F-16A/B improved REO display set modular architecture

Author

Hitt, Ellis F.

Author_Institution

Battelle, Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

1992

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

247

Abstract

The modular avionics architecture used in the F-16A/B Improved Radar Electro-Optical (REO) Display makes use of existing standards, both industry and military. The architecture uses the IEEE-1296 backplane bus to interconnect the modules performing multiprocessing, MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, and High Speed Data Bus communications with external digital subsystems, and EIA-RS-170A and RS-343 for interfacing with video sources and displays. This architecture permits insertion of additional modules providing new functionality and technology. Many of the shortcomings of Ada for an architecture of this type, such as indeterminacy and lack of scheduling methods other than the Pragma Priority, are avoided by using a run-time kernel and statically allocating the load modules

Keywords

Ada; aircraft instrumentation; computer architecture; display instrumentation; distributed processing; military equipment; military standards; multiprocessing systems; open systems; real-time systems; telecommunication standards; Ada; C language; EIA-RS-170A; F-16A/B; High Speed Data Bus communications; MIL-STD-1553; Pragma Priority; RS-232; RS-343; assembly language; display set modular architecture; industry standards; modular avionics architecture; open system architecture; radar electro-optical display; run-time kernel; scheduling; Aerospace electronics; Backplanes; Centralized control; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Control systems; Displays; Fault detection; Microcontrollers; Power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1992. Proceedings., IEEE/AIAA 11th

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0820-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1992.282149

Filename

282149