Data Sheet

10.12 GFA-1857
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CNIC-A2PU4 – Dual Port ARINC 664 Four Lane PCI Express Interface
Specifications
Physical
• PCI Express Interface board (PMC on Carrier)Standard
height, half length (4.376 x 6.600 inches)
Environmental
• Commercial operating temp. range: 0° C up to +70° C
• Optional temperature range: -40° C up to +85° C
• Relative humidity: 5 to 90% (non-condensing)
Software
• Microsoft
®
Windows
®
7, XP, 2000, 2003 and Linux
support. Contact factory about availability of support
for additionaloperating environments (including Linux,
VxWorks and LabVIEW).
• Cpcap API Library
• CFDX API Library
• Ethereal GUI for ntar file analysis.
Connections
• Two IEEE 802.3 compliant Ethernet RJ-45 connectors
High density 15-pin D-sub connector for In/Out triggers
per port and four bi-directional avionics-level discretes
Timing Reference
• 64-bit time tag
• IRIG-B receiver (AM or TTL/DC)
• IRIG-B generator (TTL/DC)
• IRIG-B PPS synchronization with time tag
• Software-selectable internal wrap
Triggering
• Wait for external trigger to transmit
• Output when marked frame is transmitted
• Output when error-free packet received
• Output when error packet received
Port Parameters
• Full duplex IEEE 802.3 compliant ports
• Software-selectable 10/100 Mbps data rates
• Software-selectable auto-negotiation
• Software-selectable internal wrap
Ethernet Frame Reception
• Ethernet frames transferred to host buffers via DMA
• Min-to-copy capability
• High resolution time-tagging with 20 nsec resolution
• Link level error detectionTransmit
Transmit Statistic (64-bit counters)
• Total packets transmitted
• Total bytes transmitted
Receive Statistics (64-bit counters)
• Separate counters for Link level errors
- Physical symbol
- Invalid preamble symbol
- Invalid or missing SFD
- Preamble length too short
- Unaligned frame
- IFG too short
- Frame too short
- Frame too long
- CRC errors
• Total bytes received
• Total count of error free packets received
• Total count of packets with errors received
• Dropped packets
Ethernet Frame Transmission
• Ethernet frames transferred from host buffers via DMA
• Transmission scheduling with 20 nsec resolution
• Flexible scheduling modes
- Minimum IFG delay (960 nsec between frames)
- Per-frame specified delays (multiple conditions)
- On external trigger
- Playback delay modes
• Interrupt generation on user-identified framesError
Error Injection
• Physical symbol error
• Preamble (symbol and length) errors
• Framing (byte alignment) error
• SFD (Start frame delimiter) error
• CRC errorOptional
Optional Configurations
• Conformal coating
• Extended Temperaturee
Ordering Information
CNIC-A2PU4 Dual port 10/100 full duplex 4 lane PCI Express interface card (PMC on carrier)
for ARINC 664/AFDX support
CNIC-A2PKU4 Dual port 10/100 full duplex 4 lane PCI Express interface card (PMC on carrier)
for ARINC 664/AFDX support with ext temp
CNIC-A2PEU4 Dual port 10/100 full duplex 4 lane PCI Express interface card (PMC on carrier)
for ARINC 664/AFDX support with ext temp
CNIC-A2PEKU4 Dual port 10/100 full duplex 4 lane PCI Express interface card (PMC on carrier)
for ARINC 664/AFDX support with ext temp and conformal coating
Optional Software
BT-AFDX-A ARINC 664 part 7 traffic analyzer
BT-AIL-A2 ARINC 429 and 664 part 7 (with generic EDE) traffic analyzer