GE CNIC-A2P Data Sheet

GE Intelligent Platforms Data Sheet - CNIC-A2P.
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Intelligent Platforms

Features
• AFDX/ARINC664Part7dualportinter-

face(twoindependent10/100MHzfull
duplexports)

• AvailableasPMC,PCIandcPCI
• 33/66MHz,32-bitPCIinterface
• IncludesAFDXandlow-levelSoftware 

Developer'sKit(SDK)atnoadditional
charge.

• Advancedreceptionfeatures 

- 20nsectime-tags 
- IRIG-Bsynchronization 
- DMAtransfertohost 
- Fullthroughputcapability 
- Linklevelerrordetection

• Advancedtransmissionscheduling 

- Highlyaccurate 
- Flexibleschedulingmodes 
- DMAtransferfromhost 
- Fullthroughputcapability 
- Linklevelerrorinjection

• Advancedsoftwaresupport 

- FlexiblepacketcaptureAPI 
- AFDX/ARINC664Part7API 
- XMLconfigurationformat 
- Integratedlogfileformat 
- Berkeleypacketfilterengine

• Fourbi-directionalavionicsleveldiscretes
• Inputandoutputtriggersperchannel

Architecture
GEIntelligentPlatforms’CNICisahighperfor-
manceinterfaceformonitoring,generating
oranalyzingfull-bandwidthAFDX/ARINC664
Part7protocoltraffic.GE’sexclusivepipeline
architecturemaximizespacketthroughput
usingparallelcontrollersandefficientDMA
transfers,therebyavoidingthebottlenecksof
CPU-basedinterfacesolutions.

Configurableaseitheronedual-redundant
AFDX/ARINC664Part7interfaceortwo
independentports,usershavecomplete
accesstoallframeandheaderdata.Each
incomingpacketistaggedwitha20nsec
resolution,64-bittime-tag.Realtimetraf-
ficgenerationishighlyaccurate.AnIRIG-B
receiver/generatorisincludedforsynchro-
nizationtoexternalIRIG-Btimesourcesand
forsynchronizingmultipleCNICboards.In
addition,I/Otriggers,errordetection/injec-
tion,BIT,andlink/protocollevelstatistics
areprovided.

AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 Performance
MultipleCNICsinthesamePChavebeen
benchmarkedatfullbandwidthsupporting
allchannelswith2000VLs(VirtualLinks),
multiplePortsoneachVLandminimum
payloads(17bytes).

Advanced Software Support
TheCNICcomeswithallthesoftware
developmenttoolsneededforuserapplica-
tiondevelopmentatnoextracharge.The
Cpcap,packetcapturelibrary,providesa
completesetoffunctionsfortransmitting
andreceivingEthernetframes.Framesfrom
multipleportscanbeloggedorreplayed
usingtheopen-sourcentarlog-fileformat.
AFDX-AimplementstheAFDX/ARINC664
Part7protocolstackincludingEndSys-
tems,redundancymanagement,Virtual
Links,andPorts.AnadvancedXML-based
ConfigurationFileformatisusedtospecify
EndSystems.

CNIC-A2P

DualPortARINC664Part7PMCInterface

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