Data Sheet

GE
Intelligent Platforms
Features
• 2or4dual-redundantMIL-STD-1553A/B
• NoticeIIchannels
• 10ARINC429receivechannels
• 4or8bidirectionalARINC429channels
• XMC.3(PCIe
®
)hostinterface
• Standardindustrialoperatingtempera-
tureof-40°Cto+70°Cambient
• FrontI/O
• Simultaneousbuscontroller(BC),upto31
remoteterminals(RT)andbusmonitor(BM)
• Multi-functionordual-function(BCand
BMorRTandBM)1553operation
• High-levelAPIforMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7,Vista
®
,XP
®
(32-and64-bit),Linux
®
,
INTEGRITY
®
,andVxWorks
®
included.
Contactyourlocalsalespersonforaddi-
tionaloperatingsystemsupport.
• Bi-directionalavionicsleveldiscretes
individuallyconfigurableas1553output
orinputtriggers
• Flexiblehardwareremoteterminal
addressing
• IRIGreceiver
• 64-bit,25nsbitmessagetime-tagging
• Externaldifferentialtime-tagresetand
clockinputs
• Completemessageprogrammability
• Flexiblemessagestatus/interrupt
generation
• Errorinjection/detection
• 1760levelcompatible
• RoHScomplianttoEUdirective2002-
95-EC
GEIntelligentPlatforms’embeddable
RAR15-XMC-FIOisthelatestgenerationof
performanceandflexibilityforMIL-STD-
1553A/BNoticeIIandARINC429onan
XMC.0mezzaninecard.TheRAR15-XMC-FIO
includesadvancedAPI(ApplicationPro-
grammingInterface)softwarethatreduces
applicationdevelopmenttime.Standard
featuresinclude8MBytesofRAM,64-bit,
25nsbitmessagetimetagging,extensive
buscontroller(BC)andremoteterminal(RT)
link-liststructures,errorinjection/detec-
tion,automatic/manualRTstatusbitand
modecoderesponses,alongwithadvanced
BCfunctionality.TheRAR15-XMC-FIObus
monitorsprovideexceptionalerrordetec-
tionand100%monitoringoffullyloaded
buses.Conformalcoatingisoptionalonthe
RAR15-XMC-FIO.
ARINC 429 Message Handling
On-boardfirmware,largedatabuffers,and
ahigh-levelAPIareintegratedtoprovide
totalflexibilityinmonitoringandgenerating
ARINCbustraffic.Simultaneousscheduled
andburstmode(FIFO)messagingissup-
portedonallARINC429transmitchannels.
EachARINC429receivechannelprovides
simultaneousDedicatedandbufferedmode
storage,alongwithlabel/SDIfiltering.
Threedifferentmethodsareprovidedto
bufferreceivedmessages:
•Bufferedmodeutilizesaseparatecircular
bufferforeachchannel.
•Mergedmodecombinesallreceived
messagesintoasingle,time-sequenced
circularbuffer
•Dedicatedmodeprovidesasnapshotof
thelatestmessagebylabelorlabel+SDI
ARINC 429 Architecture
TheRAR15-XMC-FIOfeaturesincludeinde-
pendent,softwareprogrammabledata
ratesandparity,errordetectionerrorinjec-
tion.Allchannelsoperateindependently.
MIL-STD-1553 Multi-function Interfaces
RAR15-XMC-FIOmulti-functioninterfaces
areeasilyconfiguredtooperatewithsimul-
taneousbuscontroller,upto31remote
terminalsandbusmonitorfunctionality.
MIL-STD-1553 Dual-function Interfaces
Dual-functionRAR15-XMC-ITinterfaceshave
allthefeaturesofthemulti-functionversions,
witheitherbusmonitorandbuscontrolleror
busmonitorand31remoteterminals.
Software
GEIntelligentPlatformsprovidesanadvanced
1553andARINC429APIinsourcecodealong
withsupportforMicrosoftWindows7,Vista,
XP(32-and64-bit),Linux,INTEGRITYand
VxWorks.Contactyourlocalsalesperson
foradditionaloperatingsystemsupport.
RAR15-XMC-FIO
HighDensityMIL-STD-1553andARINC429XMCFrontI/OModule