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Apollo Guidance Computer Part 20: electroluminescent panel for our DSKY, making an accelerometer

CuriousMarc 80,575 6 years ago
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Now that our AGC works, we rush to integrate the splendid electro-luminescent DSKY display that Ben Krasnow made for us. I also build a rudimentary PIPA accelerometer device so we can try to demonstrate the entire landing programs sequence on our AGC before the Apollo 11 landing 50th anniversary festivities. Some relevant links: Playlist of the restoration series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdlisi_x7-Ut_-w7 Block I AGC period documentary: https://youtu.be/ndvmFlg1WmE Inertial navigation system documentary: https://youtu.be/wD97RSpiZe0 Schematics: https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/links.html#AGC_electrical_schematics and: https://archive.org/details/agc_handbook_jp2 Mike's AGC backplane viewer: http://apolloguidance.computer/2003100_071/pins AGC software repo: https://github.com/virtualagc/virtualagc The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk: https://youtu.be/xx7Lfh5SKUQ

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