MPCIE-A429

The MPCIE-A429 is a mini PCI Express Full-Mini Type F1 Interface Card for Various ARINC 429,575,717, etc...interfaces. Coupled with AltaAPI Represents the Latest ARINC 32-bit FPGA Protocol Engine Technology with Multi-Layer Software - in an amazing

Alta Data Technologies’ MPCIE-A429 Mini PCI Express F1 interface module offers a variety of ARINC-429/575/717 channel configurations with software selectable RX/TX channels, baud rates, bit encoding and word configurations (Start/Sync/Stop length, Parity, bits/word, MSB/LSB). Encode or decode almost any ARINC-429 transceiver compatible signal.
Last updated March 9, 2021
Overview
  • 6 Channels of ARINC-419/429/575/717 Channels: 4 RX/TX and 2 RX Only Channels.
  • A/D Capture on First RX Channel!
  • Extended Temp Available
  • Fully Programmable Label/Word Encoding/Decoding
  • Advanced AltaAPI Development Kit
  • True Hardware Playback

The MPCIE-A429 Transmit capability includes both simple and complete frequency control options for each channel and Playback and Signal Generator modes.  Three Receive (RX) functions including channel and multi channel levels.

Alta Data Technologies’ MPCIE-A429 Mini PCI Express F1 interface module offers a variety of ARINC-429/575/717 channel configurations with software selectable RX/TX channels, baud rates, bit encoding and word configurations (Start/Sync/Stop length, Parity, bits/word, MSB/LSB).  Encode or decode almost any ARINC-429 transceiver compatible signal.

The card design is based on the industry’s most advanced 32-bit ARINC FPGA protocol engine, AltaCore, and a feature-rich application programming interface, AltaAPI, which is a multi-layer ANSI C  and Windows .NET (MSVS 2005/08/10 C++, C#, VB .NET, LabVIEW, RTOS) architecture.

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Specifications

Key Features

  • 6 Channels of ARINC-419/429/575/717 Channels: 4 RX/TX and 2 RX Only Channels.
  • A/D Capture on First RX Channel!
  • Extended Temp Available
  • Fully Programmable Label/Word Encoding/Decoding
  • Advanced AltaAPI Development Kit
  • True Hardware Playback
  • NOTE: On shared channels: TX lines have an extra RX load; when powered-off, RX channels can have severe voltage drain – use only dedicated RX channels for critical systems.
  • Mini PCI Express F1 interface module
Documents

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MPCIE-A429 Data Sheet 318.17 KB MPCIE-A429 Data Sheet
Software

AltaAPI
Alta’s 1553 and ARINC cards include the most advanced Application Programming Interface (API) library tools in the avionics industry, AltaAPI. The API architecture is a properly OSI modeled development package that provides an extremely flexible design to provide quick porting to various operating systems (such as VxWorks 5.X/6.X/7/MILS, Integrity, LynxOS RTOS), Linux 32- and 64-bit, Solaris 10, LabVIEW and 32- and 64-bit Windows 7/8/8.1/10.

Part Numbers
  Part Number Description
MPCIE-A429-6 Mini PCI Express Full Size F1 with 4 Shared Tx/Rx Channels and 2 Rx Channels of ARINC-429 and 1 Rx/1 Tx ARINC-717 (717 Rx/Tx Replaces Two 429 Channels). Included: AltaAPI Software.
Options Example: MPCIE-A429-6-AEFN
-A AltaView SW Full Functionality Enabled
-E Extended Temp (-40 to 85 Indust Components)
-F Conformal Coating
-N NVRAM Write Disabled