EMI/EMC Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment Training Curriculum (DO-160G Training)
Avionics environmental testing via DO-160G is mandatory for all avionics. Learn how to apply DO-160G and perform EMI/EMC DO-160G testing and certification.
Tonex provides Training and Technical Services on RTCA-DO-160 EMI testing in compliance with the Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment standard set by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics RTCA-DO-160
This environmental testing standard applies to all sizes of Aircraft (Airship) in several fields, including but not limited to commercial airliners, general aviation aircraft, supersonic transport aircraft, airships, and helicopters. All major Aircraft (Airship) and aviation manufacturers adhere to RTCA-DO-160 to ensure the reliability and safety of electronic components and systems in aircraft.
Who Should Attend?
Upon completion of EMI/EMC Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment Training Curriculum training course, the attendees will be able to:
- Describe EMI/EMC Testing concepts and underlying principles
- List DO-160G EMI/EMC requirements applied airborne systems
- List steps to obtain approval by the regulatory authorities
- List relevant applicable FAA regulations, advisory material, certification procedures
- List of appropriate EMC regulations applied to the Aircraft (Airship) certification
- List the Aircraft (Airship) systems under consideration for EMC certification
- Define applicable equipment qualification requirements
- List Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment,
- Discuss tools to develop and write the test plans and procedures
- Describe guidelines to conduct the tests and write the Environmental Qualification report
- Discuss design approaches and system trade-offs
- Describe techniques for inspection and conformity requirements
- List Electromagnetic, RF and Power Input Effects
- Discuss how to create test plans, test reports, compliance plans and compliance reports
- Detailed test procedures to demonstrate appropriate equipment qualification.
- Examples of detailed test reports that demonstrate appropriate equipment
- Aircraft (Airship) EMC ground test procedure and acceptance criteria.
- Aircraft (Airship) EMC flight test procedures and acceptance criteria, if required.
- Examples of detailed Aircraft (Airship) EMC ground and flight test reports that
- demonstrate acceptable EMC performance.
Course Topics and Agenda
- Introduction to Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment
- EUROCAE, RTCA/DO-160F and EUROCAE/ED-14F
- Standard procedures and environmental test
- Criteria for testing airborne equipment
- Examples of tests covered
- Vibration, power input, radio frequency susceptibility, lightning, and electrostatic discharge
Airborne Requirements for Testing
- Aircraft Electrical Systems
- Aircraft Electrical Power Systems
- Aircraft Mechanical Systems
- Testing Requirements Summary
- Qualification Test Plans
- Qualification Test Reports
- Applicability of Test Results
- Effects of Lightning
- Configuration for Susceptibility Tests
- Power Input
- Voltage Spike
- Conducted Susceptibility
- Power Inputs
- Induced Signal Susceptibility
- Radio Frequency Susceptibility (Radiated and Conducted)
- Emission of Radio Frequency Energy
- Lightning Transient Susceptibility
- Lightning Direct Effects
DO-160G EMI/EMC Tests
- Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment
- Laboratory means of demonstrating performance
- characteristics of airborne equipment in environmental conditions
- Certification of Aircraft Electrical and Electronic Systems
- Operation in the High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) Environment
- Using RTCA/DO-160 for Installers
- Requirements Management Criticality
- Magnetic Effect
- Power Input
- Voltage Spike
- Induced Signal Susceptibility
- Radio Frequency Susceptibility
- Radio Frequency Susceptibility – Conducted
- Radio Frequency Susceptibility – Radiated
- Emission of Radio Frequency Energy
- Emission of Radio Frequency Energy – Conducted
- Emission of Radio Frequency Energy – Radiated
- Lightning Induced Transient Susceptibility
- Lightning Direct Effects
- Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
Case Studies, Demos and Hands-on Activities,
- Detailed test procedures to demonstrate appropriate equipment qualification.
- Examples of detailed test reports that demonstrate appropriate equipment
- Aircraft (Airship) EMC ground test procedure and acceptance criteria.
- Aircraft (Airship) EMC flight test procedures and acceptance criteria, if required.
- Examples of detailed Aircraft (Airship) EMC ground and flight test reports that demonstrate acceptable EMC performance.
- Ground test procedure
- VHF/UHF communication receiver
- VHF/UHF communication transmitter
- VHF NAV and DME transmitter/receiver
- Marker beacon
- ADF receiver
- Flight director/autopilot
- Cabin paging system
- Compass systems
- HF receiver
- HF transmitter
- GPS/FMS position
- X/Ku band communication transmitter and receiver
Labs and DO-160G EMC Measurements
- Selected DO-160G Compliance Labs and Measurements
- Tonex will bring the following instruments and parts:
- a pulse/noise generator,
- test cabling,
- an oscilloscope to set up some actual susceptibility demonstrations.
- Demonstration of key measurements defined in DO-160G