Design of a serial communication protocol and bus interface chip for tactile communications
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Authors
Link, Jeffrey P.
Subjects
Electronics
Tactile
Interface
Tactor
TSAS
Serial Communications
Tactile
Interface
Tactor
TSAS
Serial Communications
Advisors
Fouts, Douglas J.
Date of Issue
1999-03
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California ; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Tactile communication requires rapid data transfer along a common bus. The developed communication protocol and application-specific interface chip enable precise control of multiple tactile transmitters (tactors) to convey information to military users. This extrapolation of the Tactile Situation Awareness System developed by the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory uses a serial data bus and individual interface chips to communicate commands with a minimum number of conductors. This thesis develops the communication protocol and the design of the Tactor Interface Chip (TIC). This work also includes a computer-driven tactile array controller and Parallel Port Data Modulator for TIC testing and demonstration
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Thesis
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Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Format
xxviii, 287 p.;28 cm.
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