Patent ID: 8666627

Claim:
An electromechanical braking system, comprising: at least one brake system control unit (BSCU) for converting brake command signals into output brake command signals; a plurality of electromechanical actuators (EMAs) arranged with respect to wheels to be braked; a first electromechanical actuator controller (EMAC) that includes a first antiskid controller and includes a driver for each EMA controlled by the first EMAC, wherein the first antiskid controller generates a primary set of drive control signals based on the brake command signals from the BSCU and in accordance with am antiskid algorithm, the primary set of drive control signals used to control each driver of the first EMAC to output corresponding drive signals to the corresponding EMAs; a second EMAC that includes a second antiskid controller and includes a driver for each EMA controlled by the second EMAC, wherein the second EMAC receives at least some of the primary drive control signals from the first antiskid controller and uses the received primary drive control signals to control each driver of the second EMAC to output corresponding drive signals to the corresponding EMAs; and a first remote data concentrator in communication with the first EMAC and the second EMAC, wherein the BSCU communicates with the first EMAC through the first remote data concentrator, wherein the second antiskid controller independently of the first antiskid controller conducts complete parallel processing of the antiskid algorithm to generate a backup set of drive control signals for controlling each EMA controlled by the first and second EMACs, the backup set of drive control signals based on the brake command signals from the BSCU.