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up to per<strong>for</strong>m the less processor intensive tasks such as IO. <strong>An</strong> additional cost savings isachieved by using a switching box to allow the various computers to be controlled by onemonitor, keyboard, and mouse. The Instructor Station (Figure 7.) is the single point ofIO from the operator to the system. The graphicscomputers have separate outputs to the out thewindow screens.<strong>An</strong>alog to Digital - InputThe A/D card uses variations in voltage asinput and converts the signal from a analog voltage toa digital number corresponding to the level ofvoltage. Potentiometers are used to vary thereference voltage from the stick and pedals. <strong>An</strong>yFigure 7 Instructor Stationdevice that can be connected to a linear or rotating potentiometer can be used <strong>for</strong> input tothe simulator.Digital to <strong>An</strong>alog — OutputThe instruments (Figure 8.) andthe <strong>for</strong>ce feedback are run using areference voltage sent out from thecomputer then amplified to run theactuators (voltage meters) in theinstruments and torque motorsconnected to the stick and pedals. <strong>An</strong>ydevice that can be controlled using aFigure 8 PhEagle Instrumentsvoltage signal can be used as output from the D/A card.16

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