Method and apparatus for controlling aircraft control systems

摘要

We describe apparatus or a programmable logic platform for controlling a complex system. There is a processor, a plurality of inputs coupled to the processor for providing input data from the complex system to the processor, a configuration database coupled to the processor wherein said configuration database defines a plurality of logical operations to be performed on said plurality of inputs, said plurality of functional operations comprising a plurality of logical operations, and a plurality of outputs for outputting data from the processor wherein the output data is determined based on the plurality of functional operations which have been performed on the input data and wherein the output data is used to control the complex system. The configuration database comprises a set of truth tables which define all the plurality of operations and each truth table has thirteen or fewer inputs whereby the operations are exhaustively testable.