The Holt HI-3593 ARINC 429 Evaluation Board can be used to evaluate most of the features of the HI-3593 ARINC Dual Receiver and Single Transmitter IC. The HI-3593 features an on-chip DC-DC converter which generates both +5V and -5V to supply the bipolar differential voltage levels needed to meet the ARINC 429 Bus levels from a single 3.3V supply voltage. The main board “General Purpose SPI Evaluation Board” includes switches, pushbutton switches and LEDs to help navigate the operating modes and confirm data and status information. A Freescale MC9S12XDT512 microcontroller on the main board communicates with the HI-3593 through the SPI interface. A Serial UART port is provided which enables viewing messages and status information or entering of optional commands using any terminal program such as Hyper-Terminal. The HI-3593 Evaluation Board is a daughter card that plugs on to the General Purpose SPI board via two 26 pin connectors.
This Users Manual provides a more detailed description of the evaluation board and demo program than in the Quick Start Guide.
Transmission and Reception of ARINC low speed and high speed messages.
Selectable ODD or EVEN parity.
Self Test mode (Internal digital loop back).
256 receiver labels.
Receiver label reverse bit order.
Transmitter label reverse bit order.
Receiver Priority Label Mailboxes.
Receiver filter on SD9 or SD10.
ARINC ACLK programmable divider.
The application note AN-161 provides more detail on the HI-3593 demo software provided in the Holt HI-3593 ARINC 429 Evaluation Kit.