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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Lawrence Greer, Avon, OH (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 19/28 (2006.01); G01P 3/49 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/49 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a computer-implemented method for generating pulses synchronized to a rising edge of a tachometer signal from rotating machinery are disclosed. For example, in one embodiment, a pulse state machine may be configured to generate a plurality of pulses, and a period state machine may be configured to determine a period for each of the plurality of pulses.