SUBMITTED BY:STEPHEN JOSE PADATHARA S8 ECE-B ROLL NO :- 63
What are Integrated Aircraft Avionics?
To pilot: all coordinated information is available from a single source To software engineer: full access to shared data about situation, mission, and systems To hardware designer: systems as a single unit with ample bandwidth to support processing
Avionics Systems
Navigation Communications Electronic Warfare Flight Control Displays
Fully Integrated Northrop Grumman AMMC
Courtesy Northrop Grumman
COCKPIT OF AIRBUS A380
Navigational Systems
Radar Weather/terrain monitoring Air traffic tracking GPS Inertial reference systems
Communications Systems
Radio receivers/transceivers Voice-to-data Digital messaging Satellite communications
Courtesy Northrop Grumman
Electronic Warfare Systems
IFF (Identification of Friend or Foe) Jamming and countermeasures Weapons management Target sighting/tracking Defense
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Flight Control Systems
Autopilot - Controls Altitude, Attitude and Heading Measurements of position, angular velocities, and linear accelerations in all degrees of freedom i.e. Honeywell Primus 1000, Primus 2000, and KFC 225
Display Systems
HUD (Heads Up Display) HDD (Head Down Display) HMD (Head Mounted Display) All instrumentation and gauges
Mitigation/elimination of radiation and electromagnetic effects on avionics Slowing semiconductor wear out in devices More progressive form of flight planning Greater integration of in-flight data with ground systems Projects worked on by: Boeing, Honeywell, Smith’s Aerospace, and Goodrich Aerospace as well as others.
COMPONENTS
Space Segment
24 satellites in 6 orbital planes. 30 satellites at present at 11000miles above earth.
Control Segment
Ground stations on earth. Monitors orbiting and performs clock corrections.
Receiver
Navigation and precise positioning. Timing and research projects.
Positioning using Satellites
ADVANCED FORMS OF GPS
Differential GPS using two ground based receivers. Carrier-Phase GPS carrier frequency is very high. Augmented GPS uses one geostationary satellite
Reasons for TIDGET
For
aircrafts, multiple stand alone GPS receivers are required. Power, mass and volume. Continuous link with satellites during navigation.
TIDGET Architecture
Multiple Antenna Installation for All - Round Visibility
To
achieve high accuracy To prevent degradation of GPS signals.
TIDGET
Hardware Assembly
Three
identical circuit boards. One master and two slaves.
Each board consists of :
Connectors:
Avionics host connection ( power, control and data). 2. GPS antenna connection. 3. Stack-thru connection.
1.
Low-Noise Amplifier. Integrated GPS front-end. CPLD with SRAM. TCXO and Buffers.
Working of TIDGET in Brief
Snapshot from satellite to
Antenna.
Low-Noise Amplifier. RF to digital by GPS front-end. Snapshot saved in the Buffer. Position determination using SDR. RF circuitry turned off till next snapshot.
CONCLUSION
The TIDGET Advantages:
Average
Power Consumption is very low. Continuous link with satellite not required. Thermal problems avoided (>50ms). Multiple snapshots can be stored in queue.