📗 FAA AMT Handbooks, opened at the right chapter
📗FAA AMT Handbook – General (FAA-H-8083-30B)
Ch 12 — Logic circuits, gates and the integrated circuitOpen ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 9 — Aircraft electrical system (wiring, bonding, shielding)Open ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 10 — Aircraft instrument systemsOpen ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 10 — Autopilot, AFCS, EFIS, EICAS and FMSOpen ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 11 — Communication and navigation (GPS, TCAS, data link)Open ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 11 — ADS-B and surveillanceOpen ↗
Ch 12 — Logic circuits, gates and the integrated circuitOpen ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 9 — Aircraft electrical system (wiring, bonding, shielding)Open ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 10 — Aircraft instrument systemsOpen ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 10 — Autopilot, AFCS, EFIS, EICAS and FMSOpen ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 11 — Communication and navigation (GPS, TCAS, data link)Open ↗ 📗FAA AMT Handbook – Airframe (FAA-H-8083-31B)
Ch 11 — ADS-B and surveillanceOpen ↗
📄 FAA advisory circulars and orders — software, HIRF, lightning, GNSS, TCAS, data link
📄FAA AC 20-115D — Airborne software development assurance
How DO-178C / ED-12C is used to approve aircraft softwareOpen ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-158A — HIRF certification
Certifying electrical and electronic systems for the high-intensity radiated field environmentOpen ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-136B — Lightning protection of systems
Indirect effects of lightning on aircraft electrical and electronic systemsOpen ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-138D — Positioning and navigation systems
Airworthiness approval of GNSS (GPS, SBAS) equipmentOpen ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-151C — TCAS II and Mode S
Airworthiness approval of TCAS II versions 7.0 and 7.1Open ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-140C — Aircraft data link systems
Design approval of data link communication (ACARS, CPDLC)Open ↗ 📄FAA AC 43.13-1B — Acceptable methods, techniques and practices
Chapter 11: electrical wiring, bonding, shielding and groundingOpen ↗ 📄FAA Order 8110.49A — Software approval guidelines
Field-loadable, user-modifiable and option-selectable software; part number controlOpen ↗
How DO-178C / ED-12C is used to approve aircraft softwareOpen ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-158A — HIRF certification
Certifying electrical and electronic systems for the high-intensity radiated field environmentOpen ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-136B — Lightning protection of systems
Indirect effects of lightning on aircraft electrical and electronic systemsOpen ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-138D — Positioning and navigation systems
Airworthiness approval of GNSS (GPS, SBAS) equipmentOpen ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-151C — TCAS II and Mode S
Airworthiness approval of TCAS II versions 7.0 and 7.1Open ↗ 📄FAA AC 20-140C — Aircraft data link systems
Design approval of data link communication (ACARS, CPDLC)Open ↗ 📄FAA AC 43.13-1B — Acceptable methods, techniques and practices
Chapter 11: electrical wiring, bonding, shielding and groundingOpen ↗ 📄FAA Order 8110.49A — Software approval guidelines
Field-loadable, user-modifiable and option-selectable software; part number controlOpen ↗
⚓ US Navy NEETS — free public-domain training modules
⚓US Navy NEETS Module 13
Number systems and logic circuits · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗ ⚓US Navy NEETS Module 14
Introduction to microelectronics (ESD, handling) · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗ ⚓US Navy NEETS Module 22
Introduction to digital computers · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗ ⚓US Navy NEETS Module 23
Magnetic recording (data storage) · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗ ⚓US Navy NEETS Module 24
Introduction to fiber optics · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗
Number systems and logic circuits · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗ ⚓US Navy NEETS Module 14
Introduction to microelectronics (ESD, handling) · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗ ⚓US Navy NEETS Module 22
Introduction to digital computers · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗ ⚓US Navy NEETS Module 23
Magnetic recording (data storage) · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗ ⚓US Navy NEETS Module 24
Introduction to fiber optics · free public-domain training module (PDF)Open ↗
📖 Free digital electronics textbook
📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 1 — Numeration systems · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 3 — Logic gates · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 13 — Digital-analog conversion · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 14 — Digital communication (networks, fibre optics) · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 15 — Digital storage (memory) · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 16 — Principles of digital computing · free online textbookOpen ↗
Chapter 1 — Numeration systems · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 3 — Logic gates · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 13 — Digital-analog conversion · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 14 — Digital communication (networks, fibre optics) · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 15 — Digital storage (memory) · free online textbookOpen ↗ 📖Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. IV — Digital
Chapter 16 — Principles of digital computing · free online textbookOpen ↗
🌐 Aircraft systems explained — SKYbrary
🌐SKYbrary — Glass cockpit
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — EICAS
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — ECAM
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — ACARS
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — CPDLC
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Flight Management System (FMS)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Inertial Reference System (IRS)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Fly-by-wire
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — GNSS
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — ACAS / TCAS
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — High-intensity radiated fields (HIRF)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Lightning
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Portable electronic devices (PEDs)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — EICAS
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — ECAM
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — ACARS
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — CPDLC
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Flight Management System (FMS)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Inertial Reference System (IRS)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Fly-by-wire
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — GNSS
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — ACAS / TCAS
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — High-intensity radiated fields (HIRF)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Lightning
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗ 🌐SKYbrary — Portable electronic devices (PEDs)
Aviation safety knowledge base articleOpen ↗
🌐 Standards and technology overviews
🌐Wikipedia — ARINC 429
Word format, labels, SSM and electrical characteristicsOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — ARINC 629
The Boeing 777 multi-transmitter data busOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — MIL-STD-1553
Command/response military data busOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — AFDX / ARINC 664
Switched Ethernet for avionics, virtual linksOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — Analogue-to-digital converter
Resolution, sampling and converter typesOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — Optical fibre
Total internal reflection, modes and attenuationOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — Liquid-crystal display
Twisted nematic cells, polarisers and active matrixOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — Electrostatic discharge
Causes, damage and protectionOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — DO-178C
Software considerations in airborne systems — levels A to EOpen ↗
Word format, labels, SSM and electrical characteristicsOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — ARINC 629
The Boeing 777 multi-transmitter data busOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — MIL-STD-1553
Command/response military data busOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — AFDX / ARINC 664
Switched Ethernet for avionics, virtual linksOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — Analogue-to-digital converter
Resolution, sampling and converter typesOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — Optical fibre
Total internal reflection, modes and attenuationOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — Liquid-crystal display
Twisted nematic cells, polarisers and active matrixOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — Electrostatic discharge
Causes, damage and protectionOpen ↗ 🌐Wikipedia — DO-178C
Software considerations in airborne systems — levels A to EOpen ↗