Data Sheet

GE
Intelligent Platforms
Features
• Upto16Rxand16TxARINC429channels
• Highperformance,highdensityinterface
withlargebuffers
• Ruggedized,extendedtemp
configurationsoptional
• Ruggedized,conductivelycooled
versionsavailable
• Advanced,high-levelsoftwareAPIfor
32-bit/64-bitMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7,
Vista
®
andXP
®
,Linux
®
,VxWorks
®
and
INTEGRITY
®
operatingsystemincluded.
• Supportsmaximumdatathroughputon
allchannelssimultaneously
• Independent,software-programmablebit
ratesforallchannels
• 66/33MHzPCIandPCI-X
®
busoperation
• Fullyindependentchanneloperation
• IRIG-Breceiver/generatoroptional
Hardware
Availableinarangeofflexibleconfigura-
tions,the32-channelRCEI-830Aprovides
complete,integrateddatabusfunctional-
ityforARINC429,ARINC575andselected
2-wire,32-bitprotocols.TheRCEI-830A
supportsmaximumdatathroughputonall
channelswhileprovidingon-boardmes-
sagescheduling,labelfiltering,multiple
bufferingoptions,time-tagginganderror
detectionwithsupportforeither33MHz
or66MHzPCI/PMCinterfaces.Configura-
tionswithsupportforARINC717,ARINC
573,andIRIG-Breceiver(AMorDC/TTL)and
generator(DC/TTL)supportareoptional.
TheIRIG-BDClevelsignalcanbeutilized
tosynchronizetimestampsacrossmul-
tipleboards.Ruggedizedandconductively
cooledconfigurationswithextendedoper-
atingtemperaturesareavailable.Several
RCEI-830Aconfigurationsoffercombina-
tionsofARINC429channelsalongwith
ARINC717/573dual-modefunctionality.
Dual-modefunctionalityprogrammatically
supportseitherHBP(HarvardBi-Phase)or
BPRZ(Bi-PolarReturntoZero)acrossavery
widerangeofbitrate/subframecombina-
tions.ContactGEIntelligentPlatformsfor
PCI,CompactPCI
®
orotherplatformsupport
oftheseARINCprotocols.
Software
GE’ssoftwaretoolsandsolutionssignifi-
cantlyreducethetimerequiredtointegrate
ARINC429andotheravionicsprotocolsinto
anapplication.IncludedwiththeRCEI-830A
isGE’sflexible,high-level,API(Applica-
tionProgrammingInterface)supportfor
32-bit/64-bitMicrosoftWindows7,Vistaand
XP,Linux,VxWorksandIntegrityoperating
systems.ThispowerfulAPIsupportsmultiple
cards,andiscompatiblewithGE’sAPIsup-
portonPCI,PC/AT,PC/104,PC/104-Plus,
CompactPCIandPCMCIAplatforms.Optional
softwareincludesLabVIEW™support
andBusTools™/ARINC,GE’sreasy-to-use,
Windows-basedGUIsolutionforARINC429
analysis,simulationanddatalogging.
Architecture
TheRCEI-830Afeaturesincludeindepen-
dent,softwareprogrammabledatarates
andparity,errordetectionandautomatic
transmitchannelslewrateadjustment.2
MBytesofon-boardRAM.Allchannelsoper-
ateindependently.Standardconfiguration
hasbothfrontbezelandP14mezzanine
connectorI/O.ConfigurationswithonlyP14
I/Oareavailable.
Data 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data:
•Bufferedmodeutilizesaseparatecircular
bufferforeachchannel.
•Mergedmodecombinesallreceiveddata
intoasingle,time-sequencedcircularbuffer.
•Dedicatedmodeprovidesasnapshotof
theverylatestdata.
RCEI-830A
ARINCHighDensityInterfaceforPMC