By Omid Beik and Ali Emadi Toward Integrated Digital Aircraft Control Systems For electrified-system optimized size, cost, and efficiency. ODAY'S COMPLEX aerospace applic a tions demand embedded computing systems that are capable of reliable data transfer and retrieval in optimized power, size, and mass formats. The computing systems are required to be low in cost and ready for deployment across a range of aircraft platforms. Many aircraft controllers employ embedded computing frameworks to perform and execute commands for various systems and subsystems. Electronic, pneumatic, and hydraulic aircraft controllers are designed to provide high-performance outputs in extreme environmental conditions. Many of the aircraft electronic controllers are currently designed as analog circuits, which are robust and have demonstrated reliable operations under severe conditions. The analog approach works well in systems with simple topology and, hence, has limited applications in the complex systems that require T D BY IMAGE LICENSE ING INGRAM PUBLISH Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MELE.2017.2755242 Date of publication: 26 December 2017 46 I E E E E l e c t r i f i cati o n M agaz ine / DECEMBER 2017 2325-5987/17©2017IEEE