ARINC4. 29 ARINC 4. AIM- Online. ARINC4. Specification Tutorial. This manual was developed to provide a general overview of the ARINC 4. Specification, its characteristics and applications.
The ARINC 4. 29 Specification is a copywritten document owned by Aeronautical Radio, Inc. This manual refers predominately to Part 1 of the 4. Specification outlining the functional description, electrical characteristics and word formats.
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For detailed information on AIM solutions, visit www. ARINC4. 29 Specification Overview. The ARINC 4. 29 Specification defines the standard requirements for the transfer of digital data between avionics systems on commercial aircraft. ARINC 4. 29 is also known as the Mark 3. DITS Specification. Signal levels, timing and protocol characteristics are defined for ease of design implementation and data communications on the Mark 3.
Digital Information Transfer System (DITS) bus. ARINC 4. 29 is a privately copywritten specification developed to provide interchangeability and interoperability of line replaceable units (LRUs) in commercial aircraft.
Manufacturers of avionics equipment are under no requirement to comply to the ARINC 4. Specification, but designing avionics systems to meet the design guidelines provides cross- manufacturer interoperability between functional units.
Overview of ARINC4. ARINC stands for Aeronautical Radio, Inc., a private corporation organized in 1.
ARINC was developed to produce specifications and standards for avionics equipment outside the government for domestic and overseas manufacturers. ARINC copywrites and publishes standards produced by the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC). The AEEC is an international standards organization made up of major airline operators, avionics industry manufacturers and ARINC members. The AEEC sets standards for avionics equipment and systems and provides industry defined requirements for standardization of form, fit and function between various manufacturers products. ARINC publishes the AEEC produced standards under three types of documents. ARINC4. 29 Characteristics. Characteristics are definitions of the form, fit and function of avionics equipment.
These documents are equipment specific and define how a unit will operate. The ARINC 5. 00 Series of Characteristics define older analog avionics equipment where the ARINC 7. Series are more current documents and are typically digital versions of the analog specs.
Series documents are general design and support documentation for the 5. Series avionics equipment characteristics. Series documents are general design and support documentation for the 7. Series avionics equipment characteristics. ARINC4. 29 Specefication. Specifications are used to define. Physical packaging and mounting of avionics equipment.
Data communications standards. High level computer languages. The ARINC 4. 29 Specification, Mark 3.
Digital Information Transfer System falls under the Specification document category. ARINC4. 29 Reports. Reports provide general information and best practice guidelines for airlines. Reports predominately refer to maintenance and support procedures. ARINC4. 29 History. The ARINC 4. 29 Specification developed out of the original commercial aviation digital communication spec, the ARINC 4.
Specification. The ARINC 4. Digital Air Data System (DADS), known as the ARINC 5. DADS 5. 75 Spec. This serial topology evolved into the ARINC 4. Specification, first released as ARINC 4.
April 1. 97. 8, and currently exists as ARINC 4. ARINC 4. 29- 1. 5 was adopted by the AEEC in 1. Part 1 addresses the buses physical parameters, label and address assignments, and word formats.
Part 2 defines the formats of words with discrete word bit assignments. Part 3 defines link layer file data transfer protocol for data block and file transfers. The ARINC4. 29 Specefication. The ARINC 4. 29 Specification establishes how avionics equipment and systems communicate on commercial aircraft.
The specification defines electrical characteristics, word structures and protocol necessary to establish bus communication. ARINC 4. 29 utilizes the simplex, twisted shielded pair data bus standard Mark 3. Digital Information Transfer System bus. ARINC 4. 29 defines both the hardware and data formats required for bus transmission.
Hardware consists of a single transmitter – or source – connected to from 1- 2. Data can be transmitted in one direction only – simplex communication – with bi- directional transmission requiring two channels or buses. The devices, line replaceable units or LRUs, are most commonly configured in a star or bus- drop topology. Each LRU may contain multiple transmitters and receivers communicating on different buses. This simple architecture, almost point- to- point wiring, provides a highly reliable transfer of data. A transmitter may ‘talk only’ to a number of receivers on the bus, up to 2. A transmitter may require acknowledgement from a receiver when large amounts of data have been transferred.
This handshaking is performed using a particular word style, as opposed to a hard wired handshake. When this two way communication format is required, two twisted pairs constituting two channels are necessary to carry information back and forth, one for each direction. Transmission from the source LRU is comprised of 3. LRUs have no address assigned through ARINC 4. Equipment ID numbers which allow grouping equipment into systems, which facilitates system management and file transfers.
Sequential words are separated by at least 4 bit times of null or zero voltage. By utilizing this null gap between words, a separate clock signal is unnecessary. Transmission rates may be at either a low speed – 1. Hz – or a high speed – 1. Hz. ARINC 4. 29 Cable Characteristics. The transmission bus media uses a 7.
W shielded twisted pair cable. The shield must be grounded at each end and at all junctions along the bus. The transmitting source output impedance should be 7. W ± 5 W divided equally between Line A and Line B.
This balanced output should closely match the impedance of the cable. The receiving sink must have an effective input impedance of 8k W minimum. Maximum length is not specified, as it is dependent on the number of sink receivers, sink drain and source power. Most systems are designed for under 1. ARINC 4. 29 Transmission Characteristics.
ARINC 4. 29 specifies two speeds for data transmission. Low speed operation is stated at 1. Hz, with an actual allowable range of 1.
Hz. High speed operation is 1. Hz ± 1% allowed. These two data rates can not be used on the same transmission bus. Data is transmitted in a bipolar, Return- to- Zero format. This is a tri- state modulation consisting of HIGH, NULL and LOW states. Transmission voltages are measured across the output terminals of the source. Voltages presented across the receiver input will be dependent on line length, stub configuration and the number of receivers connected.
The following voltage levels indicate the three allowable states. In bipolar, Return- to- Zero – or RZ – format, a HIGH (or 1) is achieved with the transmission signal going from NULL to +1.
V for the first half of the bit cycle, then returning to zero or NULL. A LOW (or 0) is produced by the signal dropping from NULL to –1.
V for the first half bit cycle, then returning to zero. With a Return- to- Zero modulation format, each bit cycle time ends with the signal level at 0 Volts, eliminating the need for an external clock, creating a self- clocking signal. ARINC4. 29 Waveform Parameters. Pulse rise and fall times are controlled by RC circuits built into ARINC 4. This circuitry minimizes overshoot ringing common with short rise times. Allowable rise and fall times are shown below for both bit rates. Bit and Ѕ bit times are also defined.
ARINC4. 29 Word Formats. ARINC 4. 29 protocol uses a point- to- point format, transmitting data from a single source on the bus to up to 2.
The transmitter is always transmitting, either data words or the NULL state. Most ARINC messages contain only one data word consisting of either Binary (BNR), Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) or alphanumeric data encoded using ISO Alphabet No. File data transfers that send more than one word are also allowed. The only two fields definitively required are the Label and the Parity bit, leaving up to 2. Many non- standard word formats have been adopted by various manufacturers of avionics equipment. Even with the variations included, all ARINC data is transmitted in 3.
Any unused bits are padded with zeros.