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4 DATA BUSES

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BITS, BYTES,WORD
The traditional data hierarchy are:
Bit either 0 or 1
Bytes a collection of bits to make a
character
Word a collection of bytes to have a
meaningful word.
Field a collection of words
A record a collections of field on a
related subject.
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Traditional Example STUDENTS

FILE
Students File consist of 100 records of
student.
A record for example information on a
student.
Fields example students name or address
or telephone number e.g Abraham Maslow
Word the name of a student e.g Abraham
Bytes e.g A is represented by 10000001
Bit either 0 or 1
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ARINC 429 DATA WORD

In computing,wordis the natural unit of
data used by a
particularprocessordesign.
It is basically a fixed sized group
ofbitsthat are handled as a unit by
theinstruction
The number of bits in a word (theword
size,word width, orword length) is
determined by the computer architecture.
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INTRODUCTION TO DATA
BUSES
Data buses are used to transmit data
from one component to another.
The buses can be electrical or fibre
optic.
The specification for data
transmission is drawn by ARINC.
The standard used in aircrafts is the
ARINC 429.
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ABOUT ARINC 429

It defines how avionics equipment should talk
with each other.
Defines the electrical and data characteristics
and protocol.
A 32 bits serial bus with data flow in one
direction. If two directions are required, then two
sets of buses are required. (max 20 receivers)
The signal uses three level -10v, 0 and +10v.
(measured between 2 wires)

High speed 100k and low speed of 12-14k/sec

(cannot be mixed)
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ARINC 429 DATA WORD

Five Basic Parts
Label (e.g True air speed, TAT)
Source /Destination Identifier (SDI)
Data Field (bit 11-28)
Sign Status Matrix (SSM) (e.g +, - ,
North)
Parity Bit ( Odd parity)

DATA TRANSMISSION

ARINC DATA WORD

1- 8 Label information about the data

9-10 SDI Source Destination Information
11-28 Data
29-31 SSM Sign Status Matrix
32 Parity bit - sum of all logic is ODD

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DATA FORMAT
It is using Bipolar return to zero (RZ)
modulation.
The data in 3 states, hi, null, lo (1, null,
0)
A 4 null period separate the words.

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DATA BUS
Operates on one of the two speeds
High - 100kbits/sec
Low - 12.0kbits/sec

Self clocking the receiver receives

the null between the bits to generate
its internal clock.
Self synchronous the 4 bits null is
recognized and used to generate
word synchronisation.
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VOLTAGE LEVEL
The voltage used is +10 , 0 and -10
volts.
+10volts signifies logic 1 and (-10v)
is logic 0 (obsolute voltage +- 5 )
The second half of the bit is always
null.
The shield is grounded at both end of
he wire.
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INSTALLATION

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BIRTH OF ARINC 629

1977

=> Boeing began to work on

DATAC

project

1977 - 85 => DATAC Emerged as ARINC

629
1989

=> ARINC 629 was adopted by

AEEC
1990

=> ARINC 629 was first

implemented

in BOEING-777

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Triple-Triple Redundant
777 Primary Flight Computer

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ARINC 629 DATA BUS

Time Division Multiplex

Linear Bus
Multiple Transmitter Access
2 Mbps Data Rate
Current Mode Coupling
(Present implementation)

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ARINC 629

ARINC 629 introduced in May 1995

Used on B777, A330 andA340 .
Multiple-source, multiple sinksystem
Each terminal can transmit receive
data
ARINC 629 can handle total of 120
terminals
It supports a data rate of 2 Mbps
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ARINC 629 SYSTEM - COMPONENTS

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ARINC 629 DATA BUS CABLE

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ARINC 629
BUS INSTALLATION

BUS COUPLER

Most of the wires are

in electronics
compartment. This to
enable the black
boxes to talk to each
other.

The coupler is used to

connect the LRU to the
data bus.
A maximum of 120
couplers can be
connected.

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429 V 629 BUSES

A pair if wire per link

One way flow
Max 100kb
Receiver max 20

Shared buses max 120

Two ways
Max 2 mega
Receiver max 120
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ARINC 629 MESSAGE

STRUCTURE
Message
Max 31 word
string /
gap 4 bits
Each word string
Label + 256 datawords
Each label
20bits/label-12/ext-4/3 syncro/1
parity

Each data word

20bits/ 16 data/ 3 syn/ 1
parity

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MESSAGE STRUCTURE

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