Title :
An Ada-based, portable design workstation for computer-generated cockpit displays
Author :
Turner, Timothy L. ; Barker, M. Chadwick ; Suresh, Ramasubramani An ; Ananstoos, J.V. ; Jewell, Donna M. ; Montoya, R. Jorge ; Williams, Derryl A.
Author_Institution :
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Abstract :
The Airborne Graphics Software Support System (AGSSS), an Ada/PHIGS-based design workstation for the rapid prototyping and development of cockpit displays and their enabling software for airborne display systems, is described. The AGSSS supports the interactive and artistic creation of cockpit display formats, interactive specification of the dynamics of the display, symbology, and the incremental testing of the emerging display. AGSSS uses the resultant object definitions (in PHIGS) and display actions specifications (in Ada) to automatically generate properly partitioned display system code (in Ada and Ada/PHIGS) for a target display system
Keywords :
Ada; aerospace computing; aircraft instrumentation; computer graphic equipment; display instrumentation; engineering workstations; graphical user interfaces; interactive programming; software prototyping; visual programming; Ada/PHIGS; Airborne Graphics Software Support System; airborne display; computer-generated cockpit displays; dynamics; incremental testing; interactive specification; object definitions; portable design workstation; rapid prototyping; symbology; target display; Application software; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Hardware; Portable computers; Programming; Software prototyping; Software systems; Testing; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1990. Proceedings., IEEE/AIAA/NASA 9th
Conference_Location :
Virginia Beach, VA
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1990.111353
