Avionics (The Avionics Handbook, Second Edition)

By Cary R. Spitzer

In the short time since Cary Spitzer's The Avionics Handbook was published, new technologies and standards have fueled advances in digital avionics technologies. Reflecting the increasingly digital nature of modern avionics, the second edition of this bestselling handbook features a new title: the Digital Avionics Handbook. But the title is not the only change to this edition. In addition to updated material and several completely new chapters, this essential reference is now presented as a set of two books focused on a specific area of avionics. The first installment in the set, Avionics: Elements, Software and Functions covers the building block and enabling technologies behind modern avionics systems. From data buses and head mounted displays to fly-by-wire and collision-avoidance systems, each of this book's new and carefully updated chapters offers accurate and reliable information reflecting the experience of accomplished experts. The book discusses data buses, displays, human factors, standards, and flight systems in detail and includes new chapters on the Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP), ARINC specification 653, communications, and vehicle health management systems. Features: Provides sharply focused coverage for anyone involved in the initial design and specification of avionics systems, Outlines the specific functions of modern systems and the design elements that are best suited to perform them, Features new chapters on the TTP data bus and vehicle health management systems, Includes the most up-to-date information on the latest technologies and standards specifications. Written by practitioners for practitioners, Avionics: Elements, Software and Functions offers useful guidance and real-world insight for anyone planning, designing, approving, and building modern avionics systems. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849384389
• ISBN13: 9780849384387
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.2" x 1.2" x 7.2"