Creating a Distributed Wireless Monitoring System for Aircraft
Noise "During the hardware evaluation process, we decided to use
NI products because of their high measurement quality,
ruggedness, and reliability compared to lower cost sound-level
meters." - Luis Fernández, National Polytechnic Institute
Developing an autonomous, distributed wireless monitoring system
to measure aircraft noise levels and stream the data back for
analysis at a control center. Using NI LabVIEW software, the NI
Sound and Vibration Toolkit, and an NI USB-9234 dynamic signal
acquisition module (DSA) to acquire and analyze reliable, high-
quality data from various aircraft. Noise levels from heavy
automobile and aircraft traffic during morning and evening rush
hours in Mexico City could potentially cause hearing loss. The
Committee of Aerial Transport has proposed a new aircraft
classification system in which the aircraft operator would pay a
fee based on noise production, not weight or aircraft type. As a
result, we put together a no