Data Sheet

GE
Intelligent Platforms
Features
• AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 dual port
interface (two independent 10/100 MHz
full duplex ports)
• Available mounted on PCI, PCI Express
and 3U cPCI carrier cards
• 33/66 MHz, 32-bit PCI interface
• Includes AFDX and low-level software
• Developers’ Kit (SDK) at no
additional charge
• Advanced reception features
- 20 nsec time-tags
- IRIG-B synchronization
- DMA transfer to host
- Full throughput capability
- Link level error detection
• Advanced transmission scheduling
- Highly accurate
- Flexible scheduling modes
- DMA transfer from host
- Full throughput capability
- Link level error injection
• Advanced software support
- Flexible packet capture API
- AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 API
- XML configuration format
- Integrated log file format
- Berkeley packet filter engine
• Four bi-directional avionics level discretes
• Input and output triggers per channel
• Built-in test features
• Supportable throughout program
lifetime with Product Lifetime
Management (PLM) program
Architecture
GE Intelligent Platforms’ RCNIC-A2PA is a
high performance interface for monitoring,
generating or analyzing full-bandwidth
AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 protocol traffic. GE’s
exclusive pipeline architecture maximizes
packet throughput using parallel controllers
and efficient DMA transfers, thereby
avoiding the bottlenecks of CPU-based
interface solutions.
Configurable as either one dual-redundant
AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 interface or two
independent ports, users have complete
access to all frame and header data.
Each incoming packet is tagged with a 20
nsec resolution, 64-bit time-tag. Real time
traffic generation is highly accurate. An
IRIG-B receiver/generator is included for
synchronization to external IRIG-B time
sources and for synchronizing multiple
CNIC boards. In addition, I/O triggers, error
detection/injection, BIT, and link/protocol
level statistics are provided.
AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 Performance
Multiple RCNIC-A2PAs in the same PC
have been benchmarked at full bandwidth
supporting all channels with 2000 VLs
(Virtual Links), multiple ports on each VL and
minimum payloads (17 bytes).
Advanced Software Support
The RCNIC-A2PA comes with all the
software development tools needed for
user application development at no extra
charge. The Cpcap packet capture library
provides a complete set of functions for
transmitting and receiving Ethernet frames.
Frames from multiple ports can be logged
or replayed using the open-source ntar log-
file format. AFDX-A implements the AFDX/
ARINC 664 Part 7 protocol stack including
end systems, redundancy management,
virtual links, and ports. An advanced XML-
based configuration file format is used to
specify end systems.
RCNIC-A2PA
Dual Port ARINC 664 Part 7 PMC Interface