The Unit...
Brand: Collins
PN: 787-6892-003
The device is a mixture of digital and analog electronics, so tat means that expects synchro transmitters signals and simple analog signals.
The insights....
Here we can see an overview of the mechanics parts:
This is the electronics section that is composed by 5 controller boards and 2 power supply boards attached in the back cover.
Mechanics from the top:
A closeup of the flight directo gears:
Some more pictures:
The test bench...
For this first test related with the Gyro inputs, I'm just powering up the unit with 26Vac 400Hz and connecting two synchros to emulate the Pitch and Roll signals.
A video about how this is working:
