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COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS IN AERONAUTICS

by George Novacek

Start ý Data Bus Systems ý Timing is the Secret ý ARINC 429 ý CSDB and ASCB ý MIL-STD-1553B ý ARINC 629 and Beyond ý ARINC 429 Implementation ý Data Format ý Wrap Up ý Sources and PDF

The multitude of embedded controllers, indicators, and communications equipment found on aircraft need to communicate with each other to collect data, pass commands, and report status. An airplane is one big computer network, and just like its earthbound siblings, the airborne networks need throughput and reliability. The throughput, however, will always come second to the need for reliability. In this article, I want to introduce you to some powerful but obscure protocols, the ones you find on aircraft interfacing flight controllers and navigation equipment.

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