The purpose of this project was to design and implement an absolute optical encoder prototype that used novel imaging methods to produce at least 300 position updates per second with extraordinary accuracy. This involved the design and development of a high speed DSP system to control a CCD interface, of an address decoder to interface between the analog CCD camera and the DSP, of the image processing algorithms, and of an interface to output absolute position to the user.

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Creator

• Koski, Antti Elias
• Nguyen, Hoang Ryan
• Fowler, Richard Lawerance

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 01A013M

Advisor

• Looft, Fred J.

Year

• 2001

Center

• Goddard Space Flight Center Project Center - MQP

Date created

• 2001-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright