An Integrated, Modular Simulation System for Education ... - Cal Poly

and monitors and computer code to simulate various aircraft and run and connect thevarious pieces of hardware and graphics. Pheagle is the primary equations of motion(EOM) engine and will control the flow of data to and from the other computers. Inaddition to the EOM engine, the computer has one of the graphics cards to send graphicsto the left view (the side view requiring less processing not having the Heads up displayto process). Spiegle is the IO computer containing the A/D, D/A and digital cards thatprocess data to and from the sim cab and also has one of the side views to process. Eagleis the main graphics engine that has the front view and HUD to process. Phantom is abackup IO computer with Win95 for the backup functions and a partition of Linux toprovide remote access to the sim lab for researchers operating off site. Phantom is alsobeing set up to provide hardware in the loop support for remotely piloted vehicles usingthe backup A/D, D/A cards and separate software from the stick IO to use the IO cardsfor both functions at the same time. Using the TCP/IP socket software, several SiliconGraphics workstations available can be included in the system to provide extra computingpower when required. The portability of C code allow functions programmed on a PCsystem to be ported to the Unix computer when more computing power is required.20