Digital Techniques / Electronic Instrument Systems
Number systems, logic, data buses and electronic instruments.
- 5.1
Electronic Instrument Systems
Level 1Familiarisation with the layout of an electronic flight instrument system — which data appears on the primary flight display and which on the navigation display.
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Numbering Systems
Level 1Familiarisation with the binary, octal and hexadecimal numbering systems and how each relates to decimal.
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Basic Computer Structure
Level 1Familiarisation with computer terminology — the CPU, memory and input/output blocks, the three buses, and which memory types keep their contents without power.
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Electronic Displays
Level 2Principles of operation of display types used in modern aircraft — cathode ray tube, light emitting diode, liquid crystal display including active matrix, and plasma.
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Electrostatic Sensitive Devices
Level 1Awareness of components that are damaged by electrostatic discharge, the risks involved, and the anti-static precautions that protect them.
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Software Management Control
Level 1Awareness of the restrictions on changing airborne software, and of the possible catastrophic effects of an unapproved change.
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Electromagnetic Environment
Level 1Awareness of EMC, EMI, HIRF and lightning, and of how they influence maintenance practices on electronic systems.
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Typical Electronic / Digital Aircraft Systems
Level 1Familiarisation with the typical systems fitted to a modern aircraft — EFIS, ECAM/EICAS, FMS, GPS, IRS, FBW, TCAS and ACARS — and what each one does.
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Mock Exam
Level 1Timed EASA-style Category A paper, stratified across the sub-sections Cat A sits — 20 questions in 25 minutes, 75% to pass.
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