NASA Tech Briefs, December 2011Topics covered include: 1) SNE Industrial Fieldbus Interface; 2) Composite Thermal Switch; 3) XMOS XC-2 Development Board for Mechanical Control and Data Collection; 4) Receiver Gain Modulation Circuit; 5) NEXUS Scalable and Distributed Next-Generation Avionics Bus for Space Missions; 6) Digital Interface Board to Control Phase and Amplitude of Four Channels; 7) CoNNeCT Baseband Processor Module; 8) Cryogenic 160-GHz MMIC Heterodyne Receiver Module; 9) Ka-Band, Multi-Gigabit-Per-Second Transceiver; 10) All-Solid-State 2.45-to-2.78-THz Source; 11) Onboard Interferometric SAR Processor for the Ka-Band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn); 12) Space Environments Testbed; 13) High-Performance 3D Articulated Robot Display; 14) Athena; 15) In Situ Surface Characterization; 16) Ndarts; 17) Cryo-Etched Black Silicon for Use as Optical Black; 18) Advanced CO2 Removal and Reduction System; 19) Correcting Thermal Deformations in an Active Composite Reflector; 20) Umbilical Deployment Device; 21) Space Mirror Alignment System; 22) Thermionic Power Cell To Harness Heat Energies for Geothermal Applications; 23) Graph Theory Roots of Spatial Operators for Kinematics and Dynamics; 24) Spacesuit Soft Upper Torso Sizing Systems; 25) Radiation Protection Using Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Derivatives; 26) PMA-PhyloChip DNA Microarray to Elucidate Viable Microbial Community Structure; 27) Lidar Luminance Quantizer; 28) Distributed Capacitive Sensor for Sample Mass Measurement; 29) Base Flow Model Validation; 30) Minimum Landing Error Powered-Descent Guidance for Planetary Missions; 31) Framework for Integrating Science Data Processing Algorithms Into Process Control Systems; 32) Time Synchronization and Distribution Mechanisms for Space Networks; 33) Local Estimators for Spacecraft Formation Flying; 34) Software-Defined Radio for Space-to-Space Communications; 35) Reflective Occultation Mask for Evaluation of Occulter Designs for Planet Finding; and 36) Molecular Adsorber Coating
IDRelationTitle20120001215WorkSoftware-Defined Radio for Space-to-Space Communications20120001213WorkCryogenic 160-GHz MMIC Heterodyne Receiver Module20120001241WorkSpace Environments Testbed20120001214WorkBase Flow Model Validation20120001244WorkLocal Estimators for Spacecraft Formation Flying20120001211WorkKa-Band, Multi-Gigabit-Per-Second Transceiver20120001235WorkCoNNeCT Baseband Processor Module20120001225WorkPMA-PhyloChip DNA Microarray to Elucidate Viable Microbial Community Structure20120001237WorkMolecular Adsorber Coating20120001228WorkSpace Mirror Alignment System20120001226WorkLidar Luminance Quantizer20120001240WorkDigital Interface Board to Control Phase and Amplitude of Four Channels20120001221WorkHigh-Performance 3D Articulated Robot Display20120001245WorkTime Synchronization and Distribution Mechanisms for Space Networks20120001238WorkSpacesuit Soft Upper Torso Sizing Systems20120001233WorkReceiver Gain Modulation Circuit20120001224WorkGraph Theory Roots of Spatial Operators for Kinematics and Dynamics20120001234WorkXMOS XC-2 Development Board for Mechanical Control and Data Collection20120001230WorkMinimum Landing Error Powered-Descent Guidance for Planetary Missions20120001227WorkOnboard Interferometric SAR Processor for the Ka-Band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn)20120001212WorkAll-Solid-State 2.45-to-2.78-THz Source20120001219WorkUmbilical Deployment Device20120001218WorkComposite Thermal Switch20120001243WorkAdvanced CO2 Removal and Reduction System20120001231WorkNdarts20120001216WorkRadiation Protection Using Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Derivatives20120001229WorkReflective Occultation Mask for Evaluation of Occulter Designs for Planet Finding20120001222WorkAthena20120001223WorkFramework for Integrating Science Data Processing Algorithms Into Process Control Systems20120001210WorkDistributed Capacitive Sensor for Sample Mass Measurement20120001239WorkNEXUS Scalable and Distributed Next-Generation Avionics Bus for Space Missions20120001217WorkSNE Industrial Fieldbus Interface20120001242WorkCorrecting Thermal Deformations in an Active Composite Reflector20120001236WorkThermionic Power Cell To Harness Heat Energies for Geothermal Applications20120001220WorkIn Situ Surface Characterization20120001232WorkCryo-Etched Black Silicon for Use as Optical Black