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1. A rtisan Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality TechneleoySrou new and certified used pre owned equipment FAST SHIPPING AND SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT DELIVERY Experienced engineers and technicians on staff Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment TENS OF THOUSANDS OF at our full service in house repair center We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins IN STOCK ITEMS www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment 7 EQUIPMENT DEMOS HUNDREDS OF Instra 4 REMOTE INSPECTION LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION MANUFACTURERS Remotely inspect equipment before purchasing with Visit us on the web at www artisantg com 7 for more our interactive website at www instraview com 7 information on price quotations drivers technical LEASING MONTHLY specifications manuals and documentation RENTALS ITAR CERTIFIED SELE a gaa tia Contact us 888 88 SOURCE sales artisantg com www artisantg com ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual ARINC429 Interface Module for CompactPCl AIM USA 3703 North 200 Street Elkhorn NE 68022 Phone 866 AIM A429 402 763 9644 Fax 402 763 9645 salesusa aim online com www aim online com March 2005 V1 00 Rev A www aim online com anteed 888 88 SOURCE Right on Targ et rtisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com A ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual ARINC429 Interface2. ARINC429 Label Bit 32 programmable as Parity or additional Data Bit Error injection capabilities Gap Error 1 bit Bitcount Error 1 bit Coding Error fixed at bit position 12 Parity Error if no special transmission mode is chosen ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 15 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com zalia Technical Data Decoder Programmable Bitrate High Low Speed 100 12 0 14 5 Kbit sec ARINC429 Label Bit 32 programmable as Parity or additional Data Bit Measurement of gap between two labels in the range from 0 0 to 57 75 bits with 0 25 bit resolution Error detection capabilities Gap Error Detection Bitcount Error Detection Coding Error Detection Parity Error Detection if no special transmission mode is chosen Time Tagging IRIG B Time Tag For absolute time tagging a special time code processor implements an IRIG B decoder If no external IRIG B source is available a time code in IRIG B like format is generated and can be used to synchronize multiple boards or modules Decoder Resolution l us Width 1 Year 46 Bit Signal Waveform Amplitude modulated sinewave or square wave Modulation Ratio 3 1 to 6 1 Input Amplitude 0 5Vp p to SVpp Input Impedance gt 10k Ohm Coupling AC coupled Time Jitter 5 us typical module to module depending on input signal quality Lock time 1 to 5 seconds depending on input signal quality Enc
3. ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 9 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com zalia Structure of the ACI429 3 1 3 Time Code Generation The Time Code generation is based on an IRIG B Time Code decoder The Time Code Information is used for time tagging and multi channel synchronization The time tag on the board is generated in the following format Table 3 1 3 I Binary Coded Time Tag Time Element i Number of bits DAYS of year es es HOURS of Day 5 _ MINUTES of Hour SECONDS of Minute E MICROSECONDS of Second 46 6 Bytes stored in two 32bit words This comprehensive time tag information allows the ACI429 a flexible application dependent time tagging of the avionic databus traffic 3 1 4 Debug and Maintenance Interface For debugging during hardware and firmware integration as well as for maintenance purposes a serial RS 232 interface is provided 3 1 5 Global RAM Port The Global RAM is shared between both BIU processors BIP the ASP and the PCI Bus The ASP has access to the common Global RAM via a 32 bit wide data and 24 bit wide address port The arbitration implements a round robin scheme to guarantee maximum latencies for all requests 3 1 6 CompactPCl Interface The PSC interfaces directly with the CompactPCI bus The PSC can be either a master initiating a PCIbus operation or a target responding to a PCIbus operation The PSC incorpo
4. Bus modules for analyzing simulating monitoring and testing of avionic databus systems The ACI429 provides eight or sixteen fully configurable ARINC429 channels on a 3U form factor CompactPCI card whereby the eight channel board is an assembly variant of the ACI429 sixteen channel board Each channel can be individually configured by software as a transmit or receive channel with different front plate connector outputs and inputs On transmit channels the ACI429 acts as an autonomously operating bus traffic simulator supporting multiple modes of transmission sequencing Full error injection capabilities are available whereby the error injection is programmable individually for each channel and label For a special transmission operating mode the parity bit can be used alternatively as an additional data bit The output level and the rise and fall time of the bus signals are individually programmable by software for each transmit channel For the receive channels the ACI429 provides an advanced monitor and analyzer function with unique on board error detection triggering and filtering capabilities The rise and fall time of the bus signals are individually programmable for each receive channel Both functions are available concurrently and independent from each other The hardware architecture provides resources to guarantee that the performance of one function is not affected by the current load of another function The hardware architec
5. signals shall be connected depending on the timetag method used as shown below 1 Single AIM Module no external IRIG B source No connection required ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 3 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com AIM Installation 2 Multiple AIM Modules with no common synchronization requirement No connection required 3 Single or multiple AIM Module s with external IRIG B source Connect external IRIG B source to IRIG IN and GND of all modules 4 Multiple AIM Modules with no external IRIG B source internally synchronized Connect the IRIG OUT signal and the GND of the module you have chosen as the time master to all IRIG IN signals including the time master Table 2 2 2 I ACI429 8 Front Panel Connector Pinout Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description l Transmitter Channel 1 True 20 Transmitter Channel 1 Complement 2 Transmitter Channel 2 True 21 Transmitter Channel 2 Complement 3 Transmitter Channel 3 True 22 Transmitter Channel 3 Complement 4 Transmitter Channel 4 True 23 Transmitter Channel 4 Complement 5 Transmitter Channel 5 True 24 Transmitter Channel 5 Complement 6 Transmitter Channel 6 True 25 Transmitter Channel 6 Complement 7 Transmitter Channel 7 True 26 Transmitter Channel 7 Complement 8 Transmitter Channel 8 True 27 Transmitter Ch
6. to the 2 0V core power supply 3 2 2 Program and Data Memory A fast RAM is implemented as the program and data memory for the BIP using a single 64k x 32k non pipelined synchronous static burst RAM SSRAM device The RAM uses power saving 3 3V technique and is housed in a space saving high density 100 lead TQF Package 3 2 3 ARINC429 Encoder The encoder converts the parallel data into a serial ARINC429 encoded data stream and appends the parity and the gap bits The programmable frame times between two labels can be set in the range from 0 up to 255 ARINC429 bits The encoder provides the following error injection capabilities Gap Error 1 bit Bitcount Error 1 bit Coding Error fixed at bit position 12 Parity Error if no special transmission mode is chosen 3 2 4 ARINC429 Decoder The decoder converts the serial received data stream into a parallel data double word and generates additionally a 16 bit report for each received label The decoder measures the gap time between two labels for gap error detection and bus load traffic detection The decoder provides the following error detection capabilities Gap Error Detection Bitcount Error Detection Coding Error Detection Parity Error Detection if no special transmission mode is chosen ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com zalia Structure of the ACI429 Fo
7. 2 Complement 5 Transmitter Channel 3 True 45 Transmitter Channel 3 Complement 6 Receiver Channel 3 True 46 Receiver Channel 3 Complement 7 Transmitter Channel 4 True 47 Transmitter Channel 4 Complement 8 Receiver Channel 4 True 48 Receiver Channel 4 Complement 9 Transmitter Channel 5 True 49 Transmitter Channel 5 Complement 10 Receiver Channel 5 True 50 Receiver Channel 5 Complement 11 Transmitter Channel 6 True ol Transmitter Channel 6 Complement 12 Receiver Channel 6 True 52 Receiver Channel 6 Complement 13 Transmitter Channel 7 True 53 Transmitter Channel 7 Complement 14 Receiver Channel 7 True 54 Receiver Channel 7 Complement 15 Transmitter Channel 8 True 55 Transmitter Channel 8 Complement 16 Receiver Channel 8 True 56 Receiver Channel 8 Complement 17 Transmitter Channel 9 True 57 Transmitter Channel 9 Complement 18 Receiver Channel 9 True 58 Receiver Channel 9 Complement 19 Transmitter Channel 10 True 59 Transmitter Channel 10 Complement 20 Receiver Channel 10 True 60 Receiver Channel 10 Complement 21 Transmitter Channel 11 True 61 Transmitter Channel 11 Complement 22 Receiver Channel 11 True 62 Receiver Channel 11 Complement 23 Transmitter Channel 12 True 63 Transmitter Channel 12 Complement 24 Receiver Channel 12 True 64 Receiver Channel 12 Complement 25 Transmitter Channel 13 True 65 Transmitter Channel 13 Complement 26 Receiver Channel 13 True 66 Receiver Ch
8. 8 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Table of Contents Section Title Page 1 INERODUCETION iii 1 1 1 CO PR EEA 1 1 2 Applicable Domenica 2 1 2 1 Industry Documenti lalla 2 1 2 2 Prod ct Specific DO CUIMGING nari 2 2 INSTALLATION gm 3 2 1 T stalline the ACI 9 alla 3 22 Connecting to Other DEVICES uri 3 22 1 Connecting to The ARINC429 Linea 3 2 2 2 Connecting the IRIG B Trigger or RS232 Signals n 3 2 3 Fendi ala 6 3 STRUCTURE OF THE ACTA 9 osciiiesccastcsacetyatiantedcennscta nbssciaileaiuiysoatetusteanselienieccveiten 7 3 1 Application Support Processor Section ii 9 3 1 1 Application Support Processor ASP ii 9 3 1 2 PCI and System Controller PSC ande 9 3 1 3 TRIS OE CSE AL IOI 5 elena 10 3 1 4 Debug and Maintenance Interface curia 10 3 1 5 Global RAM POTE cine 10 3 1 6 CompactPCI mie 10 3 2 Bus Interface Unit BIU J reien a eats E E AA 10 3 2 1 Bus Interface Processor BI 11 3 2 2 Program and Data Meine 11 3 2 3 ARDORE lc 11 3 2 4 ARIN NC429 Decod t ha 11 3 2 5 External Trigger Inputs and Outputs siississssscinsesusedenncsasdsseasuunadsauieteveinsasehedentienss 12 3 2 6 Global RAM Interfaces iosa 12 3 3 bb 12 34 Time Ode Processor Sei 12 3 5 Volt ge SUP PIS yc cecsits canscsscenassiccandiastaiabanceanseiacctoussacctaasaedasialatelammanedesssadiuamiens 12 3 6 Physical Bus Int rfac BO ai dsc rl 13 3 6 1 ARINC429 Line Transmitter Channels rina 13 3 6 2 ARINC42
9. 9 Line Receiver ChannelSs ii 13 4 TECHNICAL DATA pila 15 5 NOTES anima 19 5 1 Abbreviations and ACIDI aa 19 v Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com List of Figures Figure Title Page 2 2 2 1 Front View of the ACI429 8 Connector oo cceesssessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesnsesneaes 4 2 2 2 2 Front View of the ACI429 16 Connector eee eee 6 3 1 Structure of the ACI429 8 16 eccccccccccecccecececccecececececececececeeeceescseeseeeceeese 8 List of Tables Table Title Page 2 2 2 I ACI429 8 Front Panel Connector PinouUt eee eee 4 2 2 2 II ACI429 16 Front Panel Connector Pinout ee eee 5 2 3 I Front Panel LED S ccccccccecececececececececececececececececececececececececececececssecesecacs 6 3 1 3 I Bingo ne 10 vi Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Introduction PE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 General This document comprises the Hardware User s Manual for the ACI429 8 16 CompactPCI Bus modules The document covers the hardware installation the board connections the technical data and a general description of the hardware architecture For programming information please refer to the according documents listed in the Applicable Documents section The ACI429 modules are members of AIM s new family of advanced CompactPCI
10. Module for CompactPCl V01 00 Rev A March 2005 60 U12710 16 0100 A Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com AIM Worldwide AIM USA 3703 North 200 St Elkhorn NE 68022 866 AIM 1553 866 AIM A429 salesusa aim online com AIM GmbH Sasbacher Str 2 79111 Freiburg Germany 49 761 45 22 90 sales aim online com Munich Sales Office www aim online com Terofalstrasse 23 a 80689 Muenchen 49 89 70 92 92 92 salesgermany aim online com AIM UK Lincoln Rd Cressex Business Park Bucks HP12 3RB England 44 1494 44 68 44 salesuk aim online com Notice The information that is provided in this document is believed to be accurate No responsibility is assumed by AIM for its use No license or rights are granted by implication in connection therewith Specifications are subject to change without notice Copyright 2003 2005 AIM il Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Document History Version Date Authors Description V01 00 11 07 2003 T Troshynski Based on ACI429 8 Manual V01 00 RevA March 2005 S Lindsay Applied new AIM formatting ill Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK iv Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 88
11. Published March 10 1993 CompactPCI Specification PICMG 2 0 R2 1 PICMG 2 0 R2 1 September 2 1997 IDT79RV4640 and IDT79R4650 RISC Processor Hardware User s Manual Version 1 1 November 1995 Digital Semiconductor SA 110 Microprocessor Technical Reference Manual Revision B of a preliminary document June 1996 Technical Reference Manual GT64011 PCI and System Controller for R4640 Processors Preliminary Revision 1 2 2 7 97 Product Specific Documents AIM Reference Manual API429 Application Interface Library Detailed description of the programming interface between the PC and the onboard driver software AIM API429 Firmware Specification Detailed description of the hardware software interface between the BIU processor firmware and the onboard driver software This document is available on request AIM User s Manual ASP Boot Monitor Program Description of the Debug Monitor commands and functions This document is available on request AIM User Manual PAA 429 PC Based ARINC429 Analyzer for Windows This document is delivered with the according Software package ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com i Installation JAL 2 INSTALLATION The ACI429 features full PCI Plug and Play capability There are no jumpers or switches on the board which have to be modified by the user Installing the ACI429 card in your sy
12. U Section Channels Encoder Fully compatible with PCI Standard Revision 2 1 5V card 33Mhz 32bit operation Clock speed up to 33MHz with no wait states Supports burst operation on PCI for efficient data transfer Supports fast back to back transactions One interrupt output to PCIbus Full PCI Busmaster capability One 64bit RISC Processor IDT 79RV4640 with a core speed of 150 MHz and an external bus speed of 50 MHz implements 8Kbyte of internal instruction and 8 Kbyte of data cache Integrates a 64 bit integer and a 32 bit IEEE single precision floating point unit Low power dissipation of max 2W 3 3V Eight Megabyte of 32 bit wide ASP local dynamic memory Eight Megabyte 32 bit wide ASP PCI shared dynamic memory One Megabyte of 32 bit wide fast Global Static RAM shared between ASP PCI and BIU processor 256 Kbyte local SSRAM for BIU processor 32 bit RISC Processor ARM SA 110 CA with a core speed of 200MHz an external bus speed of 50MHz 16Kbyte of internal instruction and 16Kbyte of data cache low power dissipation of max 0 9W 2 0V Large 20000 gates programmable Gate Array implements the interface to the ARINC encoder decoders on the PBI ACI429 8 Total of eight channels programmable as Encoder or Decoder ACI429 16 Total of sixteeen channels programmable as Encoder or Decoder Programmable Bitrate High Low Speed 100 12 5 Kbit sec Programmable gap between two labels range from 0 to 255 ARINC 429 bits
13. anel ARINC429 8 Eight receive and transmit line pairs on each PBI ARINC429 16 Sixteen receive and transmit line pairs on each PBI Trigger In TTL Input 1 0 K Pullup to SV and 270pf EMV capacitor Rising Edge sensitive Pulsewidth gt 100ns Trigger Out TTL Output with 100 Ohm series resistor 270pf EMV capacitor High Pulse width strobe 120ns duration IRIG IN AC coupled appr 10Kohm 270pf EMV capacitor 0 5 to 5 0 Vpp input voltage IRIG OUT DC coupled appr 250 Ohm 270pf EMV capacitor Dimensions CompactPCI standard 3U CARD 160 0mm x 100 0mm ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 17 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com AIA Technical Data Standard Supply 3 3V 5 5 0V 5 12 Volt 5 Supply Voltage Power typical 3 3V Idle Operating 5V Idle Operating 12V Idle Operating ACI429 8 ACI429 16 2 7 Watts 3 0 Watts 3 0 Watts 3 3 Watts 4 8 Watts 5 3 Watts 5 5 Watts 5 8 Watts 1 5 Watts 3 0 Watts 1 8 Watts 3 6 Watts The operating conditions are expecting almost unloaded transmit busses If transmitting into the worst case load 400 OHM 30000pF the following additional power will be drawn by each transmitter from the supplies approximate values Padd Watt Tx DutyCycle 0 01 0 35 Watt on Low Speed 12 5 Kbit sec Weight ACI429 8 ACI429 16 Temperature 0 to 45 C 15 to 60 C 40 to 85 C Humi
14. annel 13 Complement 27 Transmitter Channel 14 True 67 Transmitter Channel 14 Complement 28 Receiver Channel 14 True 68 Receiver Channel 14 Complement 29 Transmitter Channel 15 True 69 Transmitter Channel 15 Complement 30 Receiver Channel 15 True 70 Receiver Channel 15 Complement 31 Transmitter Channel 16 True 71 Transmitter Channel 16 Complement 32 Receiver Channel 16 True 72 Receiver Channel 16 Complement 33 Trigger Out 0 73 Trigger Out 2 34 Trigger Out 1 74 Trigger Out 3 35 Trigger In 0 75 Trigger In 2 36 Trigger In 1 76 Trigger In 3 37 Ground 77 Ground 38 IRIG In BIUI connector only 78 Ground 39 Ground 79 IRIG Out BIU1 connector only 40 RS 232 RXD BIUI connector only 80 RS 232 TXD BIUI connector only ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com zal a Installation An optional breakout cable appr two meters can be ordered with two standard female 37pin DSUB connectors ARINC429 RX and TX and one female 15pin DSUB for the miscellaneous signals The following figure shows the pin ordering on the 80 pin mini DSUB connector Figure 2 2 2 2 Front View of the ACI429 16 Connector 12 Front view 39 40 nr LEA UENNEN ERR Eee PCB III 00000 00 boo n e EERE EES EERE SE 4 kd I I I LS LI WI RSS a So OS 41 42 contacts 79 80 2 3 Frontpanel LED s Four su
15. annel 8 Complement 9 Trigger In 0 28 IRIG Out 10 Ground 29 IRIG In 11 Trigger Out 0 30 Receiver Channel 1 Complement 12 Receiver Channel 1 True 31 Receiver Channel 2 Complement 13 Receiver Channel 2 True 32 Receiver Channel 3 Complement 14 Receiver Channel 3 True 33 Receiver Channel 4 Complement 15 Receiver Channel 4 True 34 Receiver Channel 5 Complement 16 Receiver Channel 5 True 35 Receiver Channel 6 Complement 17 Receiver Channel 6 True 36 Receiver Channel 7 Complement 18 Receiver Channel 7 True 37 Receiver Channel 8 Complement 19 Receiver Channel 8 True The following figure shows the pin ordering on the 37 pin D Sub Connector Figure 2 2 2 1 Front View of the ACI429 8 Connector Front view contacts kE L EHEHEHEH aa ION O CLL ttrt KR ILL OINI 7 A gt N 21 20 ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Installation Table 2 2 2 II ACI429 16 Front Panel Connector Pinout EMA Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description l Transmitter Channel 1 True 41 Transmitter Channel 1 Complement 2 Receiver Channel 1 True 42 Receiver Channel 1 Complement 3 Transmitter Channel 2 True 43 Transmitter Channel 2 Complement 4 Receiver Channel 2 True 44 Receiver Channel
16. bminiature LED s indicate the various conditions of the module at the frontpanel The LED s are located in a quadruple LED Array The first LED is used for board failure indication If the board or any of the selftest routines have failed the LED will stay illuminated after power up The second LED is used for indication of ARINC429 data streams of one or more channels If data is transmitted this LED will be flashed After power up this LED is illuminated for app 5 seconds The third and fourth LED s are used for error indication in a received data stream on any of the sixteen eight channels If any error occurs the third LED will be flashed The error event is stored and leads to the illumination of the fourth LED During power up or reset all LED s are illuminated for selftest purpose Table 2 3 I Front Panel LED s LED Name Description FAIL LED illuminates if an error during the BIU selftest occurs RX ERR LED flashes if an error on any channel is detected RX ERR LED illuminates if an error on any channel is detected LATCH stored error ACTIVITY LED flashes If data is transmitted on any channel 6 ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Structure of the ACI429 EIA 3 STRUCTURE OF THE ACI429 The structure of the ACI429 board is shown in the Figure 3 1 on the next page The ACI429 comprises five main sections o ASP Sectio
17. dity 0 to 95 18 appr 250g appr 300g Standard Operating Extended Temperature Storage noncondensing ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 7 Notes A 5 NOTES 5 1 Abbreviations and Acronyms ARINC AERONAUTICAL RADIO INC ADC Analog to Digital Converter ALBI ASP Local Bus Interface ARM Advanced RISC Machine ASP Application Support Processor BIP Bus Interface Processor BIU Bus Interface Unit DAC Digital to Analog Converter DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory EDO Enhanced Data Output EEPROM Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory FLASH Page oriented electrical erasable and programmable memory IRIG Inter Range Instrumentations Group IRIG B Inter Range Instrumentations Group Time code Format Type B I O Input Output LCA Logic Cell Array XILINX Programmable Gate Array PC Personal Computer PROM Programmable Read Only Memory PCI Peripheral component interconnect PBI Physical Bus Interface PSC PCI and System Controller RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer RAM Random Access Memory SIMM Single Inline Memory Module SRAM Static Random Access Memory SSRAM Synchronous Static Random Access Memory TCP Time Code Processor UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 19 Artisan Technology Group Quali
18. e specific components are located on the daughterboard The encoders and decoders are implemented in two one 44000 gate equivalent loadable gate arrays The PBI is equipped with a total of sixteen eight ARINC429 line transmitters and sixteen eight ARINC429 line receivers 3 6 1 ARINC429 Line Transmitter Channels The ARINC429 Line Transmitter provides the physical interface to the ARINC429 bus system An off the shelf well proven transmitter device with adjustable rise and fall time and variable output voltage is used The adjustable rise and fall time allows the signal waveform to adapt to the transmission speed 3 6 2 ARINC429 Line Receiver Channels The ARINC429 Line Receiver provides a high differential input impedance of typically 50 kQ to the ARINC429 bus signal The bus signal is converted by that line receiver to TTL level The additional selftest inputs can be used for system tests The adjustable input filter allows optimized bus signal reception independent of high or low speed operation ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 13 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com _ zalia Structure of the ACI429 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 14 ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Technical Data ZAL 4 TECHNICAL DATA PCI Interface ASP Section Memory BI
19. n ASP with local Program Memory PCI System Controller and Board Configuration Memory o BIU Section BIP with local Program Memory and I O LCA o Global RAM Tri port Arbitration Logic Global RAM o Time Code Section Time Code Generation RS 232 and E7PROM o Physical Bus Interface PBI Encoder Decoder and ARINC receiver and transmitter ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 7 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com zalia Structure of the ACI429 Figure 3 1 Structure of the ACI429 8 16 Encoder and Decoder Global RAM BIU I O LCA 1MB P Fast Static O BIU Processor R Strong ARM T 200MHz 32 PORT BIU ia Local Program Global Memory RAM 256Kbyte SRAM Arbitration Serial Timecode Logic ASP Address and Databus Application PCI and ASP Board Timecode Support System Memory Configuration Processor Section Processor Controller 32bit DRAM Memory Serial Setup IDT RV4640 GT 64011 Flash PROM Interface Memory 150MH 16MB 4MByte RS 232 EPROM i 512 Bytes CompactPCI Bus l Debug and IRIG B Maintenance I O 8 ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Structure of the ACI429 EIA 3 1 Application Support Processo
20. n process A standard high speed static RAM is used for the Global RAM The arbiter and control logic does the arbitration between the different ports 3 4 Time Code Processor Section The various functions of the Time Code Processor Section are o IRIG B compatible Time Code Decoder and Encoder function o UART with an RS 232 interface for debug and maintenance purposes o E PROMto save module specific parameters This functionality is based on the single chip microcontroller that provides or can emulate most of the functions above To transfer data between the microcontroller and the ASP an eight bit wide I O port of the microcontroller is connected to the local bus of the ASP Section 3 5 Voltage Supplies The board uses the standard 3 3V 5V and 12 Volts from the CompactPCI Supply The 2 0V needed for the StrongARM processor is generated from 3 3V using a linear regulator 12 ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Structure of the ACI429 a 3 6 Physical Bus Interface Board The Physical Bus Interface is a plug in board which is mounted on the ACI429 main board There are two ARINC429 PBI types implemented o eight channel ARINC429 interface board o sixteen channel ARINC429 interface board Both PBl s are identical except for the number of programmable channels All ARINC429 encoders and decoders as well as all the interfac
21. oder Format AIM Standard based on IRIG B format Absolute Accuracy 50ppm Signal Waveform Amplitude modulated square wave Output Amplitude 0 5SV p to 3Vp p at 2kOhms Load Carrier Frequency 1kHz 50ppm Maintenance Except for the Emergency Boot Monitor Program the BIU firmware ASP driver software and hardware configuration data for the programmable logic is downloaded via the PCI Bus or the RS 232 maintenance and debug interface 16 ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Technical Data Zaj Bus Frontend All interface specific components are located on a Physical Bus Interface PBI daughterboard Total of sixteen eight line receivers and line transmitters are implemented Line Transmitter Programmable bus signal amplitude of 0 to 11V corresponds appr with the setting of 0 to 150 on the eight bit DA converter High Low Speed 100 12 5 kbit sec Rise and Fall time automatically switched via Analog Switches to meet the requirement for High Low Speed operation Line Receiver Input Impedance A to B typ 50 KQ Input Impedance A B to GND typ 25 KQ Input Filter capacitors are automatically switched via Analog Switches for optimum results on High Low Speed operation Connector ACI429 8 uses one 37 pin DSUB connector located on the front panel ACI429 16 uses one 80 pin mini DSUB connector located on the front p
22. r Section The ASP Section is divided in six subsections o ASP Processor PSC PCI and System Controller ASP Program Memory Board Configuration Memory Time Code Processor Section with Board Setup Memory E7PROM Debug and Maintenance Serial Interface RS 232 Global RAM Port 3 1 1 Application Support Processor ASP The ASP is a 64bit IDT79RV4640 Processor based on the MIPS RISC architecture with an internal core speed of 150 MHz and an external Memory bus speed of 50Mhz The Processor incorporates a 32 bit single precision floating point coprocessor on chip Double precision floating point operations are supported via a software library The ASP is the master control processor and performs the following tasks o Run the on board driver software Setup the Global RAM for BIU Processor operation Control the RS 232 Maintenance and Debug Interface Configuration of the programmable BIU I O LCA with the Bitstream data from FLASH Provides the program data for the BIU Processor stored in the FLASH 3 1 2 PCI and System Controller PSC The GT 64011 provides a single chip solution for building a system with memory I O devices and PCI Bus interface around the IDT 79RV4640 processor The GT 64011 has a three bus architecture o A 32 bit address and databus interface to the IDT 79RV4640 o A22 bit address and a 32 bit databus interface to the memory and I O devices o A 32 bit address and databus interface to the PCI Bus
23. r selftest purpose an internal selftest bus is used Via two external signals the selftest mode can be activated For the selftest mode 1 all units are configured as encoders in automatic mode For the selftest mode 2 all units are divided in groups of four each group is switched to its individual internal selftest bus whereby the first unit is configured as an encoder in automatic mode the remaining three units are configured as decoders 3 2 5 External Trigger Inputs and Outputs Four trigger inputs and four trigger outputs are provided The trigger outputs are TTL level signals The trigger output signals are a high active strobe signal with a pulse width of app 120ns The outputs are protected by a 100 Q series resistor A driver for the four trigger outputs with its protection are provided on the PBI The trigger inputs are also TTL level sensitive signals The trigger input signal is cached by a low to high transition of min 100 ns A driver for the four trigger inputs is provided on the PBI 3 2 6 Global RAM Interface The BIP has fast access to the Global RAM of the ACI429 module This memory is shared between the BIU processor the ASP and the PCI master of the PC 3 3 Global RAM The Global RAM is shared between the BIU the local bus of the ASP section and the PCI interface The databus of the memory is 32bit wide The arbiter is running with a frequency of 50 MHz and handles the prioritization of the bus requester in a round robi
24. rates 96 bytes of posted write and read prefetch buffers for efficient data transfer between the ASP DMA to PCIbus and PCIbus to host memory The PSC becomes a PCIbus master when the ASP or the internal DMA engine initiates a bus cycle to a PCIbus device The PSC configuration register set is PCI Plug and Play compatible 3 2 Bus Interface Unit BIU The Bus Interface Unit BIU implemented on the ACI429 module handles eight or sixteen ARINC429 channels The BIU provides a StrongARM RISC processor a fast program and data memory a large programmable Gate Array for I O functions and a fast port to the Global RAM 10 ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Structure of the ACI429 Pala 3 2 1 Bus Interface Processor BIP The BIP handles the real time critical control of the ARINC429 channel The BIP has access to the Global RAM and receives its program firmware from the ASP during the initialization phase of the ACI429 module The BIP performs the following main tasks Initialize BIU hardware including encoders and decoder Execute a BIU power up selftest Service the encoder and decoder to handle the demanded bus traffic in real time Stores the received data in the Global RAM as demanded O O The features of the StrongARM processor include full 32 bit operation at a core speed of 200Mhz with a very low power consumption due
25. stem is simple please follow the instructions carefully 2 1 Installing the ACI429 gt To install the ACI429 module 1 Switch off your system and all peripheral devices Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet 2 Touch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself and discharge any static electricity 3 Remove the cover from your system if applicable 4 Find a free CompactPCI slot in your system 5 Align the ACI429 cards slot connector with the PCI expansion slot and gently push the card into the free slot 6 Secure the card to the expansion slot with the screw on the frontplate 7 Replace the cover of your system if applicable 2 2 Connecting to Other Devices The ACI429 8 interfaces to external devices via the front panel 37 pin DSUB connector The 37 pin DSUB connector pinout is shown in Table 2 2 2 I The ACI429 16 interfaces to external devices via the front plate 80 pin mini DSUB connector The 80 pin mini DSUB connector pinout is shown in Table 2 2 2 II 2 2 1 Connecting to the ARINC429 Lines For each ARINC429 channel a receive and transmit data pair are provided on the connector Only one set is active depending on the programmed mode of the according channel either receiver or transmitter 2 2 2 Connecting the IRIG B Trigger or RS232 Signals Besides the ARINC429 receive and transmit signals the connector comprises the trigger input output signals and the IRIG B input output The IRIG IN and IRIG OUT
26. ture provides enough resources i e processing capability and memory to guarantee that all specified interface functions on all channels are fully available concurrently The on board processing capabilities and the large memory size of the DRAM enables autonomous operation with a minimal interaction of the PC host processor The advanced architecture uses two processors the powerful 64bit RISC processor ASP assists and supports the application and driver software tasks and expands the capability of the ACI429 modules to that of a high level instrument To fulfill the real time requirements of avionic type databus systems a high performance a 32bit RISC processor BIP is implemented on the Bus Interface Unit BIU An IRIG B Time Code Decoder is implemented on the ACI429 boards to satisfy the requirements of multi channel time tag synchronization on system level ACI429 8 16 Hardware Manual 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com o FEN i Introduction 1 2 Applicable Documents The following documents shall be considered to be a part of this document to the extent that they are referenced herein In the event of conflict between the documents referenced and the contents of this document the contents of this document shall have precedence 1 2 1 1 2 2 Industry Documents ARINC MARK 33 Digital Information Transfer System DITS ARINC Specification 429 14
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