Need for avionics in civil and military aircraft and space systems – Integrated avionics and weapon systems – Typical avionics subsystems, design, technologies – Introduction to digital computer and memories.
Digital computers – Application of digital computers - Microprocessors – Memories – Avionics system architecture – Data buses – MIL-STD-1553B – ARINC 420 – ARINC 629.
Control and display technologies: CRT, LED, LCD, EL and plasma panel – Touch screen – Direct voice input (DVI) – Civil and Military Cockpits – MFDS, HUD, MFK, HOTAS.
Radio navigation – ADF, DME, VOR, LORAN, DECCA, OMEGA, ILS, MLS – Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) – Inertial sensors, INS block diagram – Satellite navigation systems – GPS.
Air data quantities – Altitude, Air speed, Vertical speed, Mach Number, Total air temperature, Mach warning, Altitude warning – Auto pilot – Basic principles, Longitudinal and lateral auto pilot.
Reference Book:
1. Spitzer, C.R. ―Digital Avionics Systems‖, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,U.S.A. 1993. 2. E.H.J. Pallett, ―Aircraft Instruments and Integrated Systems‖, Longman Scientific.1992 3. Brain Kendal, ―Manual of Avionics‖, the English Book House, 3rd Edition, New Delhi, 1993. 4. D H Middleton, Ed., ―Avionics Systems, Longman Scientific and Technical‖, Longman Group UK Ltd., England, 1989. 5. Malvino A.P. and Leach, D.P., ―Digital Principles and Application‖, Tata McGraw- Hill, 1990.
Text Book:
1. R.P.GCollinson, "Introduction to Avionics", Chapman and Hall, 1996. 2. Albert Helfrick, D., "Principles of Avionics", Avionics Communications Inc., 2004.
