Design of a serial communication protocol and bus interface chip for tactile communications
By: by Jeffrey P. Link
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Description: 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.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Douglas J. Fouts.

"March 1999"

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1999.

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