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Flight deck displays have transitioned from electromechanical instruments to electronic displays. An electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) replaces traditional attitude indicator and horizontal situation indicator with modern displays. Primary flight displays (PFD) present critical flight data like airspeed, altitude and attitude. Multi-function displays (MFD) show navigational and systems information. Engine indication and crew alerting systems (EICAS) monitor aircraft systems and alert to hazards. Modern displays use liquid crystal displays (LCD) or cathode ray tubes (CRT) driven by data processors gathering information from aircraft sensors.

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Avionics Unit 2

Flight deck displays have transitioned from electromechanical instruments to electronic displays. An electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) replaces traditional attitude indicator and horizontal situation indicator with modern displays. Primary flight displays (PFD) present critical flight data like airspeed, altitude and attitude. Multi-function displays (MFD) show navigational and systems information. Engine indication and crew alerting systems (EICAS) monitor aircraft systems and alert to hazards. Modern displays use liquid crystal displays (LCD) or cathode ray tubes (CRT) driven by data processors gathering information from aircraft sensors.

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Flight deck displays technologies

 An electronic flight instrument system


(EFIS) is a flight deck instrument display
system in which the display technology
used is electronic rather than
electromechanical.
 PFD , MFD, EICAS, CRT, LCD
 The complex electromechanical attitude
director indicator (ADI) and horizontal
situation indicator (HSI) were the first
candidates for replacement by EFIS.
 EFIS installations vary greatly. A light aircraft
might be equipped with one display unit, on
which are displayed flight and navigation
data. A wide-body aircraft is likely to have six
or more display units.
 An EFIS installation will follow the sequence:
Displays
Controls
Data processors
DISPLAY
FDDT(A380)
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 PFDs also increase situational awareness by
alerting the aircrew to unusual or potentially
hazardous conditions — for example, low
airspeed, high rate of descent — by changing the
colour or shape of the display or by providing
audio alerts.
 The PFD displays all information critical to flight,
including calibrated airspeed, altitude, heading,
attitude, vertical speed and yaw.
 Single display instead of six different analogue
instruments
 Replaces ADI(altitude indicator)
 LCD,CRT are used
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MFD
 Displays navigational and weather
information from multiple systems.
 MFDs can also display information
about aircraft systems, such as fuel and
electrical systems . As with the PFD, the
MFD can change the colour or shape of
the data to alert the aircrew to
hazardous situations.
MFD
EICAS
 Displays information about the aircraft's
systems, including its fuel, electrical and
propulsion systems (engines).
 EICAS improves situational awareness.
 For example, if an engine begins to lose oil
pressure, the EICAS might sound an alert,
switch the display to the page with the oil system
information and outline the low oil pressure data
with a red box.
 Proper care must be taken when designing
EICAS to ensure that the aircrew are always
provided with the most important information and
not overloaded with warnings or alarms.
CONTROL PANELS
 The pilots are provided with controls,
with which they select display range and
mode (for example, map or compass
rose) and enter data (such as selected
heading).
 Command clashing.
 Error correction.
 Verification of data with onboard
computer.
 Cross check.
Data processor
 Different data obtained by the sensors is
checked and verified and displayed on the
system.
 All the data obtained is accurate and cross
verified
 The calculation and done in a series of
algorithms.
Other parameters
 Human factors.
(clutter , colour)
 Clutter- its states the priorities of emergencies, when
an equipment is removed.
 Colour- states the different states in aircraft attitude.
 Advancements( highly came in use after 1980 in
Boeing and airbus.
 Recent advances in computing power and reductions
in the cost of liquid-crystal displays and navigational
sensors (such as GPS and attitude and heading
reference system) have brought EFIS to general
aviation aircraft. Notable examples are the Garmin
G1000 and Chelton Flight Systems EFIS-SV.
CRT (cathode ray tube)
1. Three Electron guns
(for red, green, and
blue phosphor dots)
2. Electron beams
3. Focusing coils
4. Deflection coils
5. Anode connection
6. Mask for separating
beams for red, green,
and blue part of
displayed image
7. Phosphor layer with
red, green, and blue
zones
8. Close-up of the
phosphor-coated inner
side of the screen
LCD (liquid crystal display)
 Polarizing filter film with a
vertical axis to polarize light as it
enters.
 Glass substrate with ITO
electrodes. The shapes of these
electrodes will determine the
shapes that will appear when
the LCD is turned ON. Vertical
ridges etched on the surface are
smooth.
 Twisted nematic liquid crystal.
 Glass substrate with common
electrode film (ITO) with
horizontal ridges to line up with
the horizontal filter.
 Polarizing filter film with a
horizontal axis to block/pass
light.
 Reflective surface to send light
back to viewer. (In a backlit
LCD, this layer is replaced with
a light source.)
TOUCH SCREEN
HUD (head up display)
HMD(helmet mounted display)
Scorpion HMCS IHADSS
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