Avionics Computers  (English, Paperback, Source Wikipedia)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Apollo Guidance Computer, Radiation hardening, ASC-15, RCA 1802, Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer, E6B, Apollo Abort Guidance System, Ferranti Argus, MIL-STD-1750A, RAD750, IBM RAD6000, RHPPC, IBM AP-101, IBM System/4 Pi, DF-224, Central Air Data Computer, AN/USQ-20, Proton200k, RTX2010, Mongoose-V, UNIVAC 1104, RH1750. Excerpt: The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) provided onboard computation and control for guidance, navigation, and control of the Command Module (CM) and Lunar Module (LM) spacecraft of the Apollo program. It is notable for having been one of the first IC-based computers. The AGC and its DSKY user interface were developed in the early 1960s for the Apollo program by the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. The display and keyboard (DSKY) interface of the Apollo Guidance Computer mounted on the control panel of the Command Module, with the Flight Director Attitude Indicator (FDAI) above. Partial list of numeric codes for verbs and nouns in the Apollo Guidance Computer. For a quick reference, they were printed on a side panel. Each flight to the Moon (with the exception of Apollo 8, which didn't take a Lunar Module on its lunar orbit mission) had two AGCs, one each in the Command Module and the Lunar Module. The AGC in the Command Module was at the center of that spacecraft's guidance & navigation system (G&C). The AGC in the Lunar Module ran its Primary Guidance, Navigation and Control System, called by the acronym PGNCS (pronounced pings). Each lunar mission had two additional computers: The AGC was designed at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory under Charles Stark Draper, with hardware design led by Eldon C. Hall. Early architectural work came from J.H. Laning Jr., Albert Hopkins, Ramon Alonso, and Hugh Blair-Smith. The flight hardware was fabricated by Raytheon, whose Herb Thaler was also on the a...