Flight Control Computer (FCC)
What is a Flight Control Computer (FCC)?
The Silver Atena Universal FCC (Flight Control Computer) is a powerful avionics computer for the highly automated control of manned and unmanned small aircraft, drones, and helicopters.
Thanks to numerous interfaces, the FCC can be flexibly integrated into a wide variety of avionics architectures. In single-channel operation, it operates as a fail-silent system, but can easily be expanded to a fully redundant fail-operational system.
The FCC is ideal for safety-critical applications such as attitude control, autopilot, autothrottle, and mission management – with maximum reliability and computing power.
Features
The Universal FCC meets the highest requirements for data integrity and reliability thanks to intelligent monitoring. Designed as a single-channel fail-silent system, it can be easily expanded to a fully redundant fail-operational system using a dual setup. Modern processors and external RAM/Flash memory enable real-time processing of sophisticated algorithms. Model-based software development ensures flexibility in application design. The compact housing with side connectors facilitates integration and cable routing. Designed according to RTCA DO-178C/DO-254 (DAL B) and DO-160G for harsh environmental conditions.
Applications
Fault-tolerant computing platform for certification-relevant flight control systems.
- Universally applicable, especially in applications with high fault tolerance and reliability requirements (requirements with safety classification or certification requirements)
- Computationally intensive and time-critical applications with high safety requirements, such as flight attitude control, autopilot functions, autothrottle, mission and flight management, etc.
The Flight Control Computer (FCC) in 3D-View
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Specifications
- 6 discrete inputs, 6 discrete outputs
- 5 × ARINC-429 (3 × Rx/Tx and 2 × Rx)
- 4 × ARINC-825 / CAN
- 2 × RS-422 / RS-485
- 1 × Lane-to-Lane communication via SPI
- 1 × Maintenance via CAN
- 1 × Maintenance via Ethernet
Application Areas
Specially developed for aircraft according to CS-23, CS-LSA and CS-VLA, and helicopters according to CS-27, CS-29 and CS-VLR, as well as UAVs / Drones, OPVs and RPAS.
Advantages
Flexible integration and compact design for modern avionics systems.
The universal FCC impresses with its wide range of interfaces, enabling seamless integration into a wide variety of avionics architectures – ideal for manned and unmanned aircraft. Thanks to its flat, space-saving design, the avionics computer can be flexibly mounted within the aircraft. Side-mounted connectors ensure optimized cable routing and significantly simplify installation.
Why choose this product?
Silver Atena's Universal FCC offers maximum flexibility thanks to its wide range of interfaces and can be seamlessly integrated into a wide variety of avionics architectures – ideal for manned aircraft, helicopters, and UAVs. Thanks to its compact design, the avionics computer enables space-saving installation and easy scaling for fully redundant operation. This ready-to-integrate solution combines maximum reliability and cost-effectiveness for safety-relevant controls in aviation applications.
Why Silver Atena?
With experience from a wide range of aviation programs and the associated standards, Silver Atena develops customer-specific, reliable, and fail-safe control units for demanding applications. Our customers benefit from efficient processes and the resulting short development times, as well as expert support in approval matters.