Airborne Intelligent Display (AID) Phase I Software Description,
Abstract
The Airborne Intelligent Display is a microprocessor-based display capable of serving as a cockpit data terminal in a variety of FAA developmental applications. A prototype of this display was developed by Lincoln Laboratory during 1979-1980 in order to evaluate and demonstrate the use of the data link between a Mode S ground sensor and Mode S transponder-equipped aircraft. The AID served as a data link interface allowing the pilot to see, respond to, and initiate communications from a ground sensor. Later, when Lincoln began testing the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), the AID became the TCAS display device, showing position estimates for TCAS-tracked aircraft. More recently, a redesign effort, focused principally on software, was begun to extend the AID design so that it could be more quickly adapted to a variety of FAA developmental programs. This document describes the redesigned Airborne Intelligent display, with special emphasis on software design. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 24, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA136392
Entities
People
- A. C. Drumm
- J. A. Richardson
- W. S. Heath
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology