Implementation of a laboratory model for an image acquisition system

• Grant number: 07/01430-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2007
• End date: December 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Systems
• Principal Investigator: Vanderlei Cunha Parro
• Grantee: Diego Pedroso dos Santos
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia Mauá (EEM). Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia. São Caetano do Sul , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present work consists of the specification, development and implementation of an image acquisition system that represents a laboratory model of a satellite attitude control system. The system will be based in a CCD camera, an automatic mechanical system for the camera displacement and a measurement system in order to estimate the CCD relative position. The system will be able to acquire the data by a RS 232 channel feed by a microchip microcontroller. A visualization software will be available in a PC in order to adjust yhe acquisition system.