Autonomous system for data collection: Location and mapping issues in post-disaster environment

Disaster relief requires many resources. Depending on the circumstances of each event, it is important to rapidly choose the suitable means to respond to the emergency intervention. A brief review of the conditions and means demonstrated the usefulness of an autonomous stand-alone machine for these missions. If many techniques and technologies exist, their relevant combination to achieve such a system presents several challenges. This communication tries to outline the possible achievement of an autonomous vehicle under these particular circumstances. This paper focuses on the specific working conditions and welcomes future contributions from robotics and artificial intelligence.In the necessarily limited scope of this article, the authors focus on a particularly critical aspect: location. Indeed, this machine is intended to evolve in heterogeneous and dangerous environment and without any outside contacts that could last up to several days. This blackout, due to the propagation difficulties of electromagnetic waves in the ground, induces an independence of the localisation process and makes the use of any radio navigation support system (GNSS), most of the time, impossible. The knowledge of the position of the system, both for navigation of the autonomous system (Rover) and location of targets (victims buried under debris) must be able to be estimated without contributions from external systems. Inertial classical techniques, odometer, etc., have to be adapted to these conditions during a long period without external support. These techniques also have to take into account that energy optimisation requests the use of low-power processors. Consequently, only poor computing capacity is available on-board.The article starts with a presentation of the context of a post-disaster situation as well as the main missions of Search and Rescue (SaR). It is followed by the analysis of autonomous navigation located in a post-earthquake situation. We will then discuss means to determine the attitude of the autonomous system and its position. The interest of hybridisation with external systems – whenever possible –, will be evaluated with a view to correcting deviations suffered by the system during its mission. Finally, prospects and future work are presented.     

MAX3100在80C196串口扩展中的应用

介绍采用新型的UART器件MAX3100为Intel单片机80C196扩展串口，给出了硬件设计和软件编程，并对关键技术进行了说明。     

双电池系统电源选择器MAX1773/1773A

MAX1773／MAX1773A是用于双电池系统的电源选择器，它允许外部控制器去管理双电池组、适配器输入、电池充电器和系统负载所需的电源连接。文中介绍了MAX1773／1773A的特点、引脚功能、内部结构和工作原理，给出了MAX1773/MAX1773A的典型工作电路。     

McBSP在DSP与PC机通信中的研究与设计

本文介绍了TMS320VC5402DSP的多通道缓冲串行口McBSP的特点，针对用户经常面临的DSP系统与PC机实时交换数据时通信接口标准不兼容的问题，提出了一种新的串行通信设计方案，实现了DSP同步串口McBSP与PC机异步串口RS—232的全双工通信。     

16位A/D转换器MAX1166的原理及应用

MAX1166是美国MAXIM公司生产的逐次逼近型16位低功耗模数转换器 ,该转换器内带4.096V精密参考源 ,同时具有并行数据输出接口。文章介绍了该模数转换器的特性、功能及实际应用电路。     

16位串行模数转换器MAX1132的特性及应用

MAX1132是美国MAXIM公司生产的16位串行模数转换器，文章介绍了MAX1132的工作原理、接口特点及使用方法，给出了它在数据采集系统中的硬件电路和软件程序。     

基于可编程逻辑阵列的RS232至RS422的串行口扩展电路

介绍了利用可编程逻辑阵列把1路RS232扩展至4路RS422的串行口电路设计方法。该扩展电路不占用PC系统资源，同时具有结构简单，使用方便，通用性和可补性强等特点，可广泛应用于主从式多机通讯系统中。     

MAX+Plus与数字电路教学

MAX PlusⅡ是美国Altera公司为开发其编程逻辑器件而推出的工具软件,可以完成从门级到系统级的逻辑芯片的设计,是典型的逻辑设计与综合工具.将MAX PlusⅡ用于课堂教学中,可以起到事半功倍的效果,作图快捷,修改方便,仿真结果直观具体,提高课堂讲授效率,将抽象的逻辑教学形象化和直观化.简要介绍了电子设计自动化(EDA)的理念和工具MAX Plus及其在普通数字电路教学中的应用,并以设计一个有使能控制端的半加器为例,说明MAX PlusⅡ的设计、仿真过程,以期得到融传统教学方式和现代化设计理念为一体的教学效果.     

闭路电视监控系统中矩阵控制器的设计

以 6 4× 16矩阵控制器为例 ,介绍了闭路电视监控系统中矩阵控制器的设计方法 ,矩阵控制器的主要功能 ,以及视频矩阵切换芯片MAX4 35 8的性能特点及使用方法 ,概括提出了在软、硬件设计时应注意的几个问题     

Using the gradients of temperature and internal parameters in Continuum ThermodynamicsIntroduction des gradients de température et de paramètres internes en Thermodynamique des Milieux Continus

In this paper, the possibility of using the gradients of the temperature and of the internal parameters as additional state variables in Continuum Thermodynamics is considered. The expressions of the two principles are discussed and Clausius–Duhem inequality is derived under an appropriate statement of the internal entropy production. Several formulations are proposed and compared to existing results in the literature. To cite this article: P. Ireman, Q.S. Nguyen, C. R. Mecanique 332 (2004).