This kit demonstrates most features of the HI-8582/8583 5V ARINC 429 Terminal IC. The HI-8582/8583 features a single transmitter with integrated line driver and two receivers. The transmitter and both receivers utilize 32 x 32 FIFOs. A 16-bit parallel data bus is used for interfacing to a microcontroller or FPGA. Note, for 3.3V applications the HI-3582A/3583A is available.
The 2-board Holt evaluation kit uses an Atmel Cortex M3 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) to demonstrate the features of the device. The MCU is located on the lower board and a separate HI-8582/8583 daughter card plugs in on top of the MCU board. The daughter card can be removed from the lower board and used separately with another host FPGA / MCU interface. A serial port in the MCU displays ARINC 429 transmits and receives words on the console when the computer runs a terminal emulation program like HyperTerminal or TeraTerm. The demo program includes a menu of commands entered from the console to alter the configuration of the HI-8582 (or HI-8583) by modifying the Control Word register bits on-the-fly. Using the console commands provide a convenient way to learn the HI-8582 by making changes and seeing the effect on ARINC 429 words displayed on the console or by viewing the transmissions on an oscilloscope.
Evaluation Kit Contents
ARM Cortex M3 lower board and schematic.
HI-8582/8583 plug-in daughter card and schematic.
+5V power adapter for the ARM Cortex M3 base board. A +/- 10 power supply is not provided.
8-pin jumper strip for RX/TX external loopback.
RS-232 9 Pin Serial Cable.
Demo Project compatible with IAR Embedded WorkBench® for ARM
Low-Level C drivers (module included in the project).
CD-ROM containing all the documents and software.