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Ballistic Fire Control Computer
The primary Fire Directing System (FDS) communication architecture used by Land Systems Dynamics is a centralised FCC communicating over serial links to various related sub-systems on the vehicle.
It interfaces amongst other, to the Gun-drive System, Commander Panoramic Sight, Gunner Sight, Battle Panels, Meteorological sensor, Cant and Pitch angle Sensors, Trunnion Position Sensor, Charge Temperature Sensor etc.
Land Systems Dynamics is able to offer different configuration of FCC units to suite customers' specific requirements. Typical architecture consists of VME bus with VX works as operating system and PCI-bus using dedicated software schedulers.
A typical FCC configuration has up to 2 channels colour graphics overlay capability (1024 X 768) with full BIT. Automatic target tracking is provided through one or two separate correlation/centroid auto-trackers incorporated within the FCC. It can also be fitted with various other options such as IFF, Battle Management Systems etc.
The Power PC based FCC is hardened to MIL-STD 810E/461D, using a VME bus with VX works as operating system. It features several external serial ports, can take discrete inputs and has discrete opto-isolated outputs.
Such an FCC capabilities are summarised as:
- VME bus power PC using VX-Works as operating system complying with MIL-STD 810E/461D
- Provision for 2 channel, colour graphics overlay (1024x768) incorporating also Arabic text.
- Separate correlation/centroid video auto-trackers for commander and gunner
- Full video based embedded simulation training capability
- Up to 100 I/O - All opto-isolated
- More than 20 high speed serial ports (accommodating RS485 and RS422)
- High speed: 1.25 Mbit/s RS485 communication devices
- Up to 115Kbit/s RS422 communication
- Ethernet interfaces
