I/O Device

Sabtech NATO Swift STANAG 4146 Parallel Interfaces
PCI	x86 / IA-32	v. 4.0
Market:	military and aerospace
NTDS

The NATO Swift™ STANAG 4146 parallel interface module from Sabtech Industries is an ideal COTS choice for connecting NATO-standard military computer equipment to PCIbus systems for applications such as software development, emulation, simulation, and training support.

The NATO Swift STANAG 4146 interface module installs in a standard PCI 3.3V, 5V, or Universal signaling slot to provide a full duplex interface for NATO STANAG 4146 Type C and H channels.

The NATO Swift is easy to program and offers a variety of input and output modes to support any NTDS (US Navy's Naval Tactical Data Systems) protocol. In addition to conventional input and output operations, this board has a built-in passive tap mode that provides interface monitoring and data capturing capability. A software enabled embedded time-stamp generator tags input words with 125ns resolution. The time-stamp clock can be synchronized between multiple boards by using a small interconnect cable, and can be driven by an external clock source.

Reliability and flexibility are designed into the NATO Swift. An internal loop-back path allows the NATO Swift STANAG 4146 parallel interface module to be tested without disconnecting cables. Field upgrades can be done easily by running a simple utility to update the onboard Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).

Features

• NATO STANAG 4146 Type C and H compatible
• Full-duplex 8, 16, or 32-bit transfers
• Differential drivers and receivers
• Interrupt, PIO and DMA operation
• Independent NTDS input and output channels
• Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology
• Separate word counters and time-outs for EI/EF words and data words on inputs and outputs
• PCI 2.1 compliant (supports Plug & Play)
• PCI master and slave operation
• Internal loopback test without disconnecting NTDS cables
• Software enabled time-stamp on input words with 125ns resolution
• Supports receipt of multiple Forced EFs

Input mode features

• Separate or combined data and command word buffers
• Input command words, stop on data word
• Input data words, stop on command word
• Passive tap mode

Output mode features

• Concurrent data and command buffer operation

Time-out features

• Time-out values in 10µs or 1ms increments
• Time-out between words and/or total transfer times
• Start time-out at beginning of operation or upon transfer of the first word

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