Data Sheet

GE
Intelligent Platforms
Features
• Upto16Rxand16TxARINC429Channels
•Highperformance,highdensityinterface
withlargebuffers
•Advanced,high-levelsoftwareAPIincluded
forMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7,Windows
®
Vista,Windows
®
XP(32-bit/64-bit)and
LabVIEWReal-Timeoperatingsystems
• CompleteLabVIEWInstrumentDriverfor
usewithLabVIEWforWindowsand
LabVIEWReal-Time
• ConvertARINC429messagecontent
to/fromEngineeringUnits
• Graphicalconfigurationfilecreationand
usageforrapidboardsetup
• Supportsmaximumdatathroughouton
allchannelssimultaneously
• 16bi-directionaldiscretesthathandle
avionics-levelvoltages
• Independent,software-programmablebit
ratesforallchannels
• Errorinjection/detection
• IRIG-BReceiver/Generatoroptional
• Supports66MHz,32-bitPCIoperation
• 3UCompactPCIformfactor
Hardware
Availableinarangeofconfigurationsto
matchyourneeds,the32channelRAR-
PXIboardprovidescomplete,integrated
databusfunctionalityforARINC429,ARINC
575andselected2-wire32-bitprotocols
intheCompactPCIformfactor.Itsup-
portsmaximumdatathroughputonall
ARINC429channelswhileprovidingon-
boardmessagescheduling,labelfiltering,
multiplebufferingoptions,time-tagging,
anderrorinjection/detection.Italsosup-
portssixteenavionics-levelI/Odiscretes,
anIRIG-BReceiver(AMorDC/TTL),andan
IRIGGenerator(DC/TTL),withsupportfor
either33MHzor66MHz32bitCompact-
PCI,PXI,orPXIExpressHybridchassisslots.
Ruggedizedconfigurationswithextended
operatingtemperaturesareoptional.
Architecture
TheRAR-PXIfeaturesincludeindependent,
softwareprogrammabledataratesand
messageparity,andbiterrorinjectionand
detection.Allchannelsoperateindepen-
dently,with2MBytesofon-boardRAM
providinglargetransmitandreceivedata
bufferswithtotalflexibilityinmonitoring
andgeneratingARINCbustraffic.ARINC
429transmitchannelssupportsimulta-
neousScheduledandBurstMode(FIFO)
messaging.EachARINC429receivechan-
nelprovidessimultaneousDedicatedand
BufferedModestorage,alongwithlabel/
SDIfiltering.Discretesfunctioningasinputs
supportTTLtoavionicslevelvoltages,while
RAR-PXI
RoHSCompliant,HighDensityIntelligentARINCInterfaceforPXI
discretesfunctioningasoutputscanswitch
upto0.5ampere,withopendrainoutputs
enhancingapplicationflexibility.
Software
GE Intelligent Platforms’ software tools
andsolutionssignificantlyreducethetime
requiredtointegratesupportfortheARINC
429protocolintoyourapplication.Included
withtheRAR-PXIisourflexible,high-level
API(ApplicationProgrammingInterface)
withsupportforWindows7,WindowsVista,
andWindowsXP,functionpanelandAPI
supportforLabWindows/CVI,andLabVIEW
InstrumentDriversupportforLabVIEWand
LabVIEWReal-Time.
TheRAR-PXILabVIEWInstrumentDriver
includescompleteVirtualInstrumentsfor
usewithbothLabVIEWforWindowsand
LabVIEWReal-Timeenvironmentstopro-
videgraphicalaccesstoGE’sextensive
RAR-PXIApplicationProgrammingInterface.
Italsoprovidesachannelconfiguration
andscheduledmessagedefinitionfilegen-
erationapplicationforreducedLabVIEW
programmingandnumerousexampleLab-
VIEWapplicationVIsdemonstratingboard
initialization,channelconfiguration,setup
andtransmissionoftransmitmessages,
configurationanddisplaywiththevarious
receivebufferingmodes,andengineer-
ingunitconversionofARINC429message
content.WithRAR-PXI,userscanquickly
developPXI-basedtestandsimulation
solutionsthatconnecttoARINC429/575
avionicsdatabuses.