. The AERO 4000 is the perfect upgrade / replacement for older MPACS, DR3100/3200 MADES, 403, 404, 405D, and other out-of-production motion controllers.
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Optical Encoders
Ideal Aerosmith utilizes the optical encoder on single and multi-axis test tables to measure axis position.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation
Athena Technologies, Inc.
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Contract Manufacturing Services by Ideal Aerosmith
Managing Test System Obsolescence
Obsolescence has become a major issue facing the military and commercial avionics test system users as they try to keep their test systems operational for the life-cycle of the products being tested. The cause of the problem is obsolete components, vanishing vendors, and the loss of test system design knowledge. Particularly challenging is the limited life of RF and optical test instrumentation, which quickly depletes their availability in the used equipment market.
Avionics Test Systems
Ideal Aerosmith continues to expand its relationships with avionics manufacturers to develop, support, and modernize test systems for both the manufacturers support centers and their airline customers. These test systems provide functional test of a wide range of avionics, including:
Test Electro-Optic Systems with 2 and 3-Axis Precision Motion & Positioning Systems
Ideal Aerosmith has designed a broad array of 2 and 3-axis positioning systems for testing military Electro-optic seekers, FLIR pods and cameras, targeting systems, etc. Typically these systems are mechanically customized to suit unique UUT test requirements including unobstructed Field of View and access for liquid coolant lines. Often, sinusoidal motion or broadband white noise motion (for frequency response and power spectral density tests) are required and are easily simulated with Ideal's motion controllers.
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The Ideal Aerosmith 1291BR Series was conceived as a cost-effective alternative to traditional, much larger single-axis table systems, primarily for MEMS development applications. The MEMS inertial gyro technology revolution didn't dictate the same test requirements as earlier inertial packages. MEMS testing no longer required tables designed for 200 lb payloads and real-time HWIL. Thus, the 1291BR was born to fill this niche. Now, four years later, the 1291BR Series is still popular for its original intended application of MEMS development, but has also found homes in numerous other applications as well including high volume MEMS production testing, camera stabilization, AHRS testing, smart projectile testing, tachometer testing, even satellite imagery simulation.
Download 1291BR Datasheet
Ideal Aerosmith announces the introduction of the Model 1291TC Single Axis Rate and Positioning Table with integral Temperature Chamber.
Ideal Aerosmith announces the introduction of our Model 1572-12-TL, a two-axis positioning & rate table system with an integrated LN2-cooled thermal chamber. The 1572-12-TL is a scaled-down version of our venerable 1532/1572 Series which Ideal has supplied primarily to the aerospace industry for 15+ years.
An optical encoder rotates a disk with precisely laser-etched lines over 360º. An LED light source shines through the etched glass disk, producing a refracted beam that stimulates four photodiodes. As the shaft rotates, the photodiodes generate four sinusoidal signals each phase shifted by 90º with a period of 360º per line count. Higher resolution is obtained by increasing the lines on the disk and by dividing the amplitude of the sine wave into smaller divisions. The number of laser-etched line and total interpolation factor are multiplied to calculate the overall resolution of the system. Ideal Aerosmith systems currently use optical encoders ranging from 3,600 lines to 32,768 lines per revolution and interpolators ranging from 200X to 8,192X. This range of products allows us to provide position and rate resolutions as fine as 0.00001 degrees and 0.00001 degrees/second and with far less interpolation error than is found using other feedback devices.
Most Ideal Aerosmith products contain an optical encoder that is a single-piece, self-contained unit. It has an integral bearing and coupling that mounts directly onto the axis shaft. The LED light source, disk and bearing are all enclosed in a sealed rugged aluminum case. The optical encoder has proven to be extremely reliable in the field.
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems in Baltimore has taken delivery of an Ideal Aerosmith Model 1572X two axis motion table system. This unique motion simulator was modified to hold the EWISSP (Electronic Warfare Integrated Suite for Small Platforms) System that is being developed for the U.S. Marines Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV).
Athena Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 to develop and commercialize high-performance control systems that could autonomously fly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), target drones and missiles. Their GuideStar™ family of flight control and navigation systems are flying some of the most critical UAV programs, including the US Army's Shadow tactical UAV, the Air Force's subscale target UAV, and Alenia's Sky-X, one of the first European unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
Choosing the right outsourcing partner is a critical decision. Over the last 10 years, we have learned that when companies decide to outsource the build of products or sub-assemblies to a contract manufacturer, they are placing their company's reputation in someone else's hands. In 1995 Ideal expanded into the contract manufacturing business by initially providing the service to a major avionics OEM. Since that time, the contract manufacturing business has continued to grow and currently accounts for a significant portion of our annual revenue. All of our customers expect their projects to be completed on-time, in budget and to specification. Ideal meets and exceeds these expectations.