Flight Instrument Software for the F/A-18 Research Simulator

Abstract

The standby flight instruments are replicated on two high resolution raster displays for the F/A-18 research simulator. A software package was developed using NOVA*CG1, an implementation of the CG1 graphics standard, to control a MVME393 multi-channel graphics controller. The software is written in C for the Motorola MVME147 single board computer under the UNIX System V/68 operating system. Increased performance is achieved by decomposing the instrument dial pointers into a number of trapezoids, and storing these as device level command lists.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA267170

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  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
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  • Airspeed Indicators
  • Altimeters
  • Attitude Indicators
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flight Simulators
  • Graphics
  • High Resolution
  • Indicator Lights
  • Indicators
  • Instrument Panels
  • Operating Systems
  • Simulators
  • Standards

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