Publication detail
Prototyping Framework for Digital Flight Control System
CHUDÝ, P. VLK, J. DITTRICH, P.
Original Title
Prototyping Framework for Digital Flight Control System
English Title
Prototyping Framework for Digital Flight Control System
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Original Abstract
Hardware-in-the-loop simulations are indisputably perceived as an integral part of the avionics design and development process. This paper describes a prototyping framework, which has been employed to develop a digital autopilot for a light sport aircraft. Related simulation processes have been performed on two different ground-testing levels. The first level consisted of a laboratory grade development and testing phase, which supported the initial functional estimate of the designed and implemented autopilot features. The subsequent testing level already included the embedded autopilot system installation on board of the test aircraft. System prototyping was performed at the light aircraft simulation lab SimStar at the Brno University of Technology. Additional ground simulations were employed to verify and ground test the operational suitability of the designed autopilot flight control system elements. The implemented hardware units were connected into the simulation network using the CANaerospace communication protocol. Simulations focused on the real time automatic flight modes operational scenarios and confirmed the anticipated performance of the autopilot design features.
English abstract
Hardware-in-the-loop simulations are indisputably perceived as an integral part of the avionics design and development process. This paper describes a prototyping framework, which has been employed to develop a digital autopilot for a light sport aircraft. Related simulation processes have been performed on two different ground-testing levels. The first level consisted of a laboratory grade development and testing phase, which supported the initial functional estimate of the designed and implemented autopilot features. The subsequent testing level already included the embedded autopilot system installation on board of the test aircraft. System prototyping was performed at the light aircraft simulation lab SimStar at the Brno University of Technology. Additional ground simulations were employed to verify and ground test the operational suitability of the designed autopilot flight control system elements. The implemented hardware units were connected into the simulation network using the CANaerospace communication protocol. Simulations focused on the real time automatic flight modes operational scenarios and confirmed the anticipated performance of the autopilot design features.
Keywords
Prototyping framework, CANaerospace, light sport aircraft, SimStar, ground testing, real-time simulation, prototype, framework.
RIV year
2013
Released
14.09.2013
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Location
Syracuse, NY
ISBN
978-1-4799-1536-1
Book
Proceedings of 32nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference
Edition
NEUVEDEN
Edition number
NEUVEDEN
Pages from
1
Pages to
12
Pages count
12
URL
Documents
BibTex
@inproceedings{BUT103565,
author="Peter {Chudý} and Jan {Vlk} and Petr {Dittrich}",
title="Prototyping Framework for Digital Flight Control System",
annote="Hardware-in-the-loop simulations are indisputably perceived as an integral part
of the avionics design and development process. This paper describes
a prototyping framework, which has been employed to develop a digital autopilot
for a light sport aircraft. Related simulation processes have been performed on
two different ground-testing levels. The first level consisted of a laboratory
grade development and testing phase, which supported the initial functional
estimate of the designed and implemented autopilot features. The subsequent
testing level already included the embedded autopilot system installation on
board of the test aircraft. System prototyping was performed at the light
aircraft simulation lab SimStar at the Brno University of Technology. Additional
ground simulations were employed to verify and ground test the operational
suitability of the designed autopilot flight control system elements. The
implemented hardware units were connected into the simulation network using the
CANaerospace communication protocol. Simulations focused on the real time
automatic flight modes operational scenarios and confirmed the anticipated
performance of the autopilot design features.",
address="IEEE Computer Society",
booktitle="Proceedings of 32nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference",
chapter="103565",
doi="10.1109/DASC.2013.6712632",
edition="NEUVEDEN",
howpublished="electronic, physical medium",
institution="IEEE Computer Society",
year="2013",
month="september",
pages="1--12",
publisher="IEEE Computer Society",
type="conference paper"
}