The Stratomaster Enigma

The World's Premier Glass Cockpit System

for non-certified aircraft

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This incredible, feature packed instrument goes further than any EFIS ever created. Enigma is not just the most advanced EFIS available, it is at the same time the most flexible, customizable and open system available ... and ... the lowest cost!

Enigma is for everyone ! We don't prescribe fixed screens with fixed functions. Every pilot is different. Every aircraft is different. Enigma gives you 9 full screens that you can design yourself from a library of hundreds of instruments and functions. Use our provided default screens, modify them or make your own. Share them with your fellow flyers.

Homebuilding just got a new dimension. EFIS systems, by bringing everything together in one display, took away the freedom to design your own panel. Now, Enigma EFIS gives you back that freedom, whilst bringing an entirely new level of features and sophistication to EFIS!

Question: So What Can Enigma Do?

Answer: Virtually Everything!

Major features:

• Full colour (5.7") display with 800-1000 nits brightness and full readability with sunlight directly on the display surface
• All the usual flight functions (plus many, many others)
• Engine monitoring including 12 or 24 thermocouple channels (dual engines or many channels)
  • highly configurable engine, fuel monitoring (multiple tank) and operations
• GPS moving map, map viewing (raster & vector maps)
• Terrain awareness with voice alerts ('terrain, terrain', 'pull up, pull up', calls '500 feet'
• 3D synthetic vision displays (with terrain data)
• Airspace awareness with alerts. Horizontal and vertical airspace monitoring with alerts (including voice)
• 9 fully user programmable screens (using supplied PC based editing software)
• User can edit default screen designs to exclude existing functions and/or add new functions, or create entirely new screens
• one button page between screens (auto cycle through screens**)
• 100's of highly configurable instruments and items in various forms, from traditional analog to bar graphs, digital readouts, horizons, HSI, moving maps, etc.
• All alarmed functions have spoken voice alerts (can be recorded in any language), in addition to visual (on screen) and external alarms (in panel led/ bulb)
  

Just a few of Enigma's other features:

• Checklists, flight folio, flight log
• GPS navigation with large capacity way point database (up to 50.000 actively
• managed way points) and airport database (frequencies, runways, runway detail)
• Direct to way point or route navigation with CDI, easy (on the fly) route generation from actual track or pick from way point list
• Typed way points including intersections and navaids
• GPS aided approach to runway threshold (see 3rd image below)
• HITS (Highway in the Sky) functionality with vertical navigation (see screen images above/below).
• Autopilot support. Connect any NMEA compatible autopilot (RMB, RMC and GGA messages at 4800 baud)
• VOR, ILS, Glide slope, localizer with Garmin NAV radio (SL30 protocol compatible)
• Enigma GLS and GVOR emulate ILS (Localizer and Glide
  slope) as well as conventional VOR navigation using the built in GPS plus information, available in the Enigma databases. This allows use of Enigma for both ILS and VOR training at any airfield, even if no conventional ILS system is installed
• Recording facility ('Black Box') for primary flight data, GPS positions, engine monitor. Large capacity recording using SD card
• Downloadable flight log using SD/MMC card
• Open design with published data formats for map and terrain data. Published API for third party software developers
• SD card slot for data transfer to and from system, also used to hold map data.
• Install the latest system enhancements by simply copying the new software (free) onto the SD card and Enigma automatically installs the new software on start-up.

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Enigma – General Overview

Enigma is a hardware as well as software concept that promotes a flexible, powerful EFIS platform together will a software application system that is highly user modifiable.

As a hardware EFIS platform, Enigma provides state of the art multi-processor based
processing utilizing components chosen for absolute robustness in radiation intense environments such as found at high altitudes. This is coupled with intense low power design methods to further maximize overall system application and reliability.

The large amount of flexibility built into the base system allows the adaption of Enigma to almost any mission and aircraft. Due to low system cost, Enigma is equally suited to microlight aircraft, gliders, rotor craft but provides enough flexibility to be utilized up to twin engined aircraft with full dual engine monitoring.

Now for Some Technical Information!

Enigma hardware platform - Features

• ARM 926JE 32 bit main processor with 160K high speed static memory, 16K code and 16K data cache. 4.0 MByte very low power, fully static radiation resistant RAM – nonvolatile.

4.0 Mbyte advanced Flash memory for program storage (executable access).

Main processor and memories on replaceable module allowing easy system upgrades.

All memories with 32 bit data path.

• ARM 7 core processor exclusively dedicated to GPS navigation.
  
• ATMega128 processor responsible for data acquisition, audio synthesis and general system control and monitoring
  
• On-board advanced 16 channel GPS, altitude, airspeed and angle-of-attack (AOA) pressure sensors

• Transponder altitude encoder output (parallel Gillman code).
  
• RS232 NMEA output dedicated to autopilot interface and similar applications
  
• RS232 output for general purpose use, intended primarily for use with attitude sensors made by third party vendors or navigation radios (VOR,ILS,DME etc)
  
• MGL Avionics Airtalk multi master interface (2 x). Primarily intended for MGL Avionics attitude and compass sensors and system extension modules.
  
• Audio output for voice and sound synthesizer. High level to drive a speaker and low level for interface to aircraft intercom system
  
• Provision for power backup battery with built in float charging circuit to ensure long battery life
  
• Secured supply output for supply of critical sensors in case of main power failure
  
• USB device port
  
• USB host port (2 x)
  
• Low power design with wide supply voltage range. System operates from as little as 6V DC (reduced display brightness) and is suitable for 24/28V systems.
  
• Ability to support displays from a variety of manufacturers and types from advanced, temperature compensated passive displays to various types of TFT displays. Standard displays with 800-1000 nits brightness and full readability with sunlight directly on the display surface
  
• 20 key tactile membrane keypad, easy to clean and moisture/dust proof
  
• SD card slot for data transfer to and from system, also used to hold map data. Will
  accept MMC cards as well but these are slightly slower in operation
  
• Alarm outputs in the form of on-screen alarm messages, voice audio output, switched output (switch an external alarm light for example), alarm panel light and external alarm array output via I/O extender.

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Features - Enigma Software Platform

• FlightOps (tm) operating system
  
• Standard Enigma application software with support for user designed screen layouts
  
• Flexible setup with metric or imperial/US units of measure Enigma capabilities with standard software and hardware
• Altimeter -700 to 40.000 ft, 1ft dynamic resolution in flight at sea-level.
• Airspeed 16mph to 250mph, 1 mph resolution. Other ranges for special applications available
• Vertical speed +/-2000ft/min analog range, +/-10.000ft/min digital range. Fast response suitable for gliders
• Total energy compensated vertical speed indicator (in addition to normal indicator)
  without requirement for additional pressure compensation ports
• VSI/TE VSI history moving data display for thermalling and soaring
• Altitude encoder output (parallel gillman code) for mode-C transponders
• NMEA autopilot output (4800 baud, RS232, messages RMB,RMC,GGA)
• Airtalk link support for optional SP-3, SP-4 (image to left),SP-5 AHRS systems and SP-1, SP-2 (image below right) compass modules. Airtalk link also used to share data in multi panel mode systems
• Support for Stratomaster Ultra as secondary instrument (Ultra uses data from Enigma)
• Engine monitoring support by means of one or two RDAC units. RDAC units can be used for either two engines or combined for engines that require a large amount of monitoring channels
• With two RDAC units maximum monitoring capability is: 24 channels of EGT/CHT
  thermocouples, six channels for NTC temperature probes (coolant, oil temperature,
  Rotax 912 CHT), 2 channels oil pressure, 2 fuel flows, 4 fuel tank levels, 2 RPM
  monitors. Further support for fuel pressure and carburetor temperature monitoring
• Rotor craft support, separate rotor RPM input not reliant on RDAC units
• Support for optional Airtalk I/O extender for monitoring of flap, gear and trim and similar items, both switched (on/off) as well as analog inputs (value). Outputs to switch various alarm type indicators
• Support for optional Airtalk battery current monitor to measure charge/discharge
  currents
• GPS based navigation engine with large capacity way point/airfield database (up to
  50.000 way points). Active way point management during flight, the closest way points are always at hand without need to search for them.
• Support for different airfield types, intersections, altitude change way points (vertical
  navigation), navaids etc
• Moving map support using actual raster maps as backdrop. Ability to use any digital map image including scanned images. Full support for user created maps using Windows PC based Mapmaker software package. Degree tile based raster map file format for seamless map coverage
• Moving map support for vector based database format, in combination with raster image backdrop maps or terrain elevation data
• Terrain awareness monitoring
• Airspace monitoring and alerts
• 3D terrain map views (see above)
• Traffic monitoring (available on a regional bases depending on various systems and
  integration schedules)

Enigma Engine Monitoring Hardware

The Enigma can monitor up to 24 thermocouple channels and 4 fuel tanks using two 'RDAC' engine monitoring computers.

Usually only one RDAC is required (12 channels, 2 fuel tanks and all the other desired engine functions like oil and water temperature and pressure, rpm, manifold air pressure (special RDAC), fuel pressure, fuel flow, carb ice warning (plus others functions).

RDAC-XB/D Engine Monitoring Computer

Functions:

• Twelve channel thermocouple amplifier, high resolution chopper stabilized system with full cold junction compensation and bow voltage correction to laboratory standards.
• The inputs can accept K-type or J-type thermocouples (selectable via provided menu functions)
• Oil and Water temperature NTC input compatible with most oil temperature senders and the MGL water temperature sender.
• Also accepts MGL precision semiconductor senders for water and oil temperature.
• Universal rev counter input. Can be used on a wide variety of engines using a variety of interface methods.
• Fuel flow sender input. Can be used with most commercial liquid flow senders.
• Calibration via provided menu functions.
• Oil pressure sender input. Accepts most commercial oil pressure senders including those from VDO.
• Fuel level sender input with extensive calibration functions provided to allow direct readout of fuel quantity corrected for tank shape and sender tolerances.
• LM335 sensor based temperature sender to indicate ice warning. The sender is normally fitted to the outside of a carburetor, in close proximity to the throttle slider or valve or in the intake airflow.
• The EMS included with the Ultra provides for a wide variety of engines and the display unit can be configured in many different ways as outlined under the “Device setup menu”.

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