Aircraft digital electronic and computer systems. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mike Tooley.
• Other Names: Tooley, Michael H
• Contents: 1.1. Flight instruments -- 1.2. Cockpit layouts -- 1.3. Multiple-choice questions -- 2.1. Decimal (denary) numbers -- 2.2. Binary numbers -- 2.3. Octal numbers -- 2.4. Hexadecimal numbers -- 2.5. American Standard Code for Information Interchange -- 2.6. Multiple-choice questions -- 3.1. Analogue and digital signals -- 3.2. Digital to analogue conversion -- 3.3. Analogue to digital conversion -- 3.4. Multiple-choice questions -- 4.1. Introducing bus systems -- 4.2. ARINC 429 -- 4.3. Other bus standards -- 4.4. Multiple-choice questions -- 5.1. Introducing logic -- 5.2. Logic circuits -- 5.3. Boolean algebra -- 5.4.Combinational logic -- 5.5. Tri-state logic -- 5.6. Monostables -- 5.7. Bistables -- 5.8. Logic families -- 5.9. Multiple-choice questions -- 6.1.Computer systems -- 6.2. Data representation -- 6.3. Data storage -- 6.4. Programs and software -- 6.5. Backplane bus systems -- 6.6. Some examples of aircraft computer systems -- 6.7. Multiple-choice questions. 7.1. Internal architecture -- 7.2. Microprocessor operation -- 7.3. Intel x86 family -- 7.4. The Intel Pentium family -- 7.5. AMD 29050 -- 7.6. Multiple-choice questions -- 8.1. Scale of integration -- 8.2. Fabrication technology -- 8.3. Packaging and pin numbering -- 8.4. Multiple-choice questions -- 9.1. Fan-in and fan-out -- 9.2. Coding systems -- 9.3. Decoders -- 9.4. Encoders -- 9.5. Multiplexers -- 9.6. Multiple-choice questions -- 10.1. Advantages and disadvantages -- 10.2. Propagation in optical fibres -- 10.3. Dispersion and bandwidth -- 10.4. Practical optical networks -- 10.5. Optical network components -- 10.6. Multiple-choice questions -- 11.1. CRT displays -- 11.2. Light emitting diodes -- 11.3. Liquid crystal displays -- 11.4. Multiple-choice questions -- 12.1. Static electricity -- 12.2. Static-sensitive devices -- 12.3. ESD warnings -- 12.4. Handling and transporting ESDs -- 12.5. Multiple-choice questions -- 13.1. Software classification. 13.2. Software certification -- 13.3. Software upgrading -- 13.4. Data verification -- 13.5. Multiple-choice questions -- 14.1. EMI generation -- 14.2. EMC and avionic equipment -- 14.3. Spectrum analysis -- 14.4. Effects and causes of EMI -- 14.5. Aircraft wiring and cabling -- 14.6. Grounding and bonding -- 14.7. Multiple-choice questions -- 15.1. Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System -- 15.2. EFIS -- 15.3. Engine indication and crew alerting system -- 15.4. Fly-by-wire -- 15.5. Flight management system -- 15.6. Global Positioning System -- 15.7. Inertial reference system -- 15.8. Traffic alert collision avoidance system -- 15.9. Automatic test equipment -- 15.10. Built-in test equipment -- 15.11. Multiple-choice questions -- 16.1. Integrated modular avionics -- 16.2. Local area networks -- 16.3. LAN topology -- 16.4. Ethernet -- 16.5. Avionics full-duplex switched networks -- 16.6. Determinism and quality of service -- 16.7. Virtual links. 16.8. Bandwidth allocation -- 16.9. AFDX frame format -- 16.10. Redundancy, reliability and integrity checking -- 16.11. Multiple-choice questions -- 17.1. The need for hardware description languages -- 17.2. Entities and entity declarations -- 17.3. Behavioural declarations -- 17.4. VHDL design flow -- 17.5. VHDL program structure -- 17.6. VHDL signal modes and types -- 17.7. VHDL operators -- 17.8. Logic decisions and program flow -- 17.9. Simulation and the test bench -- 17.10. Timing -- 17.11. Multiple-choice questions.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 629.135/5; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical; Airplanes -- Electronic equipment -- Examinations -- Study guides; Digital avionics -- Examinations -- Study guides; TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135052812; 1135052816
• Related ISBNs: 9780415828604; 0415828600; 9780203507735; 0203507738
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.