Method and apparatus for providing a universal electrical interface between an aircraft and an associated store

摘要

A method and apparatus for providing a universal electrical interface between an aircraft and an associated store includes an aircraft interface and a store interface for bidirectionally communicating with the aircraft according to a first predetermined format and with the associated store according to a second predetermined format, respectively, as well as a universal signal conditioner for selectively processing signals received by both the aircraft interface and the store interface. The selective processing includes translating the signals received by the aircraft interface to the second predetermined format of the associated store and translating signals received by the store interface to the first predetermined format of the aircraft. The universal electrical interface also determines the type of aircraft from a number of predetermined types of aircraft, each of which is adapted to process signals according to a different predetermined format. By providing such selective processing of signals of different formats, each of the different types of aircraft can bidirectionally communicate, according to the predetermined format that the aircraft is adapted to process, with the associated store.