AE8751 - AVIONICS

Dr. K. Kannan, M.E., M.E., Ph.D.,

Associate Professor & Head,
Department of Mechatronics Engineering
 OBJECTIVES
• To introduce the basic of avionics and its need
for civil and military aircrafts

• To impart knowledge about the avionic

architecture and various avionics data buses

• To gain more knowledge on various avionics

subsystems
 UNIT I
INTRODUCTION TO AVIONICS(9)

• Need for avionics in civil and military aircraft

and space systems – integrated avionics and
weapon systems – typical avionics subsystems,
design, technologies – Introduction to digital
computer and memories.

• CO1:To explain the basics of avionics and its

need for civil and military aircrafts.
 UNIT II
DIGITAL AVIONICS ARCHITECTURE (9)
• Avionics system architecture – data buses
– MIL-STD-1553B
– ARINC – 420
– ARINC – 629.

• CO2: To explain about the avionic architecture

and various avionics data buses
 UNIT III
FLIGHT DECKS AND COCKPITS (9)
• Control and display technologies: CRT, LED,
LCD, EL and plasma panel – Touch screen –
Direct voice input (DVI) – Civil and Military
Cockpits: MFDS, HUD, MFK, HOTAS.

• CO3: To explain the concept of control &

display technologies and cockpits.
 UNIT IV
INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (9)

• Radio navigation – ADF, DME, VOR,

LORAN, DECCA, OMEGA, ILS, MLS –
Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) – Inertial
sensors, INS block diagram – Satellite
navigation systems – GPS.

• CO4: Realize the concepts of Navigation

Systems
 UNIT V
AIR DATA SYSTEMS AND AUTO PILOT (9)

• Air data quantities – Altitude, Air speed,

Vertical speed, Mach Number, Total air
temperature, Mach warning, Altitude warning
– Auto pilot – Basic principles, Longitudinal
and lateral auto pilot.

• CO5: To explain the concepts of air data

systems and auto pilot
 OUTCOMES

• Students will be able to explain the concepts of

Avionics Architecture, Control & Display
technologies, Navigation Systems, Air Data
System and Auto Pilots.
 TEXT BOOKS

T1. Albert Helfrick. D., "Principles of

Avionics", Avionics Communications Inc., 2004

T2. Collinson. R.P.G. "Introduction to Avionics",

Chapman and Hall, 1996.
 REFERENCE BOOKS

R1. Middleton, D.H., Ed., "Avionics systems, Longman

Scientific and Technical", Longman Group UK Ltd., England,
1989.

R2. Pallet. E.H.J., "Aircraft Instruments and Integrated

Systems", Pearsons, Indian edition 2011.

R3. Spitzer, C.R. "Digital Avionics Systems", Prentice-Hall,

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., U.S.A. 1993.

R4. Spitzer. C.R. "The Avionics Hand Book", CRC Press, 2000
 AVIONICS

• Avionics is Aviation Electronics

• Avionics are the electronic systems used
on aircraft, artificial satellites, and spacecraft.
Avionic systems include communications,
navigation, the display and management of
multiple systems, and the hundreds of systems
that are fitted to aircraft to perform individual
functions.
 AVIONICS
• The components of Avionics are Navigation,
Communication and Surveillance.
• Navigation is the field of study that focuses on the
process of monitoring and controlling the movement
of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.
• Communication is the art of conveying meanings
from one entity or group to another through the use of
mutually understood signs, symbols and semiotic
rules.
• Surveillance is the process of monitoring the behavior
for the purpose of managing or directing.
Thank You