Development and management of parametric data items for built-in testing of aircraft electrical power generation systems or other components
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsKamaraj Thangavelu, Billy J. Mordecai, Paul J. Peterson, Abhay V. Munshi
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Abstract
A method includes obtaining an ordering of built-in test equipment (BITE) functions to be executed for an aircraft. The method also includes, for each BITE function of the ordering, retrieving and executing at least one parametric data item (PDI) implementing the BITE function. At least some of the PDIs implementing the BITE functions are independent of one another such that a modification to one PDI does not alter others of the other PDIs. At least some of the PDIs are reusable across different aircraft having different equipment configurations.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining an ordering of built-in test equipment (BITE) functions to be executed for an aircraft;
- and
- for each BITE function of the ordering, retrieving and executing at least one parametric data item (PDI) implementing the BITE function;
- wherein at least some of the PDIs implementing the BITE functions are independent of one another such that a modification to one PDI does not alter others of the other PDIs;
- and
- wherein at least some of the PDIs are reusable across different aircraft having different equipment configurations.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory configured to store parametric data items (PDIs) implementing built-in test equipment (BITE) functions;
- and
- at least one processing device configured to:
- obtain an ordering of the BITE functions to be executed for an aircraft;
- and
- for each BITE function of the ordering, retrieve and execute at least one PDI implementing the BITE function;
- wherein at least some of the PDIs implementing the BITE functions are independent of one another such that a modification to one PDI does not alter others of the other PDIs;
- and
- wherein at least some of the PDIs are reusable across different aircraft having different equipment configurations.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to:
- obtain an ordering of built-in test equipment (BITE) functions to be executed for an aircraft;
- and
- for each BITE function of the ordering, retrieve and execute at least one parametric data item (PDI) implementing the BITE function;
- wherein at least some of the PDIs implementing the BITE functions are independent of one another such that a modification to one PDI does not alter others of the other PDIs;
- and
- wherein at least some of the PDIs are reusable across different aircraft having different equipment configurations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.