SHIPBOARD MULTICOMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: computer engineering for shipboard equipment including weapon. SUBSTANCE: system designed for low- displacement ships to acquire data coming from peripheral sources followed by its processing and generating control signals has six processor units, six internal interface buses, keyboard unit, display, coordinate- indicating device, six units for communication with network-interface processor-to-processor exchange bus, display control unit, four digital input/output units, four reprogram able read-only memories, start-circuit switches interlocking unit, start-circuit switches interlocking units for starboard and port-side individual- guidance objects, start-circuit interlocking unit for grouped-guidance objects, control consoles for backup method of firing for starboard and port-side individual-guidance objects, control console for backup method of firing for grouped-guidance objects, five shipboard-system data input units, unit for communication with second network-interface processor-to-processor exchange bus, control unit for series-connected radial communication channels, three series-connected radial communication channels, three digital-to-analog converter units, three phase-to-code converter units, three analog input-output units, two servo units, stepping-motor control unit, and two network-interface processor-to-processor exchange buses with relevant connections. EFFECT: enhanced updating and modifying capabilities, improved survivability. 1 dwg