[119146] in Cypherpunks
Re: Thieves steal six ballistic missiles in Poland
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Sun Oct 17 14:38:34 1999
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 20:16:11 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199910171816.UAA19762@sofuku.monster.org>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
>>>>> John A Limpert <johnl@radix.net> writes:
> A minimal system, like that used on "artillery rockets", needs
> gyroscopes to sense attitude.
Buy Murata's inexpensive commercial laser gyro.
> The control actuators need to have power and a fast response
> time. A DSP chip should be fast enough to run the guidance software.
No need for DSP chips for this application, although a low-cost 2106x
or 21xx might do the job most cost-effectively. These days, you can
solve this computing problem with any modern < $100 embedded processor.
