DO-160

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DO-160, Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment is a standard for the environmental testing of avionics hardware. It is published by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA).

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Outline of contents

Introduction

The DO-160 document was first published on February 28, 1975 to specify test conditions for the design of avionics electronic hardware in airborne systems. Since then the standard has undergone subsequent revisions up through Revision G.

Purpose

This document outlines a set of minimal standard environmental test conditions (categories) and corresponding test procedures for airborne equipment for the entire spectrum of aircraft from light general aviation aircraft and helicopters through the jumbo jets and supersonic transport categories of aircraft. The purpose of these tests is to provide a controlled (laboratory) means of assuring the performance characteristics of airborne equipment in environmental conditions similar of those which may be encountered in airborne operation of the equipment. The standard environmental test conditions and test procedures contained within the standard, may be used in conjunction with applicable equipment performance standards, as a minimum specification under environmental conditions, which can ensure an adequate degree of confidence in performance during use aboard an air vehicle. The Standard Includes Sections on:

The user of the standard must also decide interdependently of the standard, how much additional test margin to allow for uncertainty of test conditions and measurement in each test.

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Version History

• RTCA/DO-160, RTCA, INC., February 28, 1975
• RTCA/DO-160 A, RTCA, INC., January 25, 1980
• RTCA/DO-160 B, RTCA, INC., July 20, 1984
• RTCA/DO-160 C, RTCA, INC., December 4, 1989
• RTCA/DO-160 C, Change 1, RTCA, INC., September 27, 1990
• RTCA/DO-160 C, Change 2, RTCA, INC., June 19, 1992
• RTCA/DO-160 C, Change 3, RTCA, INC., May 13, 1993
• RTCA/DO-160 D, RTCA, INC., July 29, 1997
• RTCA/DO-160 D Change 1, RTCA, INC., December 14, 2000
• RTCA/DO-160 D Change 2, RTCA, INC., June 12, 2001
• RTCA/DO-160 D Change 3, RTCA, INC., December 5, 2002
• RTCA/DO-160 E, RTCA, INC., December 9, 2004
• RTCA/DO-160 F, RTCA, INC., December 6, 2007
• RTCA/DO-160 G, RTCA, INC., December 8, 2010
• RTCA/DO-160 G Change 1, RTCA, INC., December 16, 2014

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Resources

• FAR Part 23/25 §1301/§1309
• FAR Part 27/29
• AC 23/25.1309
• RTCA DO-160

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Bibliography

• Aircraft Systems: Mechanical, Electrical and Avionics Subsystems Integration (Aerospace Series (PEP)) (Jun 3, 2008) by Ian Moir and Allan Seabridge
• RTCA List of Available Documents, RTCA Inc., http://www.rtca.org/Files/ListofAvailableDocsMarch2013.pdf (March 2013)
• Avionics: Development and Implementation (Electrical Engineering Handbook) by Cary R. Spitzer (Hardcover - Dec 15, 2006)
• Avionics Navigation Systems (April 1997) by Myron Kayton and Walter R. Fried
• http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/Research/Rvs/Article/EMI.html
• The European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment EUROCAE ED-14

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Certification in Europe

• Replace FAA with EASA, JAA or CAA
• Replace FAR with JAR
• Replace AC with AMJ

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See also

• Environmental Tests
• Avionics
• Hazard analysis
• RTCA/DO-254
• ARP4761
• ARP4754
• HIRF
• Reliability (semiconductor)
• MIL-STD-810
• RTCA/DO-178B

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External links

• Official website
• Video Tutorial by Aerospacepal.com

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