ABSTRACT

Renamed to reflect the increased role of digital electronics in modern flight control systems, Cary Spitzer's industry-standard Digital Avionics Handbook, Second Edition is available in two comprehensive volumes designed to provide focused coverage for specialists working in different areas of avionics development. The first installment, Avionics: Elements, Software, and Functions covers the building blocks and enabling technologies behind modern avionics systems. It discusses data buses, displays, human factors, standards, and flight systems in detail and includes new chapters on the Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP), ARINC specification 653, communications, and vehicle health management systems.

part |2 pages

Section I Elements and Functions

chapter 3|8 pages

Commercial Standard Digital Bus

chapter 4|30 pages

Time-Triggered Protocol

chapter 5|20 pages

Head-Mounted Displays

chapter 7|24 pages

Head-Up Displays

chapter 8|22 pages

Night Vision Goggles

chapter 9|10 pages

Speech Recognition and Synthesis

chapter 11|8 pages

Synthetic Vision

chapter 12|12 pages

Terrain Awareness

chapter 13|22 pages

Batteries

chapter 15|50 pages

Ada

chapter 16|12 pages

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B

part |2 pages

Section II Functions

chapter 17|12 pages

Communications

chapter 18|12 pages

Navigation Systems

chapter 19|14 pages

Navigation and Tracking

chapter 20|26 pages

Flight Management Systems

chapter 21|8 pages

TCAS II

chapter 22|28 pages

Vehicle Health Management Systems

chapter 23|14 pages

Boeing B-777: Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls