Interfacing sensor assemblies with windowless cockpit displays

Author

Devore, John J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

20-22 Apr 1988

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

60

Abstract

A case history of an instrumentation design project, namely the conversion of aircraft instrument information into video format for display, is discussed. The interface system was divided into two communicating autonomous hardware/software subsystems, which greatly simplified the testing and calibration tasks. The system specification and design are discussed, and the instrumentation-to-personal-computer (PC) interface and PC-resident software are examined in some detail. The intended use of the system is for conductive preliminary studies of human factor issues

Keywords

aircraft instrumentation; computer interfaces; computerised instrumentation; detectors; display instrumentation; human factors; microcomputer applications; user interfaces; aircraft instrument; calibration; human factor; instrument to personal computer interface; instrumentation design; sensor interface; testing; windowless cockpit displays; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Assembly; Communication system software; Displays; Hardware; History; Instruments; Software testing; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1988. IMTC-88. Conference Record., 5th IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1988.10819

Filename

10819