ABSTRACT

An introduction to the principles of aircraft digital and electronic systems, this book is written for anyone pursuing a career in aircraft maintenance engineering or a related aerospace engineering discipline. Suitable for those studying towards licensed aircraft maintenance engineer status as part of an EASA Part-66 or FAR-147 approved course, or those taking Aerospace Engineering City & Guilds modules, EDEXCEL National Units, EDEXCEL Higher National Units or a Degree in aircraft engineering.

chapter 1|15 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|14 pages

Number systems

chapter 3|10 pages

Data conversion

chapter 4|13 pages

Data buses

chapter 5|17 pages

Logic circuits

chapter 6|17 pages

Computers

chapter 7|18 pages

The CPU

chapter 8|7 pages

Integrated circuits

chapter 9|11 pages

MSI logic

chapter 10|9 pages

Fibre optics

chapter 11|14 pages

Displays

chapter 12|7 pages

ESD

chapter 13|9 pages

Software

chapter 14|13 pages

EMC

chapter 15|16 pages

Avionic systems

chapter 16|12 pages

Aircraft data networks and AFDX

chapter 17|13 pages

Large-scale logic systems and VHDL