Re: Need some help

Re: Need some help

[Richard Riehle]

achour ait hamou wrote:

> Hi every one;
>
> I'm a beginner in Ada programmation. I need to code a software for aircraft
> Head Up Display system, so I don't know if someone have any idea how to do
> it in Ada. I'll appreciate your help, even if you can send me some papers or
> publications in this field.
>
> Thanks a lot.
> -------------------------
> achour Ait Hamou.
> Montreal, Canada.

Merhaba Hamou,

You may download a copy of  my booklet, Ada Distilled, from www.adaic.org.

It is a starting point, but not a book on advanced Ada.    Also get a copy of
Ada As A Second Language by Norm Cohen and Concurrency in Ada by
Burns and Wellings.

You should also develop a friendship with one of the other Ada programmers
in your organization so you have someone who can answer questions or give
you direction as you go.

Richard Riehle

Need some help

[achour ait hamou]

Hi every one;

I'm a beginner in Ada programmation. I need to code a software for aircraft
Head Up Display system, so I don't know if someone have any idea how to do
it in Ada. I'll appreciate your help, even if you can send me some papers or
publications in this field.

Thanks a lot.
-------------------------
achour Ait Hamou.
Montreal, Canada.

Re: Need some help

[Marin David Condic]

Are you asking about how to learn Ada programming in general or is there
something specific about Heads-Up Displays you had in mind?

If you're just trying to learn Ada well enough to get your job done, you can
find lots of books available at: http://www.adapower.com/ (See the "Books"
tab) There are also on-line books/tutorials there as well. (See the "Learn
Ada" tab) If you want help on some specific piece of Ada code that you have
trouble with, post a code snippet here and chances are someone will answer
you.

Try to be a little more specific with your question & maybe we can be more
helpful.

MDC
--
Marin David Condic
Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
e-Mail:    marin.condic@pacemicro.com


"achour ait hamou" <achour.ait@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:mailman.1017983642.5481.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
>
> I'm a beginner in Ada programmation. I need to code a software for
aircraft
> Head Up Display system, so I don't know if someone have any idea how to do
> it in Ada. I'll appreciate your help, even if you can send me some papers
or
> publications in this field.
>

Re: Need some help

[Darren New]

achour ait hamou wrote:
> I thank you for your answer. Right now, there is nobody who's working with
> Ada. It's a new project for commercial aviation, so I'll appreciate if you
> accept that somtimes I send you some questions.

Am I the only one who is nervously wondering what aircraft this project
is for? Or is it normal to put someone on this sort of project for a
commercial aircraft who has no experience in doing this sort of thing?
Or am I just misreading the question? 

(No offense intended. I have no experience either. But I wouldn't be
trying to gain experience with safety-critical commercial airliner
software all on my own with no local help.)

-- 
Darren New 
San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand.
      Remember, drive defensively if you drink.

RE: Need some help

[Mário Amado Alves]

>> I thank you for your answer. Right now, there is nobody who's working

>> with Ada. It's a new project for commercial aviation, so I'll 
>> appreciate if you accept that somtimes I send you some questions.
(Achour)

> Am I the only one who is nervously wondering what aircraft this
project is for?
(Darren)

No, you're not the only one. But that is all I know. Achour?
--MAA

RE: Need some help

[achour ait hamou]

Hi Richard;

I thank you for your answer. Right now, there is nobody who's working with
Ada. It's a new project for commercial aviation, so I'll appreciate if you
accept that somtimes I send you some questions.

Thanks once again.

achour.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
[mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]De la part de Richard Riehle
Envoye : 4 avril, 2002 22:13
A : comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Objet : Re: Need some help


achour ait hamou wrote:

> Hi every one;
>
> I'm a beginner in Ada programmation. I need to code a software for
aircraft
> Head Up Display system, so I don't know if someone have any idea how to do
> it in Ada. I'll appreciate your help, even if you can send me some papers
or
> publications in this field.
>
> Thanks a lot.
> -------------------------
> achour Ait Hamou.
> Montreal, Canada.

Merhaba Hamou,

You may download a copy of  my booklet, Ada Distilled, from www.adaic.org.

It is a starting point, but not a book on advanced Ada.    Also get a copy
of
Ada As A Second Language by Norm Cohen and Concurrency in Ada by
Burns and Wellings.

You should also develop a friendship with one of the other Ada programmers
in your organization so you have someone who can answer questions or give
you direction as you go.

Richard Riehle

RE: Need some help

[achour ait hamou]

Hi every one;

Really, what I need is modeling a problem of Head Up Display in Ada then to
code it. Specifically, I'm looking for papers about this topics for the
first time. After, I will need to know how to program tasks and GUI
(graphical user interfaces) in Ada. I thank you for your help, I visited
adapower.com, it's a very nice site.

------------------
achour Ait Hamou

-----Message d'origine-----
De : comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
[mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]De la part de Marin David Condic
Envoy� : 5 avril, 2002 06:15
� : comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Objet : Re: Need some help


Are you asking about how to learn Ada programming in general or is there
something specific about Heads-Up Displays you had in mind?

If you're just trying to learn Ada well enough to get your job done, you can
find lots of books available at: http://www.adapower.com/ (See the "Books"
tab) There are also on-line books/tutorials there as well. (See the "Learn
Ada" tab) If you want help on some specific piece of Ada code that you have
trouble with, post a code snippet here and chances are someone will answer
you.

Try to be a little more specific with your question & maybe we can be more
helpful.

MDC
--
Marin David Condic
Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
e-Mail:    marin.condic@pacemicro.com


"achour ait hamou" <achour.ait@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:mailman.1017983642.5481.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
>
> I'm a beginner in Ada programmation. I need to code a software for
aircraft
> Head Up Display system, so I don't know if someone have any idea how to do
> it in Ada. I'll appreciate your help, even if you can send me some papers
or
> publications in this field.
>

RE: Need some help

[achour ait hamou]

Sorry if I was ambigous in my message, believe me I'm working hard just to
can modelize my problem.
 -------
achour.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
[mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]De la part de Darren New
Envoye : 5 avril, 2002 08:55
A : comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Objet : Re: Need some help


achour ait hamou wrote:
> I thank you for your answer. Right now, there is nobody who's working with
> Ada. It's a new project for commercial aviation, so I'll appreciate if you
> accept that somtimes I send you some questions.

Am I the only one who is nervously wondering what aircraft this project
is for? Or is it normal to put someone on this sort of project for a
commercial aircraft who has no experience in doing this sort of thing?
Or am I just misreading the question?

(No offense intended. I have no experience either. But I wouldn't be
trying to gain experience with safety-critical commercial airliner
software all on my own with no local help.)

--
Darren New
San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand.
      Remember, drive defensively if you drink.

Re: Need some help

[John R. Strohm]

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On the one side, you have the airplane Interface Control Document, that
tells you what information is available from the rest of the airplane.

On the other side, you have the hardware spec for the HUD itself, that tells
you how to set up graphics and such on the HUD.  (If you're simulating a HUD
on a PC, then you have the PC graphics library, or maybe X-Windows.
Whatever.)

The mechanization group should be telling you what they want displayed and
how, and what the controls should do.  Additionally, your systems engineer
should have written a requirements specification.

The rest is a Simple Matter of Programming.

SERIOUSLY:  Liberate yourself a copy of the user's manual for an existing
HUD, and figure out CONCEPTUALLY how you'd do it.  TRADITIONALLY, you're
going to have vertical scales for altitude and air speed, maybe with
annotations and extra markings to show "interesting" values, a horizontal
scale for heading, a flight path marker to show exactly where the aircraft
velocity vector is going, and horizon lines (one for the horizon, then lines
above and below to give convenient markings for various climb or descent
angles.

ALTERNATIVELY:  Buy a copy of the latest version of "Falcon", the computer
game.  It will give you a very good introduction to the F-16 avionics,
including the HUD.

If any of the terms "altitude", "air speed", or "heading" gave you any
trouble, you need to get some basic education in flying.

"achour ait hamou" <achour.ait@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:mailman.1018071842.14444.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
> Hi every one;
>
> Really, what I need is modeling a problem of Head Up Display in Ada then
to
> code it. Specifically, I'm looking for papers about this topics for the
> first time. After, I will need to know how to program tasks and GUI
> (graphical user interfaces) in Ada. I thank you for your help, I visited
> adapower.com, it's a very nice site.
>
> ------------------
> achour Ait Hamou
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
> [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]De la part de Marin David Condic
> Envoy� : 5 avril, 2002 06:15
> � : comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
> Objet : Re: Need some help
>
>
> Are you asking about how to learn Ada programming in general or is there
> something specific about Heads-Up Displays you had in mind?
>
> If you're just trying to learn Ada well enough to get your job done, you
can
> find lots of books available at: http://www.adapower.com/ (See the "Books"
> tab) There are also on-line books/tutorials there as well. (See the "Learn
> Ada" tab) If you want help on some specific piece of Ada code that you
have
> trouble with, post a code snippet here and chances are someone will answer
> you.
>
> Try to be a little more specific with your question & maybe we can be more
> helpful.
>
> MDC
> --
> Marin David Condic
> Senior Software Engineer
> Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
> Enabling the digital revolution
> e-Mail:    marin.condic@pacemicro.com
>
>
> "achour ait hamou" <achour.ait@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1017983642.5481.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
> >
> > I'm a beginner in Ada programmation. I need to code a software for
> aircraft
> > Head Up Display system, so I don't know if someone have any idea how to
do
> > it in Ada. I'll appreciate your help, even if you can send me some
papers
> or
> > publications in this field.
> >
>
>
>
>