SNS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

(An Autonomous Institution)

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Subject Code & Name: AE 403 AVIONICS Date: 20.06.2017
DAY: 02 UNIT: 01.Introduction to Avionics
TOPIC: 02. Integrated Avionics
1.2 INTEGRATED AVIONICS SYSTEM [IAS]

IAS is the combination of various system or subsystem which

interconnects to the data bus and combining to form a single system.

The various types of IAS are,

1. Cockpit Integration System
2. Sensors Integration System
3. Control Integration System

1.2.1 COCKPIT INTEGRATION SYSTEM

The major problem is the limited amount of instrument panel available

in aircraft, one which is particularly acute in combat aircraft, where panel space is
severely limited. The cockpit system integration involves the following displays
system technology and control.
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
The cathode ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube that contains
one or more electron guns and a phosphorescent screen, and is
used to display images. It modulates, accelerates, and deflects
electron beam(s) onto the screen to create the images.

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

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Assistant Professor AE 403 AVIONICS

LCD (liquid crystal display) is the technology used for
displays in notebook and other smaller computers. Like light-emitting
diode (LED) and gas-plasma technologies, LCDs allow displays to be
much thinner than cathode ray tube (CRT) technology.

Head Up Display (HUD)

A head-up display or heads-up display, also known as a HUD, is
any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look
away from their usual viewpoints.
Helmet Mounted Display (HMD)

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Assistant Professor AE 403 AVIONICS
 A helmet-mounted display (HMD) is a device used in some modern aircraft,
especially combat aircraft. HMDs project information similar to that of head-up
displays (HUD) on an aircrew's visor or reticle, thereby allowing them to
obtain situation awareness and/or cue weapons systems to the direction his head is
pointing.

1.2.3 SENSOR INTEGRATION SYSTEM

Sensor integration not only reduces pilot workload it also expand
coverage, increases confidence in target existence and identification,
and is mutually supportive.
Sensor fusion is an art of combining the various target data sources
automatically and presenting the pilot with a unified and completes
tactical picture within all ambiguities resolved.
Sensor fusion produces a robust system that is difficult to jam, bec ause
all the elements are mutually supportive.

1.2.4 CONTROL INTEGRATION SYSTEM

Integration of aircraft control function offers more significant benefits.

The autopilot and flight management system grouped together to
reduce the pilot workload and enables fuel saving flight profiles to be
flows accurately and consistently.
Engine control integrated with flight control. These control systems
allows the engine measurement system to anticipate aircraft maneuvers
and reduce the artificial margins currently imposed to ensure that
engine operating limits are not over stepped in combat.

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Assistant Professor AE 403 AVIONICS
 Display

Antenna

Keyboard Processor control JTIDS

interface unit Terminal

GPS (or)
Navigation

Figure 1: Various integrated avionics system design

The avionics system specifications can be determined from aircraft crew
comprising pilot and observer/navigator.

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Assistant Professor AE 403 AVIONICS