Sital Announces the Release of OCTAVA, a family of DDC MiniACE Compatible Devices

-  Sital Technology, the leader in Mil-Std-1553 IP cores and products, announced today the release of OCTAVAâ„¢, a Mil-Std-1553 communication engine, compatible to DDC® Enhanced MiniACE® devices.

The OCTAVAâ„¢ family integrate Mil-Std-1553 protocol engine, a dual 5-volt transceiver, memory management, processor interface logic and 4K or 64K words of RAM in a 72 pin Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP) package. The family contains internal address latches and bi-directional data buffers to provide a direct interface to a host processor bus. The memory management scheme for RT mode provides three data structures for buffering incoming and outgoing data. Combined with the extensive interrupt capability, these structures serve to ensure data consistency while off-loading the host processor.

The devices can optionally boot-up as RT with the busy bit set for 1760 applications. The BC mode implements several features aimed at providing an efficient real time software interface to the host processor including automatic retries, programmable inter-message gap times or message rate, automatic frame repetition and flexible interrupt generation.

The OCTAVAâ„¢ devices are pin-to-pin replacement devices for the DDC® BU-65178 and BU-61688. These replacements offer a software and electrical compatible solution. A board designed with the DDC® BU-65178 and BU-61688 can work seamlessly with the OCT-65178 and OCT-61688 without hardware or software changes.

“The OCTAVA™ family completely changes the Mil-Std-1553 market. A market that was previously dominated by a single vendor will now benefit from the power of competition”, said Duli Yariv, VP marketing for Sital Technology. “OCTAVA™ does not only offer price benefits over the competition, but it also introduces many technology and functional advantages for customers” he added.

OCTAVAâ„¢ is introduced in partnership with National Hybrid Inc. (NHi), who designed the transceiver and manufactures the device in USA.

Availability
OCTAVA™ is available in Israel from Sital, and in USA and Europe from National Hybrid Inc. (NHi), under the NHI’s ARIES™ product line.
For more information go to Sital Technology website: www.sitaltech.com.

About Sital Technology
Headquartered in Kfar-Saba, Israel, Sital Technology is an industry expert in MIL-STD-1553 design. The company develops silicon intellectual property for military and avionics applications, provides design services, and offers VHDL/Verilog training. The principal staff are veterans of the Israeli Air Force with in-depth understanding of avionics systems and their needs. For more information about Sital visit www.sitaltech.com.