05 September 2008

Data Logging Cockpit Comms System Developed

Orchid Technologies Engineering and Consulting, based in the US, has confirmed it has completed a multi-channel data logging cockpit communications system based on the Marvell PXA270 ARM-compliant processor.

The compact avionics design flight-ready data logging system permits post-flight review and analysis. It supports up to four microphones, two NTSC video channels, I/O with daylight readable LED enunciators and multiplexed audio codecs from Texas Instruments.

"Operation during a catastrophic power loss, in a crash situation, was our clients requirement. We achieved a full five minutes of post-catastrophic event operation,” explained Paul Nickelsberg, President and Senior Engineer at Orchid Technologies. The first hardware prototypes were delivered in eight weeks and the demo software was up and running by ten weeks, Nickelsberg confirmed.