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MIT's Role in Project Apollo, Vol. III: Computer Subsystem GWDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL Approved '4 Dat2T Approved Q& )a. U Date2 -$7 'c R. R. RAGAN, DEPUTY DlRECTW THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY R - 700 MIT's ROLE IN PROJECT APOLLO FINAL REPORT ON CONTRACTS NAS 9-163 AND NAS 94065 VOLUME 111 COMPUTER SUBSYSTEM by ELOON C. HALL AUGUST 1972 MmW CHARLES STARK DRAPER CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02139 LABORATORY ACKNOWLEDGNIENTS This report was prepared under DSR Project 55-23890, sponsored by the Manned Spacecraft Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through Contract NAS9-4065. The author expresses appreciation to many individuals within Draper Laboratory who contributed to the following sections of the report. In particular: A. Hopkins Section 1, 2 A. Green, R. Filene Section 4 A. Harano Section 5 D. Bowler' Section 6 D. Hanley, J. Partridge Section 7. The publication of this document does not constitute approval by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the findings or conclusions contained herein. It is published for the exchange and stimulation of ideas. Q Copyright by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Published by the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Printed in;Cambridge, Massachusetts, U .S .A ., 1972 ii FOREWORD The title of these volumes, "MIT's Role in Project Apollo", provides but a modest hint of the enormous range of accomplishments by the staff of this Laboratory on behalf of the Apollo program. Man's rush into spaceflight during the 1960s demanded fertile imagination, bold pragmatism, and creative extensions of existing technologies in a myriad of fields, The achievements in guidance and control for space navigation, however, are second to none for their critical importance in the success of this nation's manned lunar-landing program, for while powerful space vehicles and rockets provide the environment and thrust necessary for space flight, they are intrinsically incapable of controlling or guiding themselves on a mission as complicated and sophisticated as Apollo. The great achievement of this Laboratory was to supply the design for the primary hardware and software necessary to solve the Apollo guidance, navigation and control problem. It is to the credit of the entire team that this hardware and software have performed so dependably throughout the .. Apollo program. The quantum leap in technology nurtured by the Apollo program has been and should continue to be of immensely significant benefit to this country-socially, economically and in terms of its national esteem. It is the responsibility of all those who contributed to the proud achievements of Apqllo to convince their countrymenof the directions thisnation ought to follow in implementing these newly gained-and hard fought for-advances. C. Stark Draper, President Charles Stark Draper Laboratory R-700 MITIS ROLE IN PROJECT P POL LO Final Report on Contracts NAS9-153 and NAS9-4065 VOLUME 111 COMPUTER SUBSYSTEM ABSTRACT The Apollo guidance computer (AGC) is a real-time digital-control computer whose conception and development took place in the early part of 1960. The computer may be classified as a parallel, general-purpose or whole number binary computer. This class of computer is representative of most of the ground-based digital computers in existence in the late 1950s, when the precursers of the AGC were being designed. However, at that time few computers of this class had been designed for the aerospace environment, and those few embodied substantial compromises in performance for the sake of conserving space, weight, and power. The design of the AGC capitalized on advancements in digital computer technology in order to provide significant improvements in computational performance and still conserve space, weight and power, The AGC is the control and processing center of the Apollo Guidance, Navigation and Control system. It processes data and issues discrete output and control pulses to the guidance system and other spacecraft systems, An operational Apollo spacecraft contains two guidance computers and three DSKYs (keyboard and display unit for operator interface), with one computer and two DSKYs in the command module, and one of each in the lunar module. The computers are electrically identical, but differ in the use of computer software and interface control functions. As a control computer, some of the major functions are: alignment of the inertial measurement unit, processing of radar data, management of astronaut display and controls and generation of commands for spacecraft engine control, As a general purpose computer, the AGC solves the guidance and navigation equations required for the lunar mission. * The operational experience in the Apollo guidance systems includes 20 computers which flew missions and another 25 flight type computers which are still in various phases of prelaunch activity including storage, system checkout, prelaunch spacecraft checkout, etc. These computers were manufactured and maintained under very strict quality control procedures with requirements for reporting and analyzing all indications of failure. Probably no other computer or electronic equipment with equivalent complexity has been as well monitored and documented. Since it has demonstrated a unique reliability history, it is important to record the technique and methods which have contributed to this history. by Eldon C. Hall August 1972 .I_ ' The operational experience includes missions through Apollo 15 which flew in August of 1971. Three B1 I and one B1 I1 computers flew in unmanned missions. Sixteen B1 I1 computers flew manned missions. vi CONTENTS Section .Page Acknowledgments .......................... ii Foreword ............................. iii Abstract .............................. v List of Illustrations .......................... xv Preface ............................... 1 1.0 SUBSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ................. 3 1.1 Evolution of the Computer Subsystem ........... 3 1.2 Initial Decisions .................... 15 1.3 Expanding Requirements ................ 19 1.3.1 Memory Size (1962 to 1969) ........... 19 1.3.2 Implementation Meetings - 1964 ......... 20 1.3.3 Weight Savings (1962 to 1965) .......... 20 1.3.4 Electromagnetic Interference Specifications - 1963 . 21 1.3.5 Fire Proofing - 1967 .............. 21 2.0 COMPUTER SYSTEM DESCRIPTION .............. 23 2.1 Introduction ...................... 23 2.2 General Functional Description ............. 29 2.2.1 Computer ................... 29 2.2.2 Display and Keyboard .............. 29 2.3 Subsystem Characteristic ................ 32 2.3.1 WordLength .................. 32 2.3.2 Number Representation ............. 35 2.3.3 Multiple - Precision Arithmetic ......... 37 2.3.4 Instruction Set .................. 38 2.3.5 Timing and Priority Control ............46 2.3.6 Memory .................... ~ 46 vii CONTENTS (Cont) Section Page 2.3.7 Input/Output .................. 47 2.3.8 Standby Operation ................ 48 2.3.9 DSKY Characteristics .............. 48 2.4 Computer Mechanical Description ............. 51 . 2.5 DSKY Mechanical Description .............. 53 3.0 COMPUTER DESIGN DESCRIPTION ............... 55 3.1 Introduction ....................... 55 3.2 Logic Design ...................... 61 3.2.1 Logic Circuit Element .............. 61 3.2.2 Logic Timing and Sequencing ........... 63 3.2.3 Central Processor ................ 67 3.2.4 Address and Instruction Decoding ......... 71 3.2.5 Interrupt Structure ............... 71 3.2.5.1 Counter Interrupts ........... 77 3.2.5.2 Program Interrupts .......... 80 3.3 Oscillator Circuit .................... 82 3.4 Power Supplies ..................... 83 3.5 Memory Circuits .................... 85 3.5.1 Erasable Memory ................ 87 3.5.2 Fixed Memory ................. 91 3.6 Alarms and Fault Detection ............... 93 3.7 Interface Methods .................... 97 3.7.1 Circuits .................... 101 3.7.2 Data Format Conversion ............. 101 3.7.3 Interface Example ................ 103 3.8 DSKY Description .................... 107 3.9 Computer Mechanical Description ............. 115 3.9.1 Detailed Description ............... 117 3.9.1.1 Tray A Wired Assembly ........ 117 3.9.1.2 Tray B Wired Assembly ........ 121 3.9.1.3 Interconnection Header Assembly .... 123 3.9.1.4 Mid-Spacer and Tray Covers ...... 123 . 3.9.1.5 Module Construction Features ...... 123 3.9.1.6 Assembly Features ........... 125 3.9.1.7 Thermal Design ............ 130 .w . viii CONTENTS (Cont) Page Section 3.10 Display and Keyboard Unit (DSKY) Mechanical Description . 131 3.10.1 Detailed Description ............... 133 3.10.1.1 Front Housing Assembly ........ 133 3.10.1.2 Main Housing Assembly ......... 136 3.10.1.3 Alarm Indicator and Cover Assembly . 140 3.10.1.4 Digital Indicator and Cover Assembly . 145 3.10.1.5 Pushbutton Switch ........... 149 4.0 COMPUTER SOFTWARE .................... 151 4.1 Introduction ....................... 151 4.2 Utility Programs ..................... 155 4.2.1 Interpreter ................... 155 4.2.2 Executive .................... 157 4.2.3 Waitlist .................... 157 4.3 Display and Keyboard .................. 158 4.4 Development of Computer Self-check Program ....... 159 4.4.1 Block I Versions ................ 159 4.4.1.1 Eclipse ................. 159 4.4.1.2 Sunrise ................ 159 4.4.1.3 Final Block I Version ......... 162 4.4.2 SELFCHK in Block I1 .............. 163 4.5 Factory Test Ropes ................... 163 4.6 Fixed Memory Fabrication ................ 165 4.6.1 Program Release
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