Avidyne Entegra

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rdf:langString Avidyne Entegra is an integrated aircraft instrumentation system ("glass cockpit"), produced by Avidyne Corporation, consisting of a primary flight display (PFD), and multi-function display (MFD). Cirrus became the first customer of the Entegra system and began offering it on the SR20 and SR22 aircraft in 2003 as the first integrated flight deck for light general aviation (GA). The original Entegra system was designed to use third-party components such as a GPS from Garmin and an autopilot system from S-TEC Corporation. One of the advantages of these glass flight deck systems is upgradeability. Avidyne has demonstrated this with a continuous stream of hardware and software upgrades, including: * 2004: Added CMax Electronic Charts and first to certify XM datalink for light GA. * 2005 Added Primary Engine Instrumentation on PFD. * 2006: Introduced Release 6, which added Flight Director, V-Speed & Heading on ADI, additional datalink weather products on the MFD, and support for the USB memory-stick data loader. * 2007: Introduced Release 7, which added support for WAAS/LPV Approach guidance among other things. * 2008: Introduced Release 8, which expanded weather product for Canadian, Mexico and Caribbean (METARS, TAFs, Color Lightning). * 2009: Release 9, a hardware and software upgrade that was certified in April 2009. Also Avidyne has introduced the DFC90 digital and attitude based autopilot for Entegra installations that replaces the S-TEC55X rate based autopilot and has advanced features like a "straight & level" button, envelope protection and IAS climb. To install the DFC90 A/P (which is a slide-in replacement for the 55X) the PFD has to be upgraded to WAAS standard. With the introduction of the IFD navigators product range (IFD440/540/550) Entegra 8.x was not dependent of Garmin navigators anymore. The IFD440 COM/GPS/WAAS Navcoms are direct slide in replacements for the GNS430W navigators. Original Entegra systems with the non-WAAS GNS430 navigators need to get a PFD HW and SW upgrade before they can utilize 430W or IFD440 navigators which are capable of GPS/WAAS 3D approaches like LNAV/VNAV or LPV. Navdata and Approach Charts on the MFD can be updated via the USB port on the MFD (which is not suitable for charging).