Measurement time interval based on FPGA in NIM-3 absolute gravimeter

In order to perform gravity measurement with compact and portable instrument at several ten mGal accuracy level, a digital fringe signal processing method was proposed for the measurement time interval in a ballistic free-fall absolute gravimeter. This method based on the theory of digital phase-shift which was used in the SOPC system on a FPGA DE2 Electric Board and NIOS-II processor produced by Altera company. This method has been successfully used for the measurement of interference fringe numbers and time interval in NIM-3 ballistic free-fall absolute gravimeter.