Vendor: SafeCore Devices Category: ARINC 429

ARINC 429 Receiver DO-254 IP Core

The ARINC 429 Rx IP Core implements a receiver as specified in the ARINC Specification 429 Part 1-17.

Overview

The ARINC 429 Rx IP Core implements a receiver as specified in the ARINC Specification 429 Part 1-17.

This “Mark 33 Digital Information Transfer System (DITS)” specification defines how to transfer digital data between avionics systems elements. The transmission is done over a twisted and shielded pair of wires and bi-directional data flow is not permitted. An extra twisted and shielded pair of wires is used when data is required to flow both ways.

The ARINC 429 Rx Core has been developed to DAL A according to the DO-254 / ED-80 and is accompanied by a Certification Kit.

A radiation-hardened version with Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) is also available.

Safe Core Devices provides two separate IP Cores, one for the ARINC 429 Rx Core and one for the ARINC 429 Tx Core. If the system needs to be capable of transmitting and receiving both cores can be instantiated in the target device.

The ARINC 429 Rx Core is already being used in one program: a civil large airplane program, as DAL A.

Implementation Details

The following tables show some examples of implementing the A429 Rx Core in different technologies and devices. Note that the A429 Rx Core is technology independent, and therefore it can be implemented in any technology/device as long as it contains enough resources (Flip-Flops, gates, pins, etc.).

Unless otherwise specified all the runs have been performed with the default options of the respective tool. Register placement on the IO has been disabled.

No constraints were added, so the results listed under the column “Maximum ‘clk’ Frequency” are the worst case scenario (no multi-cycle, false paths, etc. defined).

The synthesis and place and run has been performed with the following options:

  • g_COUNTERS_SIZE : 16

ACTEL/MICROSEMI

FPGA Type Maximum ‘clk‘ Frequency Logic Modules (CORE)
ProASIC3

 

(A3P015 68QFN I Std)

73 MHz 643
IGLOO

 

(AGL030V5 100VQFP I Std)

61 MHz 631
Fusion

 

(AFS090 180QFN I Std)

72 MHz 643
Axcelerator

 

(RTAX250S 208CQFP Mil Std)

79 MHz SEQUENTIAL (R-cells): 120

 

COMB (C-cells): 264

ALTERA

FPGA Type Maximum ‘clk’ Frequency Flip-Flops ALUTs ALMs Logic Cells
MAX II

 

(EPM240F100I5)

72 MHz 116 254
Cyclone III

 

(EP3C5E144I7)

> 170 MHz 116 252
Stratix II

 

(EP2S60F484I4)

215 MHz 116 161 134
Stratix III

 

(EP3SE110F780I3)

> 300 MHz 116 154 126
Stratix IV

 

(EP4SGX70HF35C2)

> 340 MHz 116 154 125

XILINX

FPGA Type Maximum ‘clk‘ Frequency Flip-Flops 4-LUTs Slices Macrocells
CoolRunnerII

 

(XC2C128-6-TQ144)

61 MHz 102 137
Spartan3

 

(XC3S50-4PQ208)

118 MHz 116 241 157
Virtex2

 

(XC2V40-4FG256)

128 MHz 116 247 160
Virtex4

 

(XC4VLX15-12SF363)

246 MHz 116 248 159
Virtex5

 

(XC5VLX30-3FF324)

280 MHz 116 86

Key features

  • Compliant to ARINC Specification 429-17 (May 17, 2004)
  • Design Assurance Level A according to DO-254 / ED-80
  • Single clock domain fully synchronous design
  • Configurable data rate and tolerance
  • Possibility of using a pre-scaler to reduce the size
  • Multiple error checking (frequency, gap, parity and form)
  • Interfaces to standard line drivers without additional logic
  • Simple interface to user’s logic
  • TMR coding for radiation-hardening (optional)
  • Technology independent, can be synthesized to any FPGA / ASIC vendor.

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Specifications

Identity

Part Number
ARINC 429 Receiver DO-254 IP Core
Vendor
SafeCore Devices
Type
Silicon IP

Files

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