BASIC programming for a test system for Sidearm missile anechoic chamber testing:
One of the projects under development at the time at Motorola was adding features to the Sidearm missile, a radar-seeking version of the heat-seeking Sidewinder missile.
Our custom test equipment group was tasked with designing a rig in which the missile was placed in a radar anechoic chamber (that absorbed all electromagnetic signals) where we could use horn antennas to direct radar signals to the missile from specific directions under our control and then measure the reaction of the missile's steering by measuring the force on the steering control surfaces.
The equipment used to control the position of the horn antennas and the microwave test equipment were all manufactured by Hewlett-Packet (HP) and had a standardized control cable interface that could be programmed by their 'HP control computer' using a modified form of the BASIC programming language, called HP-BASIC. My task was to write all of the HP-BASIC control software for this missile test system.