Designing and development of automated control system for an electromagnetic launcher

In order to monitor the status and get more data of the electromagnetic launch system in the research of the electromagnetic railgun, many signals need to be controlled and acquired, so the computer measure and control system is an essential part of the electromagnetic launcher. Today's more flexible relays combine traditional protection functions and control logic functions inside a single device. Relays that offer this functionality can be used to develop entire control schemes. LabVIEW from National Instruments (NI) was selected as the control software for the EML system. This paper also reviews the sequential triggering concepts.