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News Release from: Actel Europe | Subject: Core1553BRM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 March 2004
IP core for military, space and
industrial uses
The Core1553BRM is Actel's third MIL-STD-1553 intellectual property core for use with its FPGAs, including the new space-qualified RTAX250S device.
The Core1553BRM is Actel's third MIL-STD-1553 intellectual property (IP) core for use with its FPGAs, including the new space-qualified RTAX250S device The software-programmable Core1553BRM solution enables designers to select an integrated, individual or dual-function bus-controller (BC), remote-terminal (RT) or monitor-terminal (MT) solution
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Both MIL-STD-1553A and MIL-STD-1553B compliant, Actel's new core speeds time to market and eliminates non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs and reduces high system costs when compared with custom ASICs.
The Core1553BRM also reduces the high system cost associated with implementing discrete standard product 1553 solutions.
Hardware and software compatible with industry-leading legacy 1553 systems, the Core1553BRM core allows customers to easily upgrade existing designs without extensive modifications to application and driver software.
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Reliability is essential in 1553 applications, and so Actel has verified the core in simulation and on a MIL-STD-1553 development board.
Actel's Core1553BRM will be certified by an objective, third-party test company to verify that the core works in accordance with Notice 2 of MIL-STD-1553B.
Actel's Core1553BRM can interface to standard external transceivers and legacy systems, enabling designers to replace existing components and easily reuse current software.
This core provides simultaneous operation of the remote terminal and bus monitor.
The remote terminal also allows for internal or external legalisation registers to reduce the required footprint as well as advanced RT functions (circular and ping-pong buffering and message indexing).
The bus controller includes terminal polling, message scheduling and multiple message processing.
Core1553BRM provides low-power operation at 12, 16, 20 or 24MHz on Actel's ProASIC Plus, Axcelerator, SX-A, RTSX-S and RTAX-S FPGAs.
Delivering a complete solution, Actel provides everything needed to incorporate a 1553 BC, RT or MT into a system design, including a development board and tools, documentation and software.
The development board includes a ProASIC Plus APA600 FPGA, synchronous SRAM memory, 1553B transceivers and bus termination components and a serial port.
Compatible with standard dual-redundant 1553 cabling, the board will demonstrate operation of the BC and RT solutions without the need for additional hardware.
The Core1553BRM is available now with documentation accessible from Actel's website.
A prototype development board is also available.
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