GE RCNIC-A2PA Data Sheet

GE CompactPCI Module Data Sheet - RCNIC-A2PA.
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Intelligent Platforms

Features
•  AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 dual port 

interface (two independent 10/100 MHz 
full duplex ports)

•  Available mounted on PCI, PCI Express 

and 3U cPCI carrier cards

•  33/66 MHz, 32-bit PCI interface 
•  Includes AFDX and low-level software
•  Developers’ Kit (SDK) at no  

additional charge

•  Advanced reception features  

-  20 nsec time-tags 
-  IRIG-B synchronization 
-  DMA transfer to host 
-  Full throughput capability 
-  Link level error detection

•  Advanced transmission scheduling 

-  Highly accurate 
-  Flexible scheduling modes 
-  DMA transfer from host 
-  Full throughput capability 
-  Link level error injection 

•  Advanced software support 

-  Flexible packet capture API 
-  AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 API 
-  XML configuration format 
-  Integrated log file format 
-  Berkeley packet filter engine

•  Four bi-directional avionics level discretes

•  Input and output triggers per channel
•  Built-in test features 
•  Supportable throughout program  

lifetime with Product Lifetime 
Management (PLM) program

Architecture
GE Intelligent Platforms’ RCNIC-A2PA is a 
high performance interface for monitoring, 
generating or analyzing full-bandwidth 
AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 protocol traffic. GE’s 
exclusive pipeline architecture maximizes 
packet throughput using parallel controllers 
and efficient DMA transfers, thereby 
avoiding the bottlenecks of CPU-based 
interface solutions.

Configurable as either one dual-redundant 
AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 interface or two 
independent ports, users have complete 
access to all frame and header data. 
Each incoming packet is tagged with a 20 
nsec resolution, 64-bit time-tag. Real time 
traffic generation is highly accurate. An 
IRIG-B receiver/generator is included for 
synchronization to external IRIG-B time 
sources and for synchronizing multiple 
CNIC boards. In addition, I/O triggers, error 
detection/injection, BIT, and link/protocol 
level statistics are provided.

AFDX/ARINC 664 Part 7 Performance
Multiple RCNIC-A2PAs in the same PC 
have been benchmarked at full bandwidth 
supporting all channels with 2000 VLs 
(Virtual Links), multiple ports on each VL and 
minimum payloads (17 bytes).

Advanced Software Support
The RCNIC-A2PA comes with all the 
software development tools needed for 
user application development at no extra 
charge. The Cpcap packet capture library 
provides a complete set of functions for 
transmitting and receiving Ethernet frames. 
Frames from multiple ports can be logged 
or replayed using the open-source ntar log-
file format. AFDX-A implements the AFDX/
ARINC 664 Part 7 protocol stack including 
end systems, redundancy management, 
virtual links, and ports. An advanced XML-
based configuration file format is used to 
specify end systems.

RCNIC-A2PA

Dual Port ARINC 664 Part 7 PMC Interface

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