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COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS IN AERONAUTICS

by George Novacek

Start ý Data Bus Systems ý Timing is the Secret ý ARINC 429 ý CSDB and ASCB ý MIL-STD-1553B ý ARINC 629 and Beyond ý ARINC 429 Implementation ý Data Format ý Wrap Up ý Sources and PDF

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George Novacek has 30 years of experience in circuit design and embedded controllers. He is currently the general manager of Messier-Dowty Electronics, a division of Messier-Dowty International, the worldýs largest manufacturer of landing-gear systems. You may reach him at gnovacek@nexicom.net.

REFERENCES

[1] MIL-STD-1553B Specification, Aircraft Internal Time Division Command/Response Multiplex Data Bus, September 21,1978, U.S. Department of Defense, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Paterson AFB 45433.

[2] ARINC 629 Serial Interface, SCI Systems, Huntsville, AL.

[3] ARINC, Inc., ARINC Specification 429P1-15, Mark 33 Digital Information Transfer System (DITS), Published September 1, 1995, Aeronautical Radio, Inc, Annapolis, MD

RESOURCE

Principles of Avionics Data Buses, Avionics Communications Inc., Leesburg Municipal Airport, Leesburg, VA 22075, 1995 ISBN 1-88554400-6

SOURCES

ARINC 629 and 429
ARINC, Inc.
(410) 266-4190
(800) 633-6882
www.arinc.com

ANS and ARINC 629 protocols
The Boeing Co.
(206) 655-1131
(314) 232-0232
www.boeing.com

CSDB and ANS protocols
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
(319) 295-4085
Fax: (714) 424-4215
www.collins.rockwell.com

ASCB protocol
Honeywell International, Inc.
(973) 455-2000
Fax: (973) 455-4807
www.honeywell.com