Overview
The HighPMAAC project created, designed, developed and validated a new High Performance Modular architecture of Acquisition and Control Command system dedicated to test Electrical Systems for Aeronautics in an efficient way.
This new architecture allowed tests to be performed in an “independent way” at the Equipment Level. We were then able to perform tests at System Level, providing a full integrated test system. We used a distributed synchronised front-ends system, with high capabilities in terms of synchronised data acquisition rate, simulation, synchronised stimulation, modularity and adaptability.
The architecture was based on modular subsystems allowing operators to adapt easily the front-ends to the characteristics and needs of each equipment. Synchronisation mechanisms and monitoring at high data rate allow performing secure integration tests with high quality of acquired data, for a fine exploitation of electrical behaviour propagation.
The whole system was validated through the Electrical Test Bench and constitutes the Control and command system of this ETB. Associated to the dedicated wiring, it was possible to supervise tests of Aircraft representative power networks. It was also important to note that this distributed system included simulation capabilities, implementing "Hardware In The Loop" possibilities and may address other application requiring combination of Supervision, Monitoring, high performance Data acquisition and exploitation.
For this, the consortium, motivated by its will of sharing respective know-how, invested in this project with the intention to being a key partner concerning this kind of need in the future. It was set up to meet the basic requirements of such a system, then conceive and develop the hardware and software solution. This led to an increased competitiveness of the European aeronautic industry by reducing the tests and validation phases and thus reducing the time to market of the aeronautics products.
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Executive Summary:
The HighPMAAC project consisted in designing, developing and validating the first version of a new High Performance Modular architecture of Acquisition and Control Command system dedicated to test Electrical Systems for Aeronautics in an efficient way.
This new architecture allowed to perform tests in an “independent way” at the Equipment Level and was also able to perform tests at System Level, providing a fully integrated test system. Distributed and synchronised front-ends technology is used, with high capabilities in terms of synchronised data acquisition rate, simulation, synchronised stimulation, modularity and adaptability.
The architecture was based on modular subsystems allowing operators to adapt easily the front-ends to the characteristics and needs of each equipment. Synchronisation mechanisms and monitoring at high data rate allowed performing secure integration tests with high quality of acquired data, for a fine exploitation of electrical behaviour propagation.
The whole system was installed on the Electrical Test Bench of the ECO-Design ITD and constituted the Control and command system of this ETB. Associated to the dedicated wiring, it was possible to supervise tests of Aircraft representative power networks. It was also important to note that this distributed system includes simulation capabilities, implementing "Hardware In The Loop" possibilities and may address other application requiring combination of Supervision, Monitoring, high performance Data acquisition and exploitation.
This project led to the development of the first version of the system by defining new hardware and software architecture of test system in an iterative way; by defining and evaluating this architecture toward the requirements. Difficulties lying in the Data synchronisation between the different front-ends and in high flow data rate were coped with.
Finally, the objectives of:
- Modularity of the platform and openness to future new systems
- Efficiency of the platform for the electrical tests in aeronautics domain are reached, contributing to the objective as reducing development cycle of aeronautical products. Moreover, as a high-level performance system development and lessons learnt during the development, the consortium increased competencies and expertise of their teams and -by relying on this workforce-, expect
- to increase its implication into global aeronautical world,
- to increase its associated European workforce
- to increase its capabilities of services to the European industries
In parallel with improving works that have to be done on the solution, given the obtained results and performance capabilities of the product, it was decided to promote the product resulting from the HighPMAAC project for the future test platforms of our customers.