An Instrumentation System for an Embedded Linux-Based Flight Controller

Abstract

The DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory has redesigned its Multi-functional Instrumentation and Data Ac-quisition System (MIDAS) to support an embedded Linux-based flight controller for its smart munitions research. This includes field-programmable gate array development of a serial peripheral interface between the sensor board and flight controller, integration of three new digital sensors using a soft-core processor, and the design of a custom Linux software stack. This new version of MIDAS has been successfully used in several flight experiments, and will continue to support future smart munitions research and development.