Illuminated switch or indicator with integral data communications device and fail sense function

• Main Authors: Edwards, Steven A, Coley, Craig Jay, Humphreys, Morris Ray
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.08.2019
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PHYSICS; RELAYS; SELECTORS

An aircraft annunciator (illuminated switch or indicator) includes, within a housing sized to fit in the panel cutout for a single pushbutton aviation switch, a bus converter to interface with a multiplexed ARINC serial data bus, in order to monitor a remote item of equipment such as an ADS-B transp...