Elements of Avionic Systems

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Department of Measurement

Synopsis:

The subject is focused of avionic sensors, electronic circuits and methods of signal digitalisation. Basics programming techniques for single chip microcontrollers are presented. Laboratory exercises are oriented to design of data acqusition system and sensor signal conditioning.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Avionics system philosophy, basic parts, measuring chain errors

2. Avionics sensors (linear shift, pressure, temperature, vibration)

3. Angle and earth magnetic field sensors. SD converters

4. Analog preprocessing of avionics sensor signals

5. Sampling, multiplexing, filtering of signals

6. Digitalization and reconstruction of continuous signals

7. Single chip microcomputers for data acquisition systems

8. Programming of single chip microcomputers

9. Digital input / output peripheral interfacing

10. Analog digital peripheral interfacing

11. Digital signal processing for microcomputer

12. Microcomputer data transmittion

13. Displaying units and their controlling

14. Basic principles for avionic system design

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Circuits of resistive sensors

2. Circuits of capacitive and inductive sensors

3. Circuits of temperature sensors

4. Filters and switching circuits

5. Analog to digital and digital to analog circuits

6. IDE - integrated development environment and its application

7. Individual project - design of simple data acquisition system

8. Analog digital peripheral interfacing

9. Microcomputer part system design

10. Development of program for data acquisition

11. Signal processing and digitalization circuit design

12. Development of program for displaying and data transmission

13. Synthesis of the complete program

14. Program debugging and system function verification

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Merhav, S.: Aerospace Sensor Systems and Applications. Springer 1996

2. Pallas Areny, R., Webster, J.G.: Sensor and Signal Conditioning. John Wiley 2001

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Cybernetics and Measurements - Control Engineering- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Artificial Intelligence- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Measurement and Instrumentation Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Aeronautical Engineering and Control Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)