Patent ID: 8606460

Claim:
An electrical system of an aircraft, comprising: a first control computer configured to control at least one first actuator, a second control computer configured to control at least one second actuator, wherein the first control computer comprises at least one first digital control module and one second digital control module configured to calculate control command data for the at least one first actuator and at least one second actuator, wherein the second control computer comprises at least one first digital control module and one second digital control module, wherein each digital control module of each control computer is arranged to calculate a control command for the actuator unit of the first control computer, wherein the calculated control command from each digital control module is arranged to be transferred internally of the first control computer and the second control computer to the other digital control modules residing in the first control computer and the second control computer, wherein the first digital control module of the second control computer and the first digital control module of the first control computer form a communications pair, wherein the first digital control module of the second control computer is configured to communicate the calculated control command data for the at least one first actuator to the first digital control module of the first control computer, wherein the first control computer comprises a first actuator control module connected with a physical connection to the first digital control module and configured to receive from the first digital control module the control command data for the at least one first actuator calculated by the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the first control computer and the control command data for the at least one first actuator calculated by the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the second control computer and to provide control signals to control the at least one first actuator to a desired position based on the control command data from the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the first control computer and the second control computer.