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A data acquisition system for use in an aircraft flight data recorder receives multiple analog and discrete signals representative of various aircraft parameters. A single address command from the flight data recorder central processing unit (CPU) causes a first multiplexer to select a set of analog

A data acquisition system for use in an aircraft flight data recorder receives multiple analog and discrete signals representative of various aircraft parameters. A single address command from the flight data recorder central processing unit (CPU) causes a first multiplexer to select a set of analog signals. Each selected analog signal is amplified by a gain factor under CPU control and passed to track-and-hold circuitry which holds a level of the amplified analog signal upon receipt of a suitable command. The held analog signal levels are passed to a second multiplexer which also receives a set of discrete signals selected by a third multiplexer in response to a CPU address command. A control sequencer sequentially passes each signal at the input of the second multiplexer through an analog-to-digital converter, with the resultant digital signal being loaded into memory. After either all the selected and processed analog signals or the selected discrete signals have been analog-to-digital converted and stored in memory, the control sequencer issues an interrupt signal to the CPU.

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A data acquistion system for an aircraft flight data recorder responsive to a central processor unit (CPU) for processing a plurality of input signals to provide a digitally encoded signal representative of a selected set of input signals each time the CPU provides a simple command signal, said digi

A data acquistion system for an aircraft flight data recorder responsive to a central processor unit (CPU) for processing a plurality of input signals to provide a digitally encoded signal representative of a selected set of input signals each time the CPU provides a simple command signal, said digitally encoded signal being used by said CPU for generation of recorded flight data information, said data acquisition system comprising: multiplexing means for outputting said selected set of said input signals, each selected input signal set being output responsive to a corresponding address command signal; logic means responsive to said single command from said CPU for producing each address command signal; and processing means for processing each signal in a selected signal set to supply said digitally encoded signal representative of said selected set of input signals.