StarSAFIRE HD

Gimbal Drive System

Drive System Overview

• The gimbal provides a 4-axis, gyro-

stabilized platform for the imager.
– Inner Azimuth, Outer Azimuth, Inner Elevation
and Outer Elevation
– The outer elevation axis has mechanical
rotational capability of 30 degrees up and
approximately 120 degrees down.
– The outer azimuth axis has mechanical
rotational capability of 360 degrees in either
direction.
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 Terminology
• Gimbal
– Electronics and mechanical apparatuses used to control the movement of the turret for
sensor pointing requirements.
• Skillet
– Area on top of the TFU and contains the Digital Gimbal Controller PCB, Elevation Power
Distribution PCB, hub, slip ring assembly, and Fuse panel.
• Port Side
– Contains the Inner Azimuth and Elevation PCB and the elevation Motor
• Starboard Side
– Contains the Angular Sensor PCB and the Elevation Resolver.
• Yoke
– TFU inner ring which the front and rear covers attach and allows rotation in the elevation
axis. The imager mounts inside the yoke.
• Imager
– Electronics and optical equipment needed for the sensor assemblies which make up the Star
SAFIRE III system. Connects to the TFU through the slip ring wire harness and is removable
as a complete subassembly for troubleshooting and repair.
• Payload
– Alternate name for the Imager. When referring to documentation for the STAR III the terms
Payload and Imager are interchangeable

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Drive System Overview

• The gimbal contains all drive motors, rate

and position sensors, servo control
circuits, and slip rings which enable
remote pointing control over a two wire
serial interface.

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 Drive System Overview
• Construction of the gimbal drive system consists
of a stationary hub, mounting plate, and skillet
mated to a rotating yoke that carries the imager.
• The two sections are coupled together at the
base of the hub by a pre-loaded bearing
assembly.
• Signals passing between the two sections are
routed through the slip ring which is mounted
internal to the hub. One end of the slip ring is
attached to the stationary hub and the other is
attached to the rotating yoke.
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Drive System Overview

• The electronics contained in the Gimbal Drive

System are:
– 3205430 Gimbal Ear Sensor (GES).
– 3205432 Gimbal Ear Drive (GED).
– 3205440 Gimbal Ear Power (GEP).
– 3205418 Gyro Interface Processor (GIP).
– 3205438 Fuse Panel.
– 3205434 Skillet Power Az Drive (SPAZD).
– 3205435 Gimbal Communication Processor (GCP).

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 Gimbal Drive System

• The following slides will cover each of the

electronic assemblies contained in the
Gimbal Drive System.
• Refer to the appropriate section in the
training manual and the associated
schematic while reviewing the circuit
descriptions and theory of operations.

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Gimbal Ear Sense (GES)

• P/N – 3205430
• Schematic – 325430SCH
• Training Manual Section 3.1
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 Gimbal Ear Sensor (GES)

• PURPOSE
– Provides azimuth and elevation position data
to the Gimbal Ear Drive (GED).

• LOCATION
– Located in the Port Ear.

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Gimbal Ear Sense (GES)

• FUNCTIONS
– Generates primary excitation signals for the
position sensors.
– Receives secondary winding feedback from
position sensors.
– Converts position sensor feedback into digital
data.
– Sends digital position data on the CAN serial
interface bus to the Gimbal Ear Drive (GED).
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 Inner Az and Inner El RVDT’s

• Rotary Variable Differential Transformer

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Inner Az and Inner El RVDT’s

• Rotary Variable Differential Transformer

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 Inner Az and Inner El RVDT’s

• Rotary Variable Differential Transformer

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Inner Az and Inner El RVDT’s

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 RVDT Excitation Frequency
Square to Sine Wave Conversion

PWM square wave

26.7KHz
from DSP

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RVDT Excitation Frequency

Inner Az RVDT Excitation Signal Amplifier
(Identical circuitry for Inner Elevation)

26.7KHz

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 RVDT Feedback
ADC Buffers
(Identical circuitry for Inner EL POS)

From
RVDT
Sensors
To ADC

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Elevation Resolver

• Provides fine and course position information for

the elevation axis.

• Two speed resolver:

– Course output (one sine and cosine cycle per revolution).
– Fine output (32 sine and cosine cycles per revolution).

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 Elevation Resolver

Cosine Primary

Pr
0° Cosine

im
-45°

ar
Cos=1

y
Cos=.707
Sin=0
Sin=-.707

Sine

Sine

Primary
Cosine
-90°
Cos=0
Sin=-1

Sine

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Resolver Sine and Cosine

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 Elevation Resolver Excitation

PWM square wave 2.67KHz

from DSP

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Elevation Resolver Excitation

2.67KHz

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 Resolver Feedback
ADC Buffers

From
Elevation To ADC
Resolver

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GES Block Diagram

In_Az_Pos_A

LP
Az_RVDT_Exc
Filter

In_Az_Pos_B

Inner Az
RVDT
4 X 14
ADC
12 Volt Bus

In_El_Pos_A
LP
Filter El_RVDT_Exc

In_El_Pos_B

Inner El
RVDT

Out_El_Pos_Sin1X

Power
EEPROM LP
Conditioning Filter
Out_El_Pos_Cos1X

Resolver_Exc 4 X 14
Interface connector
ADC

Out_El_Pos_Sin32X
Current Sense

Out_El_Pos_Cos32X

Outer El
Resolver

Digital Signal Processor

CAN
TMS-320F2812

Gimbal Ear Sensor PCB

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 Power / Can

• Input power
• 12VG from GED/GEP.

• Can
• DSP provides CAN interface through a CAN
transceiver.

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QUESTIONS ?

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 Gimbal Ear Drive (GED)

• P/N – 3205432
• Schematic – 3205432SCH
• Training Manual Section 3.2
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Gimbal Ear Drive (GED)

• Purpose
– Processes position feedback data and provides
necessary drive to the inner azimuth and elevation
motors.

• Location
– Starboard ear.

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 Functions

• Responsible for controlling the four gimbal axis of inner

azimuth, outer azimuth, inner elevation, and outer
elevation.
• Drives the inner azimuth motor, inner elevation motor, and
outer elevation motor.
• Passes through 48VGMB to the Gimbal Ear Power (GEP)
and to the payload.
• Passes through 12VG to GES/GEVB.
• Passes through 48VIMG to the payload.
• Passes through 48VCLR to the payload.
• Passes through 12VI to the payload.
• Passes through laser interlock.

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Power Distrubution
12VG,
To GES/GEVB Gimbal Ear Drive Power
(other ear)

3205432
48VGMB

Gimbal Ear Drive 12V 3V3 12V 12V

12VG

to to to to
PCBA 3V3 1V9 +5V -5V

12VG 48VGMB 12VG

SLIP to
48VGMB 48VGMB 12VG
RING
48VIMG 48VIMG 48VIMG
to
48VGMB

48VCLR 48VCLR
12VI 3205440
Gimbal Ear Power PCBA
48VIMG
48VCLR

Laser
12VI

Laser interlock
interlock
12VI, Camera Power,

GED EAR
48VIMG, to Payload
To CDB, Payload

48VGMB, to Payload
Laser interlock

SEAL
Payload

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 Functional Bock Diagram
32J6
32J2
Harwin 20
Harwin 8
Power
HeaderTo
to Bottom
Other Ear
of Ball

48V, 48Cooler, Laser

Interlock, GCAN

48 V & GCAN

48V 48 Volt Bus 48 Volt Bus

FILTER

Daughter Board
Seven Square Inches Anti-Alias
DAC
FILTER OPA548
8541
Power
Conditioning
12 to Inner El
48 to 12V -5.5V Motor

DATA BUS
32J1 OPA548 Current Sense
FROM SLIPRING

Interface 12
Header 1V9 +5VA -5VA
to 32J4
Harwin 26 LDO LDO LDO
3V3 Inner Az & El drive
Harwin 12
32P7 Anti-Alias
DAC
32J7 FILTER OPA548
8541

To Analog Circuits Inner Az

Motor

OPA548 Current Sense

Debug Test
J11 Conn Header
J10

GCAN TMS2812 DSP Anti-Alias

CORE Outer El Motor FILTER PA51A
PWM Control

ADC ADC ADC ADC 32J3 Outer El

Outer El drive Motor
Temperature Harwin 10
Sensor
PA51A Current Sense

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Power / Can

• Input power
• 1.9V, 3.3V (digital) from GEP.
• +/- 5V (analog) from GEP.

• Can
• DSP provides CAN interface through a CAN
transceiver.

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Gimbal Ear Power (GEP)

• P/N – 3205440
• Schematic – 3205440SCH
• Training Manual Section 3.3
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 Gimbal Ear Power (GEP)

• Purpose
– Provides Power to the Gimbal Ear Drive (GED).

• Location
– Starboard ear.
– Connected to the GED board.

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Gimbal Ear Power (GEP)

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 Functions

• Generates 3.3V, and 1.9V digital supplies for the

(GED).
• Generates +/- 5V analog supplies for the (GED).
• Generates 12VI camera power to the payload.
• Generates 12VG for the GES/GEVB.

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Gimbal Ear Power (GEP)

12VG,
To GES/GEVB Gimbal Ear Drive Power
(other ear)

3205432
48VGMB

Gimbal Ear Drive 12V 3V3 12V 12V

12VG

to to to to
PCBA 3V3 1V9 +5V -5V

12VG 48VGMB 12VG

SLIP to
48VGMB 48VGMB 12VG
RING
48VIMG 48VIMG 48VIMG
to
48VGMB

48VCLR 48VCLR
12VI 3205440
Gimbal Ear Power PCBA
48VIMG
48VCLR

12VI
12VI, Camera Power,

GED EAR
48VIMG, to Payload
To CDB, Payload

48VGMB, to Payload

SEAL
Payload

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 Power Supply LED’s
D5 (-5V)
D6 (+5V) D11 (3V3)

D2 (12VG)

D1 (12VI)

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Power / Can

• Input power
• 48VGMB, 48VIMG from through GED from
SPAZD.

• Can
• No can interface.

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 QUESTIONS ?

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Fuse Panel

• P/N – 3205438
• Schematic – 3205438

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 Fuse Panel

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QUESTIONS ?

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 Gyro Interface Processor (GIP)

• P/N – 3205418
• Schematic – 3205418SCH
• Training Manual Section 3.4
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Gyro Interface Processor (GIP)

• Purpose
– Provides an electrical interface to a two-axis
rate gyro.

• Location
– In imager.

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 Gyro Interface Processor (GIP)

• Functions
– Drives the main gyro assembly.
– Digitizes gyro feedback.
– Sends digital gyro feedback to the GED via
the GCAN bus.
– Sends X and Y axis correction data to the
Micro Scan Stabilization (MSS) via the ICAN
bus.

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Gyro Drive

• Provides signals necessary to spin the main

gyro.
– The gyro has a two-phase, 6-pole motor that requires
a quadrature drive (90° out-of-phase).
– DSP and drive circuit develops two (phase A and
phase B) 800Hz square waves to start the motor and
then 800Hz sine waves to run the motor.
• 18Vrms Start (Square Wave)
• 10.3Vrms Run (Sine Wave)

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 Gyro LVDT Drive

• The main gyro uses two LVDT’s to measure the

displacement.
• Primary excitation is a 42.3Khz sine wave
1.9Vrms.
• Secondary coil feedback signals from the gyro
LVDT are buffered, filtered, and then sent to
ADC’s.
• Once the feedback is digitized, it is sent to the
GED on the GCAN bus for stabilization control.

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Main Gyro Torquer Drive

• Once the displacement of the gyro is measured

it must be corrected allowing the gyro to
continue operation.
• The DSP sends correction drive signals to the
Torquer Drive circuit.
• These signals are amplified and drive the main
gyro back to centered position.

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 Electronic Stabilization

• The GIP receives Electronic Stabilization (ES)

signals from the GED.
• Digital ES signals are sent to the Micro Scan
Stabilization (MSS) ECB for 5th and 6th axis
stabilization correction.

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G IP II

Block Diagram

DSP Core

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 Power / Can

• Input power
• 12VIMG from GED/GEP.

• Can
• DSP provides CAN interface through a CAN
transceiver.

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QUESTIONS ?

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 Skillet Power Az Drive (SPAZD)

• P/N – 3205434
• Schematic – 3205434SCH
• Training Manual Section 3.5
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Skillet Power Az Drive (SPAZD)

• Purpose
– Power conditioning for the turret and outer
azimuth motor drive.

• Location
– In the skillet.

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 Functions
• Conditions and provides reverse polarity
protection for 28V input power.
• Provides contioned 28VDC to outer azimuth
drive.
• Develops 48VDC supply.
• Provides 12V SVIP power.
• Iterfaces to the outer azimuth feedback encoder
and sector flag.
• Laser interlock for enabling power to the lasers.
• Analog drivers for W6 cable video.
• Fuse panel interface.
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Functions

• Provides amplification for the five analog video

signals.
• Senses which cable (W6 or W22) is present and
routes input power accordingly.
• Provides input and output interconnections for
the turret.
• Provides CAN interface.
• Service port for interface for external debug and
programming.

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 300V Heater

Fuse
Panel
3205438

39V Cooler Slip

150W Ring

VH To Heaters (750W)

VK To Cooler (78W)
24V to 48V
Overcurrent To Payload (100W)
200W Mini Vi
shutdown
3211296
Vg To Gimbal Drives (150W)
22V-29V
Power VL To Lasers (25W)
Input filter
Source
M-FIAM5
Select
W22 3211297
Vin 24V to 48V
On off & Overcurrent
W6 W22 200W Mini
Reverse polarity shutdown
22V-29V 3211296
protection

22V-29V
W6-W22 Input filter 48:12V
Detect M-FIAM5 To SVIP
VI Chip
circuit 3211297 (12V/30W)
3209099
12V 12V
W6
Vin Arm
Lasers
Az Position Laser Interlock
Reverse polarity Encoders
TMS320F2812
protection I/O Conditioning
DSP Core
Outer AZ &
22V-29V
Drive Logic

Service To SVIP
(RS-232 & GCAN) (GCAN)

Interlock I/O

Video
Analog Video (5X) To SVIP
Drivers

Deschutes SPAZD Block Diagram

XNET
RS-422 (Tracker Rx/Tx)
RS-422 (Hsynch/Vsynch)
RS-422 (IMU)

(3205434 Skillet Power Az Drive)

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Az Position Encoder
&
Az Home Flag
Az Deschutes Skillet Block Diagram
Motor

34J8 12V/30W

300V Heater
36J2
1394 Video (2X)
XNET

28V Power SPAZD SVIP J1-3

RS-422 (Tracker & IMU)
3205434 3205436
34J9 36J31 J3-6
XNET
Analog Video (5X)
Differential 36J3 1394 Video (2X)
34J3
Analog Video (5X) 34J4

W6 SE or Diff 34J5
34J6 Hsynch/Vsynch (RS-422)

Hsynch/Vsynch 36J24
(RS-422) 36J25
GCAN 36J28
36J29
IMU & Tracker
RS-422

3205788
Laser Interlock (2) GCAN Slip Ring
34J2
Laser interlock (2)

Rotational Power 48VL

(Laser)

Service Fuse
34J7
34J10 34J11
48VK
(Cooler)

SPI 48VG
28V Power (Service Panel) (Gimbal)
3205438
(2) RS-232
W22 GCAN
48VI
Power On (2)
LED Indicators (Imager)

1394B Optical (4X)

300VH
(Heater)

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 Outer Azimuth Position Encoder

• The Outer Azimuth Position Encoder provides

incremental outer azimuth position information to
the SPAZD.
• Analog position information is converted to
digital data and sent to the GED via the CAN
bus.
• The encoder uses two 90° offset sine wave
signals and a single Index Pulse to provide
position information.

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Outer Azimuth Position Signals

• Phase A and Phase B

– 90° out of phase.
– Provides direction information.
– No alignment required for these signals since
they are mechanically set in the Encoder.

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 Outer Azimuth Position Signals

• Index
– Generated by the Encoder.
– One pulse for each Encoder revolution.

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Outer Azimuth Position Signals

• Sector Flag
– Hall Effect (magnetic) sensor used for a 0° indicator.
– Sensor is mounted on Stationary upper hub.
– Magnet is mounted to the rotating surface of the TFU.

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 Signal Timing
SECTOR

INDEX

PHASE A

PHASE B

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Power Status LED’s

D300 - W22 28V

D301 - W6 28V
D302 - 48VIMG
D303 - 48VGMB
D304 - 12VSC

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 Power / Can

• Input power
• 28V from W6 or W22.

• Can
• DSP provides CAN interface through a CAN
transceiver.

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QUESTIONS ?

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 Gimbal Communications Processor
(GCP)

• P/N – 3205435
• Schematic – 3205435SCH
• Training Manual Section 3.6
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Gimbal Communications Processor

(GCP)
• PURPOSE
– Provides an interface for the RS-422 (tracker)
and RS-485 (XNET) communications.

• LOCATION
– Located in the skillet.

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 Gimbal Communications Processor
(GCP)
• FUNCTIONS
– Converts RS-485 (XNET) to CAN interface for
TFU.
– Converts RS-422 (tracker) to CAN interface.
– Provides +/-5.5V, 5V, 1.2V, 2.5V, and 3.3V
power supplies to the SVIP.

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Power / Can

• Input power
• 12V through SVIP from SPAZD.

• Can
• Processor provides CAN interface through a
(MCP2515) stand alone CAN controller IC.

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 QUESTIONS ?

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