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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Paul A. Adamski, Westfield, MA (US);
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A control assembly for an aircraft system according to an example of the present disclosure includes a multi-core processor that has a plurality of cores coupled to a communications module and to an arbitration module. The communications module is operable to communicate information between the plurality of cores and one or more aircraft modules. The plurality of cores include first and second cores operable to concurrently execute a first discrete set of software instructions to generate respective instances of an output. The arbitration module is operable to communicate each and every one of the respective instances to control the one or more aircraft modules. A method of operating an aircraft system is also disclosed.