Networkable distributed digital accelerometers for aerospace and civil applications

An implementation of a Networkable Distributed Digital Accelerometer suitable for deployment in aerospace airframe testing and civil infrastructure monitoring applications will be presented. The implementation utilizes components designed for conformance with the IEEE 1451 standards family. The implementation also utilizes state of the art network based Ring Buffered Network Bus components for efficient realization of acquired data processing, storage and presentation methodologies utilizing tools familiar to practicing dynamics experimentalists.