Patent ID: 8682509

Claim:
A system to monitor vehicle and aircraft equipment, comprising: a chassis, defining an interior compartment; an arrangement configured to accept input data of at least one of a vehicle and aircraft parameter, the arrangement configured to be placed within at least one of a vehicle and aircraft; a processing and acquisition system containing a high density Field Programmable Gate Array onboard the aircraft, the high density Field Programmable Gate Array comprising a plurality of reconfigurable processors configured to provide for partitioning of multiple levels of certified software; a power supply arrangement connected to arrangement configured to accept and record input data; an accelerometer unit; a tachometer unit; a plurality of blade trackers; and an input/output unit; wherein the high density FPGA interfaces with each of the accelerometer unit, the tachometer unit, the plurality of blade trackers; and the input/output unit; and wherein the system comprises a health and usage monitoring system (HUMS).