MINIATURE PENETRATOR (MINPEN) ACCELERATION RECORDER DEVELOPMENT AND TEST

• Main Authors: Franco, R. J., Platzbecker, M. R.
• Other Authors: Sandia National Laboratories
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 1998
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607383; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/607383

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1998 / Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California === The Telemetry Technology Development Department at Sandia National Laboratories actively develops and tests acceleration recorders for penetrating weapons. This new acceleration recorder (MinPen) utilizes a microprocessor-based architecture for operational flexibility while maintaining electronics and packaging techniques developed over years of penetrator testing. MinPen has been demonstrated to function in shock environments up to 20,000 Gs. The MinPen instrumentation development has resulted in a rugged, versatile, miniature acceleration recorder and is a valuable tool for penetrator testing in a wide range of applications.