Patent ID: 7081835

Claim:
A control device for the actuation of lamps for internal aircraft lighting, wherein the control device ( 1 ) has an input ( 18 ) for the supply of an input signal and a plurality of outputs ( 21 – 28 ) for passing output signals to connected lamps (L 1 –L 8 ), wherein the control device ( 1 ) has a plurality of signal processing modules ( 8 – 12 ) provided therein and each including, respectively, a freely programmable electronic memory ( 13 – 17 ), said the signal processing modules ( 8 – 12 ) producing the output signals from the input signal in accordance with a conversion instruction deposited in the respective memories ( 13 – 17 ), and wherein different conversion instructions are storable in said respective memory ( 13 – 17 ) for output signals associated with different outputs ( 21 – 28 ), said control device ( 1 ) being a modular structure comprising a data module ( 2 ), comprising a signal processing module ( 8 ) and electronic memory ( 13 ), and having the input ( 18 ) receiving signals from a regulating signal-producing device ( 19 ), and a plurality of control modules ( 3 – 6 ) having one or more of said outputs ( 21 – 28 ), wherein the data module ( 2 ) and the plurality of control modules ( 3 – 6 ) are interconnected by way a bus system ( 7 ); different types of said plurality of control modules ( 3 – 6 ) being employable for different types of lamps (L 1 –L 8 ), said control modules selectively supplying analog, pulse width-modulated and/or frequency-modulated output signals to said lamps; and each said control module ( 3 – 6 ) being provided with, respectively, one said signal processing module ( 9 – 12 ) and one of said electronic memories ( 14 – 17 ) for producing the output signals in accordance with the input signals derived from said conversion instructions.