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Record 1 2001-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Electronics
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
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Microsyn... Pick-off function. The primary windings are excited by a 20V 3.2 KHz signal. This signal produces an error signal in the secondary windings whenever the armature is not in a null position.

OBS

microsyn: An electromagnetic device often used as a pickoff in single-degree-of-freedom gyros and accelerometers. It has a stator, fastened to the sensor case, containing primary and secondary sets of windings, and a rotor, without windings, that is attached to the float.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Applications de l'électronique
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Microsyn [...] Fonction de détection. Les bobines primaires sont excitées par un courant de 20 volts à 3.2 KHz et produisant un signal de sortie dans les bobines secondaires [...] à chaque fois que l'armature magnétique n'est pas au point zéro.

Spanish

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