Low Cost AFDX End System Based on System on a Programmable Chip

Article Preview

Abstract:

AFDX (Avionics Full DupleX Switched Ethernet, ARINC 664) utilized in Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 represents a major upgrade in both bandwidth and capability; however some legacy systems are difficult to connect into the AFDX bus smoothly. A low cost AFDX end system based on SOPC (System On a Programmable Chip) is presented. A Xilinx Spartan 3AN FPGA is employed to build the whole system; and then a dedicated reduced Ethernet MAC controller for AFDX end system is designed; a MC8051 open core microcontroller is employed as the system controller and protocol processing unit. The whole design costs small FPGA resources and the experiments show that the designed AFDX end system works robustly and correctly.

You might also be interested in these eBooks

Info:

Periodical:

Pages:

2308-2311

Citation:

Online since:

August 2010

Export:

Price:

Permissions CCC:

Permissions PLS:

Сopyright:

© 2010 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Share:

Citation:

[1] ARINC 429, Aeronautical Radio Inc. ARI�C specification 429. Digital Information Transfer System (DITS) parts1, 2, 3., (2001).

Google Scholar

[2] ARINC 629 Communication System Description Document, D227W003, Rev. B, September 9, (1994).

Google Scholar

[3] ARINC Specification 664: Aircraft Data Network, Parts 1, 2, 7. Technical report, Aeronotical Radio Inc., (2005).

Google Scholar

[4] Jean-Luc Scharbarg: A Probabilistic Analysis of End-To-End Delays on an AFDX Avionic Network, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, Vol. 5 (2009), pp.38-49.

DOI: 10.1109/tii.2009.2016085

Google Scholar

[5] John McHale: AFDX technology to improve communications on Boeing 787, Military & Aerospace Electronics April, (2005).

Google Scholar

[6] Information on http: /www. xilinx. com/support/documentation/spartan-3an. htm.

Google Scholar

[7] Information on http: /www. opencores. org/project, 8051.

Google Scholar

[8] ARINC 653, Aeronautical Radio Inc. ARINC specification 653. Avionics application Software Standard Interface. (1997).

DOI: 10.1201/9781315222240-22

Google Scholar