Real-Time Computing

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Examples of Real-Time Computing

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Taking a census, braking your car, guiding a missile, running an assembly line

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Orgin

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First with military then eventually evolved to everyday use

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Jay Forrester

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Made computers that could simulate any type of aircraft and connect it to a cockpit simulation

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SAGE weapons director console with light gun

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Showed air activity, Let you request info of aircraft by pointing gun at it

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SAGE Defense

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Was made for the airforce

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The SAGE building had four levels

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Telephone and Test Equipment, Computer Floor, Command Post and Display Floor.

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What the SAGE system did

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Linked 23 sites across U.S. and Canada, coordinating weapons systems,and processing radar, weather reports

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What began in the 1960s?

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The use of tactical data sytems came to be

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Why the Naval Tactical Data System was created

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Created because fast planes and missiles were a threat to ship in sea, defending them required processing and coordinating a tidal wave of information

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Reason to build the (NVTDS)

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Navy launched this project to create a fast and flexible computer system for a single ship

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Seymour Cray

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Came up with the computer design for the Naval Tactical Data System

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The Norden Bombsight

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Gave greater accuracy from greater heights, Lasers were then used to guide missiles and bombs

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Minuteman Missile Guidance Computer

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helped guide guided missiles

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Moon Travel

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Came to be from the idea of guiding missiles

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What does the of size of microelectronics do?

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make it easier to integrate computers into our daily lives and household products.

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Real-Time Computing modern day

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Monitoring activity. Reacting to changing conditions

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Bosch ABS-2 Controller

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one part of the anti-lock brake system. It receives speed and acceleration information from wheel sensors

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Why must automated process control system be reliable?

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They are the tasks facing any business’ operations manager.

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1950s

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Doctors in the 19th century discovered that they could stimulate heart muscles electronically.

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Bernie Gordon

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founded Epsco in 1953. A year later, Epsco introduced the Datrac, one of the earliest commercial analog/digital converters

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Foxboro FOX 1

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Foxboro, founded in the early 20th century, specialized in industrial monitoring and control instruments.