ABSTRACT

A perennial bestseller, the Digital Avionics Handbook offers a comprehensive view of avionics. Complete with case studies of avionics architectures as well as examples of modern systems flying on current military and civil aircraft, this Third Edition includes:

  • Ten brand-new chapters covering new topics and emerging trends
  • Significant restructuring to deliver a more coherent and cohesive story
  • Updates to all existing chapters to reflect the latest software and technologies

Featuring discussions of new data bus and display concepts involving retina scanning, speech interaction, and synthetic vision, the Digital Avionics Handbook, Third Edition provides practicing and aspiring electrical, aerospace, avionics, and control systems engineers with a pragmatic look at the present state of the art of avionics.

section 1|236 pages

Evolution of Avionics: Safety and Certification

chapter 2|14 pages

Communications

chapter 3|14 pages

Navigation

chapter 5|25 pages

Fault-Tolerant Avionics

chapter 6|16 pages

Electromagnetic Environment

chapter 10|20 pages

System Safety and System Development

chapter 14|20 pages

RTCA DO-254/ EUROCAE ED-80

section 2|283 pages

Avionics Functions: Supporting Technology and Case Studies

chapter 16|24 pages

Head-Mounted Displays

chapter 17|27 pages

Head-Up Display

chapter 20|10 pages

Speech Recognition and Synthesis

chapter 21|12 pages

Terrain Awareness

chapter 24|26 pages

Flight Management Systems

chapter 26|23 pages

Batteries

section 3|256 pages

Avionics Development: Tools, Techniques, and Methods

chapter 37|28 pages

Time-Triggered Protocol

chapter 41|12 pages

Esterel SCADE Approach to MBD

chapter 42|20 pages

Model Checking

chapter 43|21 pages

Formal Methods

section 4|18 pages

Conclusion