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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
Derek Devries, Farr West, UT (US);
Bill Slade, Newark, DE (US);
Bonnie Uresk, Brigham City, UT (US);
Scott R. Jamison, River Heights, UT (US);
Robert A. Rauscher, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Derek Devries, Farr West, UT (US);
Bill Slade, Newark, DE (US);
Bonnie Uresk, Brigham City, UT (US);
Scott R. Jamison, River Heights, UT (US);
Robert A. Rauscher, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Edina, MN (US);
Abstract
An ordnance system and method for controlling an ordnance system is provided. The system and method utilizes an addressable common, or shared, bus configured to transmit and receive data thereon. The addressable bus has further coupled thereto an ordnance controller including a control process and a telemetry process configured to control the addressable bus. The ordnance system further includes at least one initiator coupled to the addressable bus and responsive to the control process and at least one telemetry sensor coupled to the addressable bus and configured to interact with the telemetry process. The method provides control for the ordnance system by receiving telemetry data from a telemetry sensor over an addressable bus with an ordnance being further controlled by an ordnance controller over the addressable bus.