26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P5.1

DEVELOPMENT OF FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM USING EMBEDDED COMPUTER PC-104

J. A. Wang, Z. S. Li
First Aircraft Institute, China

Keywords: Fly-By-Wire, Tripple modular, CCDL, Synchronization

This paper details the development and test of a triple modular redundant digital fly-by-wire system implemented with embedded computer PC-104 and RTOS VxWorks. The software uses a simple and efficient task scheduling method. The synchronization of three computers is fulfilled by software. The test results show satisfying performance and reliability.

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