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Apes 5900
Apes 5900
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Product Features
The Cobham APE 5900 Airborne NVG-compatible Electronic Clock meets the highest
demands offering all expected functionalities. It is an integral part of your avionics
installation giving you the accuracy delivered by its GPS synchronisation and security
to your flight in degraded mode through its ARINC 429 output. This electronic clock
of 3ATI size, with wide-viewing angle and day/night automatic dimmable backlight,
provides you with an excellent reading comfort and an intuitive interface. It is fully
compatible with the use of Night Vision Goggles, allowing military and governmental
agencies operators to operate at night with no restrictions.
Technical Specifications
Normal bus: 18 VDC to 31 VDC : < 0.100 A @ 28 VDC
Hot battery bus: 16 VDC to 40 VDC / <0.03 A @ 28 VDC
Integral lighting: 5 VAC 400 Hz < 20 mA
In degraded flight mode when GPS is not available, the APE 5900 clock is designed to
supply accurate time reference for use by the avionics system.
The APE 5900 has a quartz driven internal time base and the operation is controlled
by microcontroller. High-contrast, transflective LCDs white segments on black
background are used to display the following functions:
6-digit display for Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) reading,
4-digit display for Elapsed Time (ET) reading,
ARINC 429 output (LS): UTC, Date and identifier able to drive 20 loads
3-position selector for RUN, STP and RST functions of the ET,
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