Methods and systems for operating an electronic system

A method for controlling an electronic system, including:

• at the electronic system,
• in response to receiving input at an input device, actuating a dual actuator and transmitting output signals from the dual actuator to a controller,
• converting the transmitted output signals to real-time logic states at the controller,
• inputting the real-time logic states to a programmable device of the controller, and
• determining a fault status of the dual actuators based on logic states input to the programmable device, wherein the logic states include the real-time logic states and historical logic states stored at the controller prior to inputting the real-time logic states to the programmable device.

A method of controlling an electronic system, comprising:

• at the electronic system,
• in response to receiving input at an input device, transmitting first and second output signals from first and second actuators, respectively, to a controller, the controller including a comparator and a programmable device,
• converting the first and second output signals to first and second real-time logic states, respectively, at the comparator,
• inputting the first and second real-time logic states from the comparator to the programmable device,
• and
• determining a fault status of the first and second actuators based on logic states input to a state machine of the programmable device, wherein the logic states input to the state machine include the first and second real-time logic states and historical logic states stored at the controller.