Memory technology applications for airborne flight data recorder systems

Author

Conquest, T. ; DeMyer, D.

Author_Institution

Smith Ind., Aerosp. & Defense Syst. Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

20-24 May 1991

Firstpage

290

Abstract

The authors present an overview of the application of various memory technologies for flight data recorder (FDR) systems. Memories considered include battery-backed static RAM, full-featured EEPROM, flash EEPROM, and optical disks. FDR systems are particularly dependent on nonvolatile memory technologies, which must be selected based on the various functional, environmental, and cost-associated requirements of the applicable system. In order to select the memory technology best suited for a particular system application, a thorough understanding of the various specifications of each memory component type is required. The authors discuss these issues in detail

Keywords

EPROM; aircraft instrumentation; computerised instrumentation; optical disc storage; random-access storage; EEPROM; airborne flight data recorder; battery-backed static RAM; crash survivable memory; memory technologies; nonvolatile memory; optical disks; Aerodynamics; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace industry; Aircraft propulsion; Computer crashes; Data processing; Microprocessors; Military aircraft; Nonvolatile memory; Random access memory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1991. NAECON 1991., Proceedings of the IEEE 1991 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0085-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1991.165761

Filename

165761