Features:

   2 Transmit Channels

   4 Receive Channels

   Dual Port RAM Rx Buffers Addressed by Channel/Label/SDI

   High Resolution System Timer

   Loop-Back Support

   256 ARINC word deep FIFO Buffer per Tx Channel

   Flexible Interrupts                  High Integrity

   PC-AT Interface - A24, D16      Binary to BCD Conversion in Hardware

Description:

The Sy429PC-24 card is a high performance ARINC 429 to PC-ATbus interface providing 2 transmit and 4 receive channels capable of simultaneous operation at the maximum rate without loss of data or interrupts.

This high performance with 6 communication channels is achieved through the use of hardwired logic, which responds rapidly to system events, manages data transfers to and from the on board memory and provides continuous status information and host interrupts when needed.

The card is programmed by the host processor via a few directly addressable control registers. Once set up, the host processor need only write transmit data to the board and, when required, read received data addressed by channel, label and SDI.

A hardware facility for converting binary to BCD is provided to assist with ARINC 429 data formatting. Conversion is achieved by a simple write/read procedure. A 32 bit timer is provided with a user selectable resolution down to 10 µ s.