Unit 1

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.

Unit 2

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.

Unit 3

Autopilots and Flight Management System: Autopilots, Flight Management Systems – Avionic system integration: Background, Data bus systems, Integrated modular avionics.

Course Objectives

• The objective of this course is to provide the students with a basic understanding of phenomena of heat transfer: Conduction, convection and radiation, and the methods to solve engineering problems that involve heat transfer

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 working principle of basic blocks in a typical UAV

CO – PO Mapping

Textbook(s)

• R.P.G Collinson, “Introduction to Avionics”, Springer, 2002.
• Frenzel Louis, “Principles of Electronic Communication Systems”, 4^th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2015.

Reference(s)

• Kayton and Fried, “Avionics Navigation Systems”, 2^nd edition, Wiley, 1997.
• Dale R. Cundy, Rick S. Brown, “Introduction to Avionics”, Prentice Hall, 1997

Evaluation Pattern