| Course Name | Advanced Avionics |
| Course Code | 23AEE334 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
Electromagnetic wave propagation and its relevance to aviation – Electronic communication systems: Functional Description of basic building blocks: Antenna, Amplifier, Filter, Modulator and Demodulator – Introduction to Digital communication and telemetry.
System level description of Radio Navigation Aids: Instrument Landing System, Very High Frequency Omni Range, Automatic Direction Finder, Distance Measuring Equipment, GPS, Radar, Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance.
Autopilots and Flight Management System: Autopilots, Flight Management Systems – Avionic system integration: Background, Data bus systems, Integrated modular avionics, UAV Avionics. Fly by wire flight Control System.
Requisite(s): 23AEExxx – AVIONICS
Course Objectives
To introduce students to advanced avionics systems used in both aircrafts and UAVs.
Course Outcomes
CO1: Basic understanding of electronic communication system.
CO2: Explain digital communication blocks and its application in telemetry.
CO3: Understand the operating principles of electronic navigation aids.
CO4: Understand working principles of Autopilots and Flight management systems. CO5: Explain data bus used in aircraft and its utility in realising modular avionics. CO6: Understand the working principle of fly by wire flight control system
| PO/PSO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 |
| CO | |||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| CO2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| CO3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| CO4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| CO5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| CO6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Evaluation Pattern
| Assessment | Internal | End Semester |
| Midterm Exam | 30 | |
| *Continuous Assessment (CA) | 30 | |
| End Semester | 40 |
Text Book(s)
R.P.G Collinson, “Introduction to Avionics”, Springer, 2002.
Frenzel Louis, “Principles of Electronic Communication Systems”, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2015.
Reference(s)
Kayton and Fried, “Avionics Navigation Systems”, 2nd edition, Wiley, 1997. Dale R. Cundy, Rick S. Brown, “Introduction to Avionics”, Prentice Hall, 1997.
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