Patent ID: 8370004

Claim:
A control panel for an aircraft, said control panel ( 1 ) comprising a plurality of members ( 2 , 3 ) comprising control members ( 2 ) being able to be actuated by an operator, as well as control signal acquiring and digitizing means ( 4 ), wherein a control signal, being generated by a control member ( 2 ) being actuated and being transmitted by said control panel ( 1 ), is intended for controlling a controllable equipment of the aircraft, said control panel ( 1 ) having a segregation and a redundancy, characterized in that it comprises: two acquiring, digitizing and processing chains (A, B) for signals being present in the control panel ( 1 ), being integrated in said control panel ( 1 ), that are segregated, and having a full redundancy at all levels; and two signal monitoring units ( 5 , 6 ), each of which is part of one of said two chains (A, B) and comprising means ( 7 ) for performing crosschecks of all signals being present in the control panel ( 1 ), the signals present in the control panel ( 1 ) comprising at least said control signals.