Aircraft digital electronic and computer systems

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.

Includes index.

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…