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Application experience with the NASA aircraft interrogation and display system - A ground-support equipment for digital flight systemsThe NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility has developed a microprocessor-based, user-programmable, general-purpose aircraft interrogation and display system (AIDS). The hardware and software of this ground-support equipment have been designed to permit diverse applications in support of aircraft digital flight-control systems and simulation facilities. AIDS is often employed to provide engineering-units display of internal digital system parameters during development and qualification testing. Such visibility into the system under test has proved to be a key element in the final qualification testing of aircraft digital flight-control systems. Three first-generation 8-bit units are now in service in support of several research aircraft projects, and user acceptance has been high. A second-generation design, extended AIDS (XAIDS), incorporating multiple 16-bit processors, is now being developed to support the forward swept wing aircraft project (X-29A). This paper outlines the AIDS concept, summarizes AIDS operational experience, and describes the planned XAIDS design and mechanization.
Document ID
19840043990
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Glover, R. D.
(NASA Flight Research Center Edwards, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Subject Category
Research And Support Facilities (Air)
Accession Number
84A26777
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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