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CIVA LNC

The CIVA LNC (lateral navigation computer) is the new improved flight computer based of the INS systems used in real life. More information can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-rmK_SYL4

The CIVA LNC works very similar to the original INS and my earlier INS'ish computer which is now trumped by this computer.
The LNC has 3 main parts to it which can be operated by the user. The first one being the:

(MSU panel) or the 'mode selector unit panel' has 2 buttons, which are connected to the seven segment which displays the overall LNC mode selected, the list below shows tells you what each does.
1. - Standby mode, this turns on the LNC with the blacklights as an indication or the seven segment activation. This mode unlocks the ability to enter waypoints however the GPS has not been aligned in this mode and the warn light will stay illuminated if not aligned.
2. - Align mode, this function begins the align the CIVA INS and will take approximately 5 seconds, this can be changed however in the microcontroller for extra realism, once aligned the warn light will illuminate for 5 seconds before extinguishing. After alignment mode has finished you can have full access to LNC's functionality showing the current co-ordinates, the only exception to this is the automatic waypoint change
3. - Navigation mode, Nav mode for short unlocks the LNC's full ability, but be careful, if you put the LNC into NAV mode before being fully aligned you will need to turn the LNC back to off and restarting the alignment process. If steps are followed correctly you can properly engage NAV mode which allows automatic waypoint change making it a fully functioning LNC.

The next important mode is the Waypoint selector panel. The waypoint selector panel does not affect the automatic change over however it does affect when pressing direct mode which bypasses the passive waypoint target co-ordinates. The seven segment located on the top right displays the waypoint number selected. This ranges from 1 to 9 meaning the LNC can hold 1 waypoint minimum and 9 maximum. Another thing the waypoint selector does is when inserting a waypoint into the LNC, understand the waypoint selected on the panel dictates where the co-ordinate will be sent too. More information of the direct mode button can be found below.
DIRECT TO - this mode can bypass all target waypoints and goes to selected waypoint co-ordinates with respect to the waypoint selector panel and a indication of direct to mode enabled is when the waypoint selector panel indicator begins to alternate between the selected number and the closest I can get the 0 to look like a D hence 'direct'.

The last but most used part is the CDU selector unit. It controls what is on the X and Y digital screens. The seven segment displays the mode selected in the CDU selector unit. The only other function inside the unit is the insert button whichIt does alot of functions all of them can be founded below.

1. - Position, this is obvious but it displays the current position, LNC must be aligned otherwise it will display the positional co-ordianates at the centre of the world of 000000,000000.
2. - Waypoint enable mode, this allows the user to use the insert button to insert co-ordinates with respect to the waypoint selector. This also allows you to move the waypoint selector onto the next or previous waypoint.
3. - Dis/time, Distance and time mode allows the user to see the distance using pythagoras theorem method which is displayed in metres and the time using distance divided by speed formula which is displayed in minutes. Becomes functional when aligned and displays information with respect to target waypoint. Distance is displayed in X and time in Y screen
4. - Wind, wind mode displays wind direction and speed in degrees (0-360) and in knots respectively. Direction in X and speed in Y.
5. - Target waypoint number/wind correction heading, self explanatory but in short, the target waypoint number is the waypoint which the CIVA LNC goes too if direct to mode is not enabled and the default number is 1 however this will change if the user is less than 150 metres from the target waypoint number. Wind correction heading or Delta A for short is the angle at which the LNC displays a cross wind correction angle using E6B method which is an approved real life used aeronautical calculator/equation. More information on E6B can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B. Target waypoint number represents X and Delta A is Y.
6. Track angle/accuracy - track angle displays the heading at which the aircraft should be travelling at. Accuracy mode is used as a novelty feature to display the accuracy of the GPS going down from 95 to 5 acting as a sort of loading bar. to tell you how inaccurate the CIVA is. The track angle is X and accuracy is Y
7. heading/speed, self explanatory, the LNC displays its heading and speed, this displays to the user the raw outputs in degrees (0-360) and in knots respectively

Requirements:
The 3 main parts, they can just be simply copy pasted.
The INS 2 microcontroller
The INS GPS encryptor microcontroller
2 digital screens
1 keyboard
1 compass sensor
1 gps sensor
1 linear speed sensor on horizontal mode
1 wind sensor

The LNC is still in development so please report any bugs in the comments. The point of the LNC is too make long distance navigation more viable and easier to manage. The real functionality would possibly be in search and rescue as more than 1 waypoint is very useful for automated searching.

You may use the LNC is your own creations but please give credit in your description as a matter of respect.