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Rugged Ethernet Switch System Board

INTRODUCTION

This manual provides information about the North Atlantic Industries, Inc. (NAI) NIU3E System. The NIU3E is a “Nano Interface Unit” self contained multi-port Ethernet Switch and Multifunction I/O System preconfigured with a choice of Ethernet Switch Module(s) (e.g. ES2; Managed Ethernet Switch Module w/ 16x 10/100/1000Base-T and 4x 10Gb 850 nm Fiber Optic ports), 24-CH programmable Discrete I/O, 8-CH ARINC 429/575, 4-CH CAN bus and 2-CH MIL-STD-1553 functions. The NIU3E can also be configured with up to one additional smart Configurable Open Systems Architecture™ (COSA®) function modules. The NIU3E boasts a dual ARM ®Cortex®-A53 processor for customer application and I/O and communications management.

SOFTWARE SUPPORT

The ENAIBL Software Support Kit (SSK) is supplied with all system platform based board level products. This platform’s SSK contents include html format help documentation which defines board specific library functions and their respective parameter requirements. A board specific library and its source code is provided (module level ‘C’ and header files) to facilitate function implementation independent of user operating system (O/S). Portability files are provided to identify Board Support Package (BSP) dependent functions and help port code to other common system BSPs. With the use of the provided help documentation, these libraries are easily ported to any 32-bit O/S such as RTOS or Linux.

The latest version of a board specific SSK can be downloaded from our website www.naii.com in the software downloads section. A Quick-Start Software Manual is also available for download where the SSK contents are detailed, Quick-Start Instructions provided and GUI applications are described therein. For other operating system support, contact factory.

CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL

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Note
An operating procedure, practice, or condition, etc., that is essential to emphasize.

All numbers are expressed in decimal format unless otherwise noted.

GENERAL SAFETY NOTICES

The following general safety notices supplement the specific warnings and cautions appearing elsewhere in the manual. They are recommended precautions that must be understood and applied during operation and maintenance of the instrument covered herein.

Death or serious injury may result if personnel fail to observe safety precautions. Dependent on configuration, some modules (e.g. Synchro / Resolver or AC signal sources) can generate output signals with high voltages. Be careful not to contact high-voltage connections when installing, operating, or maintaining this instrument.

caution

The NIU3E is delivered as a standalone system with no accessible or serviceable parts.

Repair

caution

DO NOT ATTEMPT REPAIR. Under no circumstances should repair of this instrument be attempted. All repairs to the chassis must be accomplished at the factory.

High Voltage

voltage

HIGH VOLTAGE may be used in the operation of this equipment.

Input Power Always On

caution
voltage
Note
The design of the model NIU3E is such that DC input power is continuously supplied to internal circuits when connected to a main power source. To disconnect the NIU3E from external power, the external power source should first be de-energized. The power input cable can then be disconnected.

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS

Introduction

The Nano Interface Unit (NIU3E) is a second-generation, integrated, compact, “nano-sized” subsystem with unprecedented I/O capability configurations and fitted with a managed multiport Ethernet switch. The NIU3E connects to existing platform Ethernet networks, making data available to any system on the network. Additionally, the NIU3E is delivered with ARM® Cortex®-A53 access support for standalone or other processor related capability.

The NIU3E easily adds sensor data acquisition and distribution and communication interfaces to mission computers without expensive chassis and backplane redesign. It has been designed with rugged embedded industrial, military and aerospace applications in mind.

Leveraging NAI’s field-proven, unique modular architecture, the NIU3E supports a wide selection of different Intelligent I/O, motion simulation/measurement and communications functions such as:

A/D Converter

D/A Converter

I/O TTL/CMOS

RTD

I/O Discrete

I/O Differential Transceiver

Synchro/Resolver LVDT/RVDT Measurement

Synchro/Resolver LVDT/RVDT Simulation

Strain Gage

Encoder

Dual-Channel Dual Redundant BC/RT/MT MIL-STD-1553

High-Speed Sync/Async RS232/422/423/485

ARINC 429/575

CANBus

I/O Relay

AC Reference

Ethernet Switch

SSD/Flash

This approach provides unprecedented flexibility for supporting existing or new applications where there are specific interfacing requirements.

Significant application benefits include:

  • Independent (pre-processed) I/O functionality targeted to specific data acquisition/control areas

  • Additional capabilities, technology insertion and sensor interfacing to existing fielded applications

  • Minimal integration risk based on current field-proven, deployed technologies

  • Only ~ 7.2” x 7.1” x 3.2” @ ~7.7 lbs. (3.49 kg) conduction/convection cooled

  • 16x Ethernet Switch Ports

    • 10/100/1000Base-T (GbE) (default)

  • 4x 10 Gb Fiber Optic 850 nm (optional)

Objectives

This manual provides the user with basic hardware implementation and information regarding the operation and interface of the NIU3E. Each NIU3E is fitted with one Ethernet Switch module, one function module, four embedded module functions, dual-core processor and an integrated motherboard, power supply unit (PSU) and interface connectors.

Scope

This manual covers the basic operation of the NIU3E as a standalone I/O subsystem with pertinent/specific details relating to the operation/communications from/to the NIU3E with the available function module(s) fitted within the NIU3E.

ON BOARD RESOURCES

Memory

DDR4 SDRAM

The NIU3E provides a total of 8 GB of ECC DDR4 memory. This memory is organized as 4 1Gb x 16 MT40A1G16RC devices (parts may vary), with a fifth device providing storage for ECC data. The Ultrascale+™ has an on chip 64-bit DDR4 memory controller. The controller has full ECC error-correction support, with the ability to detect multi-bit errors and correct single-bit errors within a nibble. Please consult the Micron data sheet for DDR4 device specific details.

NOR Flash

Connected through the local bus, the NIU3E supports 2 x 2 gigabytes of flash. The Flash consists of a stacked (four 512Mb die) Micron® Flash MT25QL02GCBB8E12-0SIT device. Flash features a high-speed SPI-compatible bus interface that utilizes dual QSPI via a two-input logic gate to increase I/O throughput rates four times for each device. The NOR Flash has an erase capacity of 100,000 cycles per sector and typical data retention of 20 years.

FRAM

The FM24CL64B is a 64-kilobit nonvolatile memory employing an advanced ferroelectric process. The ferroelectric random-access memory or FRAM is nonvolatile and performs reads and writes like a RAM. It provides reliable data retention for 38 years. The NIU3E FRAM 64K bits are organized as 8,192 x 8 bits random access memory, connected to the Ultrascale+™ CPU through the I2C controller.

SATA

The Ultrascale+™ CPU is directly connected to an onboard Solid-State Drive (SSD). The SSD contains a single level cell NAND Flash together with a controller in a single Multi-Chip package. The Multi-Chip packaged device is soldered directly to the printed circuit board for reliable electrical and mechanical connection.

The SSD has an internal write protect signal SATA_WP. The SATA_WP signal must be connected or switched to ground to enable any write to the SSD. The SATA_WP signal is pulled up on card by a 4.7 KΩ resistor to the internal 3.3 V supply.

The onboard SATA drive conforms to the follow specifications:

  • Complies with Serial ATA 2.5 Specification

  • Supports speeds: 1.5 Gbps (first-generation SATA), 3 Gbps (second-generation SATA and eSATA)

  • Supports advanced technology attachment packet interface (ATAPI) devices

  • Contains high-speed descriptor-based DMA controller

  • Supports native command queuing (NCQ) commands

  • The standard ordering code for the NIU3E includes a 32GB SSD drive. Larger devices are available; please consult the factory for availability

Peripheral I/O

Ethernet

The NIU3E supports two 10/100/1000Base-TX Ethernet or two 1000Base-KX Ethernet connections using two Marvell Alaska 88E1512 Ethernet PHY devices and the Xilinx Gigabit Ethernet MACs. The PHY-to-MAC interface employs a Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface (RGIII) connection using four data lines at 250 Mbps each for a connection speed of 1 Gbps. The NIU3E contains internal magnetics and can directly drive copper CAT5e or CAT6 twisted pairs.

The NIU3E Ethernet ports support:

  • Detection and correction of pair swaps (MDI crossover), and pair polarity

  • MAC-side and line-side loopback

  • Auto–negotiation

Ethernet Port 1 can be routed as 10/100/1000Base-TX as a build option.

Ethernet Port 2 can be routed as 10/100/1000Base-TX as a build option.

I/O pin outs can be found in the Pinout Details section of this document.

USB

The NIU3E supports one USB 2.0 port. Contact factory for availability.

USB0 is available on the NIU3E, on connector J5. The USB port can operate as a standalone host.

  • Compatible with USB specification, Rev. 2.0

  • Supports high-speed (480 Mbps), full-speed (12 Mbps), and low-speed (1.5 Mbps) operations

  • Supports operation as a standalone USB host controller

  • Supports USB root hub with one downstream-facing port

  • Enhanced host controller interface (EHCI)-compatible

  • One controller supports operation as a standalone USB device

  • Supports one upstream-facing port

  • Supports six programmable USB endpoints

I2C

I2C is a two-wire, bidirectional single ended serial bus that provides an efficient method of exchanging data between a master and slave device. The NIU3E has one I2C device for communicating with onboard devices, as shown in the table below.

Assignment

I2C addresses

Device

Onboard Devices

0x50

Security Manager

Onboard Devices

0x56

EEPROM

Onboard Devices

0x53

FRAM

Serial Port

The NIU3E has a single, asynchronous serial port. The interface uses a two-wire, TXD, RXD interface (system/power GND referenced). The SER-TXD, and SER-RXD RS-232 signals are routed to J5 on the NIU3E.

Tamper Detect Interface and Action Circuit

NAI is developing an optional Tamper Detect Interface and Action Circuit for improved Security/Cybersecurity requirements. This circuit will offer FIPS 140-3 Level 3 Design Support, Crypto-Key Storage (with Battery-Backed RAM), Secure Boot and Anti-Tamper/Tamper Detect & Sanitize functions. For further information, please contact NAI.

Software Libraries/Associated Documents

NIU3E BSP Processor Module Library

The NIU3E Processor library package provides function interfaces to the on-module functionality. This package contains Help documentation (in html format) that explains all the functions available in the library. The package also contains the source code (*.h, *.c) files as well as the files needed to build the library using any of the supported operating systems. Example programs are also provided to demonstrate the usage of the libraries in typical applications of the module.

Associated Documents

Visit docs.naii.com for all relevant information.

SPECIFICATIONS

The NIU3E is designed to meet the following general specifications.

General

Ethernet Data Transfer:

Data transfers within 1 ms (typical)

Input Voltage:

18 to 36 VDC (28 VDC nominal)

Power (Base unit):

0.675 A (~19 W) @ 28 V VDC nominal plus module(s) power (see specific module(s) specifications)

I/O Signal GND reference is isolated from main power source return and chassis.

Power/Heat Dissipation:

~25 watts (maximum) when properly mounted, with the thermal transfer mounting surface maintained at a temperature not to exceed 71°C.

Note: The total NIU3E power dissipation is dependent on the configuration of the modules fitted in the NIU3E.

Temperature, Operating:

-40°C to 71°C (conduction cooled - measured at primary thermal interface)

Temperature, Storage:

-55°C to 105°C

Size:

Depth: ~7.1” (180.3 mm)

Height: ~3.2” (81.3 mm)

Width: ~7.2” (182.9 mm)

Weight:

The weight of an NIU3E system is dependent on the configuration. The approximate weight of the NIU3E is based on the selection of the functional module(s). The approximate weight of a typical fully configured NIU3E (model #) is ~7.7 lbs. (3.49 kg).

Environmental

Table 1. Environmental MIL-STD-810(F-H) (*1)

No.

Description

Procedure (for ref.)

Cycles (for ref.)

Table (for ref.)

Fig. (for ref.)

Comments

514

Random Vibe

Method 514.6, 0.1g2/Hz from 100 to 1K Hz., -3dB octave 5-100 Hz and -6dB 1K-2K Hz,(Operational)

514

Sinusoidal Vibe

TBD

501

Temp (High)

3

3 periods (@ 4 hrs. ea.) within 24 hrs. cycle at 71 ºC baseplate

502

Temp (Low)

1

3 periods (@ 4 hrs. ea.) within 24 hrs. cycle at -40 ºC baseplate

503

Temp (Shock)

3

3 x 1 hr. each hot & cold cycles (non-operational)

507

Humidity

II

10

507.5-7

507.5-IX

Cyclic high humidity (Cycle B2)

500

Altitude (50K)

II

1

n/a

n/a

10m/s to 50,000ft for 1 hr.

500

Altitude (70K)

II

1

n/a

n/a

10m/s to 70,000ft for 1 hr.

513

Acceleration

II

1

513.6-II

n/a

Carrier-based Aircraft (18g’s max)

516

Shock - Operating

I

3

516.6-I

n/a

40g’s, 3 pulses each ± X, Y, Z axis (total of 18 shock pulses)

516

Shock - Crash

V

3

516.6-I

n/a

75g’s, 3 pulses each ± X, Y, Z axis (total of 18 shock pulses)

Ingress Protection IEC 60529 (*1)

No.

Description

Procedure

Cycles

Table

Figure

Comments

IP54

Dust Protection

IP54

Water Splashing

IP65

Dust Tight

IP65

Water Jets

Table 2. EMC / MIL-STD-461 (*1, * 2)

MIL-STD-461(G)

Method/Curve/Procedure

Comments

CE102

Conducted emissions, power leads, 30 Hz to 10 kHz.

CS101

Conducted emissions, power leads, 10 kHz to 10 MHz

CS106

Conducted susceptibility, power leads, 30 Hz to 150 kHz.

CS114

Conducted susceptibility, transients, power leads

CS115

Conducted susceptibility, bulk cable injection, 10 kHz to 200 MHz

CS116

Conducted susceptibility, bulk cable injection, impulse excitation

RE101

Conducted susceptibility, damped sinusoidal transients, cables and power leads, 10 kHz to 100 MHz

RE102

Radiated emissions, magnetic field, 30 Hz to 100 kHz.

RS101

Radiated emissions, electric field, 10 kHz to 18 GHz.

RS103

Radiated, susceptibility, magnetic field, 30 Hz – 100 kHz

Notes:

1) Designed to meet / Generic Test Reports (contact factory for availability).

2) Utilizing proper shielded cables and system practices.

Note
Specifications are subject to change without notice.

UNPACKING AND INSPECTION

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Figure 1. NIU3E

Unpacking

The NIU3E packing materials were designed specifically for transport protection of the NIU3E. When receiving the shipment container, inspect packaging for any evidence of physical damage. If damage is evident, it is recommended that the carrier agent is present when opening the shipping container. It is further recommended that all packing material is retained in the event the NIU3E needs to be shipped elsewhere.

System/Chassis Identification

An identification label, indicating part number, unique serial number, and Ethernet PHY MACs / default IP address(es) is affixed to the system chassis.

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Figure 2. Unit Identification

Inspection

Inspect the chassis and connectors to ensure that they were not damaged during transit

MECHANICAL

Mechanical Description

The NIU3E is a rugged, aluminum, conduction-cooled system. It must be mounted to a cold plate. The system thermal management design considerations should ensure that the chassis thermal interface (NIU3E bottom surface) does not exceed 71°C. Mounting holes are provided on the chassis bottom housing flanges (as depicted). See the outline drawing below.

Mounting Requirements

The NIU3E is conduction cooled and must be mounted in accordance with the drawing. The OID provides recommended hardware, torque, cold plate flatness and surface finish specifications, and thermal conductivity requirements.

mounting1
mounting2

Figure 3. NIU3E Outline Dimensions/Cold Plate Mounting Pattern (Reference Only)

Notes:

  1. J7 Fiber Optic Connector is optional.

  2. Unless otherwise specified, dimensions are in inches (mm); tolerances are:

    • 2 PL DEC ±0.01; 3 PL DEC ±0.005

    • FRACT ±1/64 (0.4); ANGLES ±1/2 (12.7)

Chassis (Earth) GND

Chassis ground point threaded insert location is on the connector side of the NIU3E as shown

chassis ground

Figure 4. NIU3E Outline Dimensions/Chassis GND location

Note
Chassis GND braid or equivalent to be secured by #6-32 screw/studs (with a depth of 0.3 inches) as end application requires. The NIU3E chassis is provided with #6-32 threaded insert only. The recommended torque for the NIU3E Chassis GND screw is 11 in-lbs. (125 N·cm)

CONNECTOR DESIGNATION AND DESCRIPTION

The Power, I/O Interface and Ethernet connectors are located on the NIU3E front panel housing.

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Figure 5. NIU3E (Front Panel Connector Placement)

Table 3. NIU3E Connector Designation and Description

Connector Designation

Description

J1

Primary Power Connector, VDC

J2

I/O Connector 1, Smart Module I/O Slot & Onboard Discrete I/O

J3

I/O Connector 2, Onboard ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553 & CANBus

J4

GbE Connector 1, Switch Ports 1-8

j5

1x GbE ES2 Module Maintenance Port, RS-232 Management & Debug Port, System Reset

J6

GbE Connector 2, Switch Ports 9-16

J7

4x Fiber Optic (optional configuration)

J8*

I/O Connector 3, Smart Module I/O Slot

(* - as of 07/01/2024)

Connector Details and Pinout

Generic pinout. See module I/O section or contact factory regarding any special module I/O configuration.

J1, Primary Power Connector

Primary input power is supported on the NIU3E via the J1 connector. Connectors used are as follows:

j1

Figure 6. J1 Primary Power Connector Detail

Parts Identification
Table 4. J1 Primary Power Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J1

D38999/20WA98PA (10,000 pF, incl. ‘c-filter')

9 / 98

3

D38999/26WA98SA

05-0297-COM

Pinout
Table 5. J1 Primary Power Connector Pinout

J1 Connector Pin

Signal

A

Chassis GND

B

28VDC-RTN

C

28VDC

J2, I/O, Module-1 & Onboard Discrete I/O (DT) Function

The J2 I/O connector supports Module-1 and Onboard Discrete (DT) function I/O.

Note
This configuration of the J2 connector will be deprecated as of 07/01/2024. After that date, the J2 I/O connector will be configured to support Module-3 and Onboard Discrete (DT) function I/O.
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Figure 7. J2 I/O Module-1/Onboard Discrete Connector Detail

Parts Identification (Depricated as of 07/01/2024)
Table 6. J2 I/O Module-1/Onboard Discrete Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J2

D38999/20WF35SA

19 / 35

66

D38999/26WF35PA

05-0285-COM

Pinout (Depricated as of 07/01/2024)

Generic pinout. See module I/O section or contact factory regarding any special module I/O configuration.

Table 7. J2 I/O Module-1/Onboard Discrete Connector Pinout

J2 Connector Pin

Signal

Notes

20

DT-IO-CH01

44

DT-IO-CH02

4

DT-IO-CH03

51

DT-IO-CH04

27

DT-IO-CH05

58

DT-IO-CH06

45

DT-IO-CH07

28

DT-IO-CH08

43

DT-IO-CH09

17

DT-IO-CH10

59

DT-IO-CH11

29

DT-IO-CH12

26

DT-IO-CH13

5

DT-IO-CH14

34

DT-IO-CH15

52

DT-IO-CH16

36

DT-IO-CH17

54

DT-IO-CH18

60

DT-IO-CH19

25

DT-IO-CH20

10

DT-IO-CH21

37

DT-IO-CH22

53

DT-IO-CH23

35

DT-IO-CH24

11

DT-ISO-GND

Signal/System Ground

19

DT-ISO-GND

Signal/System Ground

46

DT-ISO-GND

Signal/System Ground

47

DT-ISO-GND

Signal/System Ground

12

DT-VCC1

18

DT-VCC2

38

DT-VCC3

55

DT-VCC4

65

MOD1-DATIO01

64

MOD1-DATIO02

16

MOD1-DATIO03

9

MOD1-DATIO04

22

MOD1-DATIO05

14

MOD1-DATIO06

3

MOD1-DATIO07

8

MOD1-DATIO08

21

MOD1-DATIO09

7

MOD1-DATIO10

30

MOD1-DATIO11

6

MOD1-DATIO12

56

MOD1-DATIO13

62

MOD1-DATIO14

66

MOD1-DATIO15

40

MOD1-DATIO16

41

MOD1-DATIO17

50

MOD1-DATIO18

42

MOD1-DATIO19

32

MOD1-DATIO20

24

MOD1-DATIO21

48

MOD1-DATIO22

23

MOD1-DATIO23

39

MOD1-DATIO24

15

MOD1-DATIO25

31

MOD1-DATIO26

2

MOD1-DATIO27

13

MOD1-DATIO28

57

MOD1-DATIO29

49

MOD1-DATIO30

33

MOD1-DATIO31

63

MOD1-DATIO32

1

SYS-GND

Signal/System Ground

61

SYS-GND

Signal/System Ground

Parts Identification (Starting as of 07/01/2024)
Table 8. J2 I/O Module-3/Onboard Discrete Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J2

D38999/20WF35SA

19 / 35

66

D38999/26WF35PA

05-0285-COM

Pinout (Starting as of 07/01/2024)

Generic pinout. See module I/O section or contact factory regarding any special module I/O configuration.

Table 9. J2 I/O Module-3/Onboard Discrete Connector Pinout

J2 Connector Pin

Signal

Notes

20

DT-IO-CH01

44

DT-IO-CH02

4

DT-IO-CH03

51

DT-IO-CH04

27

DT-IO-CH05

58

DT-IO-CH06

45

DT-IO-CH07

28

DT-IO-CH08

43

DT-IO-CH09

17

DT-IO-CH10

59

DT-IO-CH11

29

DT-IO-CH12

26

DT-IO-CH13

5

DT-IO-CH14

34

DT-IO-CH15

52

DT-IO-CH16

36

DT-IO-CH17

54

DT-IO-CH18

60

DT-IO-CH19

25

DT-IO-CH20

10

DT-IO-CH21

37

DT-IO-CH22

53

DT-IO-CH23

35

DT-IO-CH24

11

DT-ISO-GND

Signal/System Ground

19

DT-ISO-GND

Signal/System Ground

46

DT-ISO-GND

Signal/System Ground

47

DT-ISO-GND

Signal/System Ground

12

DT-VCC1

18

DT-VCC2

38

DT-VCC3

55

DT-VCC4

65

MOD3-DATIO01

64

MOD3-DATIO02

16

MOD3-DATIO03

9

MOD3-DATIO04

22

MOD3-DATIO05

14

MOD3-DATIO06

3

MOD3-DATIO07

8

MOD3-DATIO08

21

MOD3-DATIO09

7

MOD3-DATIO10

30

MOD3-DATIO11

6

MOD3-DATIO12

56

MOD3-DATIO13

62

MOD3-DATIO14

66

MOD3-DATIO15

40

MOD3-DATIO16

41

MOD3-DATIO17

50

MOD3-DATIO18

42

MOD3-DATIO19

32

MOD3-DATIO20

24

MOD3-DATIO21

48

MOD3-DATIO22

23

MOD3-DATIO23

39

MOD3-DATIO24

15

MOD3-DATIO25

31

MOD3-DATIO26

2

MOD3-DATIO27

13

MOD3-DATIO28

57

MOD3-DATIO29

49

MOD3-DATIO30

33

MOD3-DATIO31

63

MOD3-DATIO32

1

SYS-GND

Signal/System Ground

61

SYS-GND

Signal/System Ground

J3, I/O, Onboard ARINC-429/MIL-STD-1553/CANBus Functions

The J3 IO connector supports Onboard ARINC/MIL-STD/1553/CANBus function I/O

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Figure 8. J3 I/O Onboard Functions Connector Detail

Parts Identification
Table 10. J3 I/O Onboard Functions Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J3

D38999/20WD35SA

15/35

37

D38999/26WD35PA

05-0532-COM

Pinout

Generic pinout. See module I/O section or contact factory regarding any special module I/O configuration

Table 11. J3 Onboard Functions Connector Pinout

J3 Connector Pin

Signal

Notes

7

1553-BUSA-CH1-

6

1553-BUSA-CH1+

23

1553-BUSA-CH2-

33

1553-BUSA-CH2+

25

1553-BUSB-CH1-

24

1553-BUSB-CH1+

9

1553-BUSB-CH2-

8

1553-BUB-CH2+

21

AR429-CH1-A

22

AR429-CH1-B

20

AR429-CH2-A

31

AR429-CH2-B

18

AR429-CH3-A

30

AR429-CH3-B

36

AR429-CH4-A

37

AR429-CH4-B

17

AR429-CH5-A

29

AR429-CH5-A

1

AR429-CH6-A

19

AR429-CH6-B

2

AR429-CH7-A

3

AR429-CH7-B

4

AR429-CH8-A

5

AR429-CH8-B

28

CAN-CH1-H

27

CAN-CH1-L

16

CAN-CH2-H

15

CAN-CH2-L

35

CAN-CH3-H

34

CAN-CH3-L

14

CAN-CH4-H

13

CAN-CH4-L

11

GND-CAN1

Signal/System Ground

26

GND-CAN2

Signal/System Ground

10

GND-CAN3

Signal/System Ground

12

GND-CAN4

Signal/System Ground

32

N/C

J4, I/O, Ethernet Switch Module (Ports 1-8)

The J4 I/O connector supports eight of the sixteen Ethernet Switch Ports (Ports 1 through 8).

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Figure 9. J4 I/O ES2 (Ports 1-8) Connector Detail

Parts Identification
Table 12. J4 I/O ES2 (Ports 1-8) Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J4

D38999/20WF35SB

19/35

66

D38999/26WF35PB

05-0541-COM

Pinout

Generic pinout. See module I/O section or contact factory regarding any special module I/O configuration

Table 13. J4 I/O ES2 (Ports 1-8) Connector Pinout

J4 Connector Pin

Signal

Notes

40

ETH01_T0N

*1

31

ETH01_T0P

*1

57

ETH01_T1N

*1

50

ETH01_T1P

*1

37

ETH01_T2N

*1

28

ETH01_T2P

*1

48

ETH01_T3N

*1

39

ETH01_T3P

*1

56

ETH02_T0N

*1

49

ETH02_T0P

*1

62

ETH02_T1N

*1

63

ETH02_T1P

*1

47

ETH02_T2N

*1

38

ETH02_T2P

*1

61

ETH02_T3N

*1

55

ETH02_T3P

*1

46

ETH03_T0N

*1

53

ETH03_T0P

*1

65

ETH03_T1N

*1

66

ETH03_T1P

*1

36

ETH03_T2N

*1

45

ETH03_T2P

*1

58

ETH03_T3N

*1

52

ETH03_T3P

*1

60

ETH04_T0N

*1

54

ETH04_T0P

*1

59

ETH04_T1N

*1

64

ETH04_T1P

*1

51

ETH04_T2N

*1

44

ETH04_T2P

*1

43

ETH04_T3N

*1

35

ETH04_T3P

*1

6

ETH05_T0N

*1

12

ETH05_T0P

*1

2

ETH05_T1N

*1

1

ETH05_T1P

*1

17

ETH05_T2N

*1

25

ETH05_T2P

*1

18

ETH05_T3N

*1

26

ETH05_T3P

*1

3

ETH06_T0N

*1

7

ETH06_T0P

*1

8

ETH06_T1N

*1

14

ETH06_T1P

*1

4

ETH06_T2N

*1

10

ETH06_T2P

*1

5

ETH06_T3N

*1

11

ETH06_T3P

*1

9

ETH07_T0N *

1

15

ETH07_T0P

*1

16

ETH07_T1N

*1

23

ETH07_T1P

*1

19

ETH07_T2N

*1

27

ETH07_T2P

*1

13

ETH07_T3N

*1

20

ETH07_T3P

*1

24

ETH08_T0N

*1

32

ETH08_T0P

*1

42

ETH08_T1N

*1

41

ETH08_T1P

*1

21

ETH08_T2N

*1

29

ETH08_T2P

*1

22

ETH08_T3N

*1

30

ETH08_T3P

*1

33

SYS_GND

Signal/System Ground

34

SYS_GND

Signal/System Ground

Notes:

  1. 10/100/1000Base-T signal definitions:

     * ETHnn_Tx(y) where:

     * nn = Ethernet Switch Port number

     * x = Twisted pair/differential signal number (0, 1, 2 or 3)

     * y = Differential signal polarity (p = positive(+) and n = negative(-))

J5, Ethernet Communications & Debug

The NIU3E supports up to two 10/100/1000Base-T ports (when appropriately configured) and debug/maintenance signals. The debug/maintenance signals provided are an RS-232 console port and System Reset (for a soft reset/reload). Additionally, typically for ARM/processor optioned configurations, a USB 2.0 port, Hardware Write Protect (for SATA accessibility) and a Real Time Clock Standby (i.e. auxiliary 3.3V/battery backup for the real time clock) are also provided.

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Figure 10. J5 Ethernet Communications & Debug Connector Detail

Parts Identification
Table 14. J5 Ethernet Communications & Debug Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J5

D38999/20WE35SN

17/35

55

D38999/26WE35PN

05-0534-COM

Pinout
Table 15. J5 Ethernet Communications & Debug Connector Pinout

J5 Connector Pin

Signal

Notes

1

SYS-GND

*7

2

SW-ETH1-TP0+

*8

3

SW-ETH1-TP0-

*8

4

SER0-TXD

*2

5

N/C

*10

6

USB0-D-

*5

7

SYS-GND

*7

8

SW-ETH1-TP2+

*8

9

SW-ETH1-TP2-

*8

10

SER0-RXD

*2

11

N/C

*10

12

USB0-D+

*5

13

N/C

*10

14

SW-ETH1-TP1+

*8

15

SYS-GND

*7

16

SW-ETH1-TP3+

*8

17

N/C

*10

18

N/C

*10

19

USB-GND

*5

20

USB0-5V0

*5

21

MOD2-UART-RX

*9

22

SW-ETH1-TP1-

*8

23

I2C1-SCL

*6

24

SW-ETH1-TP3-

*8

25

MB-ETH1-TP3-

*8

26

N/C

*10

27

N/C

*10

28

N/C

*10

29

MOD2-UART-TX

*9

30

SYS-GND

*7

31

I2C1-SDA

*6

32

MB-ETH1-TP3+

*8

33

SYS-GND

*7

34

MB-ETH1-TP2

*8

35

SYS-GND

*7

36

SYS-GND

*7

37

MB-ETH0-TP1+

*8

38

SYSRSTn

*1

39

ENABLE

*4

40

MB-ETH1-TP1

*8

41

SYS-GND

*7

42

MB-ETH1-TP2+

*8

43

MB-ETH0-TP0+

*8

44

SYS-GND

*7

45

MB-ETH0-TP1

*8

46

NVMRO

*3

47

MB-ETH1-TP1+

*8

48

MB-ETH1-TP0

*8

49

SYS-GND

*7

50

MB-ETH0-TP0

*8

51

MB-ETH0-TP3+

*8

52

MB-ETH0-TP3

*8

53

MB-ETH1-TP0+

*8

54

MB-ETH0-TP2+

*8

55

MB-ETH0-TP2

*8

Notes:

  1. SYSRSTn: An active “low” or GND logic level (as referenced to System GND of the NIU3E) assertion of the SYSRST# signal (internally pulled ‘high') on the NIU3E processor and module cards will initiate an NIU3E system reset.

  2. Debug: RS-232 Serial Communications Console port

  3. NVMRO: Used for SATA Flash write enable/disable on the processor of the NIU3E. OPEN for Write Protect, GND for Write Enable.

  4. ENABLE: Used to power the PSU. OPEN for PSU Power-On, GND for PSU Power-Off.

  5. USB: USB 2.0 compatibility - accessible with processor accessible version of the NIU3E. (ARM option only).

  6. I2C1-Sxy: The two lines used for I2C communications. SCL (Serial Clock) synchronizes all data transfers over the I2C bus, SDA (Serial Data) carries the data.

  7. GND: All the identified GNDs are referenced to the same internal signal GND (System GND).

  8. ETHx-TPyz: Standard NIU3E configuration provides 2x 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports. If the Gigabit Fiber Optic (Gb FO) connection is specified, the Ethernet functionality will not be available These signals are considered no-connects (N/C).

  9. UART: The two lines that are used to transmit and receive serial data.

  10. N/C: Signals are undefined in the standard NIU3E configurations. These signals are considered no-connects (N/C)

J6, I/O, Ethernet Switch Module (Ports 9-16)

The J6 I/O connector supports eight of the sixteen Ethernet Switch Ports (Ports 9 through 16)

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Figure 11. J6 I/O ES2 (Ports 9-16) Connector Detail

Parts Identification
Table 16. J6 I/O ES2 (Ports 9-16) Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J6

D38999/20WE35SN

19/35

66

D38999/26WE35PN

05-0584-COM

Pinout

Generic pinout. See module I/O section or contact factory regarding any special module I/O configuration.

Table 17. J6 I/O ES2 (Ports 9-16) Connector Pinout

J6 Connector Pin

Signal

Notes

6

ETH09_T0N

*1

12

ETH09_T0P

*1

2

ETH09_T1N

*1

1

ETH09_T1P

*1

17

ETH09_T2N

*1

25

ETH09_T2P

*1

18

ETH09_T3N

*1

26

ETH09_T3P

*1

3

ETH10_T0N

*1

7

ETH10_T0P

*1

8

ETH10_T1N

*1

14

ETH10_T1P

*1

4

ETH10_T2N

*1

10

ETH10_T2P

*1

5

ETH10_T3N

*1

11

ETH10_T3P

*1

9

ETH11_T0N

*1

15

ETH11_T0P

*1

16

ETH11_T1N

*1

23

ETH11_T1P

*1

19

ETH11_T2N

*1

27

ETH11_T2P

*1

13

ETH11_T3N

*1

20

ETH11_T3P

*1

24

ETH12_T0N

*1

32

ETH12_T0P

*1

42

ETH12_T1N

*1

41

ETH12_T1P

*1

21

ETH12_T2N

*1

29

ETH12_T2P

*1

22

ETH12_T3N

*1

30

ETH12_T3P

*1

40

ETH13_T0N

*1

31

ETH13_T0P

*1

57

ETH13_T1N

*1

50

ETH13_T1P

*1

37

ETH13_T2N

*1

28

ETH13_T2P

*1

48

ETH13_T3N

*1

39

ETH13_T3P

*1

56

ETH14_T0N

*1

49

ETH14_T0P

*1

62

ETH14_T1N

*1

63

ETH14_T1P

*1

47

ETH14_T2N

*1

38

ETH14_T2P

*1

61

ETH14_T3N

*1

55

ETH14_T3P

*1

46

ETH15_T0N

*1

53

ETH15_T0P

*1

65

ETH15_T1N

*1

66

ETH15_T1P

*1

36

ETH15_T2N

*1

45

ETH15_T2P

*1

58

ETH15_T3N

*1

52

ETH15_T3P

*1

60

ETH16_T0N

*1

54

ETH16_T0P

*1

59

ETH16_T1N

*1

64

ETH16_T1P

*1

51

ETH16_T2N

*1

44

ETH16_T2P

*1

43

ETH16_T3N

*1

35

ETH16_T3P

*1

33

SYS_GND

Signal/System Ground

34

SYS_GND

Signal/System Ground

Notes:

  1. 10/100/1000Base-T signal definitions:

     * ETHnn_Tx(y) where:

     * nn = Ethernet Switch Port number

     * x = Twisted pair/differential signal number

     * y = Differential signal polarity (p=positive(+) and n=negative(-))

J7, Fiber Optic, Option

The NIU3E supports up to four Tx and Rx Fiber Optic (Gb) Connections when appropriately configured.

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Figure 12. J7 Gb Fiber Optic Connector Detail (option)

Parts Identification
Table 18. J7 Gb Fiber Optic Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J7

MT38999 FO MIL-circular Amphenol: CF-599011-01S (Modified, NAI) Olive drab, Cd Includes: MT 12 fiber ferrule

11/01 FO, single cavity

N/A (FO ferrule)

Amphenol: CF-599611-01P (olive drab, Cd) Includes: MT 12 fiber ferrule with female MT to 38999 adapter kit (MT female Assy Kit (flat ribbon) / Amphenol CF-198137-000)

05-529

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Figure 13. FO MT38999 Connector Fiber Ferrule Assembly Detail (for reference only)

Pinout
Table 19. J7 Gb Fiber Optic Connector Pinout

J7 Connector Pin

Signal

Notes

1

RX1

TX/RX FO

2

RX2

TX/RX FO

3

RX3

TX/RX FO

4

RX4

TX/RX FO

5

N/C

6

N/C

7

N/C

8

N/C

9

TX4

TX/RX FO

10

TX3

TX/RX FO

11

TX2

TX/RX FO

12

TX1

TX/RX FO

J8, I/O, Module-1 (Starting as of 07/01/2024)

The J8 I/O connector supports Module-1 function I/O.

Note
The J8 connector will be applicable to the NIU3E as of 07/01/2024. It is not available with legacy NIU3E units built prior to 07/01/2024.
NIU3E J8

Figure 14. J8 I/O Module-1 Connector Detail

Parts Identification (Starting as of 07/01/2024)
Table 20. J8 I/O Module-1 Connector Definition

Chassis (Box-level)

Mating Cable Connector

Designation

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

Shell/Insert

Pin-count

MIL-DTL Equivalent Reference

NAI P/N (for reference)

J8

D38999/20WD35SN

15 / 35

37

D38999/26WD35PN

05-0467-COM

Pinout (Starting as of 07/01/2024

Generic pinout. See module I/O section or contact factory regarding any special module I/O configuration.

Table 21. J8 I/O Module-1 Connector Pinout

J8 Connector Pin

Signal

Notes

3

MB-ETH1-TP0N

2

MB-ETH1-TP0P

31

MB-ETH1-TP1N

20

MB-ETH1-TP1P

5

MB-ETH1-TP2N

4

MB-ETH1-TP2P

7

MB-ETH1-TP3N

6

MB-EHT1-TP3P

9

MB-ETH2-TP0N

8

MB-ETH2-TP0P

33

MB-ETH2-TP1N

23

MB-ETH2-TP1P

25

MB-ETH2-TP2N

24

MB-ETH2-TP2P

28

MB-ETH2-TP3N

27

MB-ETH2-TP3P

29

MB-ETH3-TP0N

17

MB-ETH3-TP0P

35

MB-ETH3-TP1N

34

MB-ETH3-TP1P

30

MB-ETH3-TP2N

18

MB-ETH3-TP2P

14

MB-ETH3-TP3N

13

MB-ETH3-TP3P

16

MB-ETH4-TP0N

15

MB-ETH4-TP0P

37

MB-ETH4-TP1N

36

MB-ETH4-TP1P

19

MB-ETH4-TP2N

1

MB-ETH4-TP2P

22

MB-ETH4-TP3N

21

MB-ETH4-TP3P

10

11

12

26

32

POWER-UP AND OPERATIONAL DESCRIPTION

Panel LEDs & Functions

Front Panel LEDs indications

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Figure 14. NIU3E Status LEDs Location

Table 22. NIU3E Status LEDs Function

LED

STATUS / FUNCTION

ILLUMINATED

EXTINGUISHED

POWER GRN:

Blinking: Initializing

Steady On: Power-On/Ready

Power-off

ACCESS YEL:

Blinking: Unit Access (GbE activity)

No Unit Access or Activity

STATUS RED:

Module BIT (Attention required)

No Module BIT Attention Required

REGISTER MEMORY MAP ADDRESSING

The register map address consists of the following:

  • cPCI/PCIe BAR or Base Address for the Board

  • Module Slot Base Address

  • Function Offset Address

Board Base Address

The table below lists the BAR used for access to the motherboard and module registers. The second BAR is used internally for motherboard and module firmware updates. The other cPCI/PCIe BARs not listed are not used.

NAI Boards

Device ID

Bus

Motherboard and Module Register Access

Motherboard and Module Firmware Updates

Slave Boards

NIU3E

N/A

N/A

Direct Memory Access

Internal Direct Memory Access

Module Slot and Function Addresses

The NIU3E includes (4) basic preconfigured IO functions embedded within the motherboard (onboard functions). These functions are like the standard NAI COSA® smart functions identified as:

  1. CM5 = Support function ID; for 2 channels MIL-STD-1553 & 8 Channels ARINC 429/575 (combination functions)

  2. CBX = Support function ID; for 2 channels CAN Bus

  3. DT1/4 = Support function ID for 24-CH programmable Discrete I/O (standard/enhanced capability option)

Additionally, the NIU3E incorporates a double-wide Ethernet Switch Module (ES2) and can be fitted with one additional function module.

The following depicts the memory structure allocated for the (3) onboard function IDs and (2) configured functions

NIU3E function/module structure/order"

Function #1:

Expansion Module 1

Function #2:

Ethernet Switch Module (ES2)

Function #3:

Onboard Function CM5-type (MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429)

Function #4:

Onboard Function CBX-type (CAN Bus)

Function #5:

Onboard Function DT1/4-tpe (Discrete I/O)

The “start” address of the function on the NIU3E are factory pre-defined (and read from) the Module Address register. Refer to Figure 15.

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Figure 15. Register Memory Map Addressing Example for NIU3E

Address Calculation

Motherboard Registers

Read/Write access to the motherboard registers starts with the base address for the board and then the motherboard base offset address.

For example, to address Module Slot 1 Start Address register (i.e. register address = 0x0400):

  1. Start with the base address for the board.

  2. Add the motherboard base register address offset.

Motherboard Address =

Base Address + Motherboard Address Offset

= 0x0000 0400

0x0000 0000 + 0x0400

Module Registers:

Read/Write access to the Function module’s registers start with the base address of the board. Add the “content” for the Module Start Address and then, add the specific module function register offset.

For example, to address an appropriate/specific function module with a register offset:

  1. Start with the base address for the board.

  2. Add the value (contents) from the module base address offset register (contents/value of Motherboard Memory register for Module 1 (i.e., @ 0x0400) = 0x4000.

  3. Then add the specific module function Register Offset of interest (i.e., A/D Reading Ch 1 @ 0x1000)

(Function Specific) Address =

Base Address

Module Base Address Offset

Function Register Offset

= 0x0000 5000

0x0000 0000

0x4000

0x1000

REGISTER DESCRIPTIONS

Module Information Registers

The Module Slot Address, Module Slot Size and Module Slot ID provide information about the modules detected on the board.

Module Slot Address

Function: Specifies the Base Address for the module in the specific slot position.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: Based on board’s module configuration.

Operational Settings: 0x0000 0000 indicates no Module found.

Module Slot Size

Function: Specifies the Memory Size (in bytes) allocated for the module in the specific slot position.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: Assigned by factory for the module.

Operational Settings: 0x0000 0000 indicates no Module found.

Module Slot ID

Function: Specifies the Model ID for the module in the specified slot position.

Type: 4-character ASCII string

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: Assigned by factory for the module.

Operational Settings: The Module ID is formatted as four ASCII bytes: three characters followed by a space. Module IDs are in little-endian order with a single space following the first three characters. For example, 'TL1' is '1LT', 'SC1' is '1CS' and so forth. Example below is for “TL1” (MSB justified). All value of 0000 0000 indicates no Module found.

Table 23. Module Slot ID

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

ASCII Character (ex: 'T' - 0x54)

ASCII Character (ex: 'L' - 0x4C)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

ASCII Character (ex: '1' - 0x31)

ASCII Space (' ' - 0x20)

Hardware Information Registers

The registers identified in this section provide information about the board’s hardware.

Product Serial Number

Function: Specifies the Board Serial Number.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: Serial number assigned by factory for the board.

Operational Settings: N/A

Platform

Function: Specifies the Board Platform Identifier. Values are for the ASCII characters for the NAI valid platforms (Identifiers).

Type: 4-character ASCII string

Data Range: See table below.

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: ASCII code is for the Platform Identifier of the board

Operational Settings: NAI platform for this board is shown below:

Table 24. Platform

NAI Platform

Platform Identifier

4-character ASCII string

NIU

00

0x0000 3030

Model

Function: Specifies the Board Model Identifier. Values are for the ASCII characters for the NAI valid models.

Type: 4-character ASCII string

Data Range: See table below.

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: ASCII code is for the Model Identifier of the board

Operational Settings: NAI model for this board is shown below:

Table 25. Model

NAI Model

4-character ASCII string

NIU

0x0055 494E

Generation

Function: Specifies the Board Generation. Identifier values are for the ASCII characters for the NAI valid generation identifiers.

Type: 4-character ASCII string

Data Range: See table below.

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: ASCII code is for the Generation Identifier of the board

Operational Settings: NAI generation for this board is shown below:

Table 26. Generation

NAI Generation

4-character ASCII string

3E

0x0000 4533

Processor Count/Ethernet Interface Count

Function: Specifies the Processor Count and Ethernet Interface Count.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table below.

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings:

     Processor Count - Indicates the number of unique processor types on the motherboard = 1

     Ethernet Interface Count - Indicates the number of Ethernet interfaces on the product motherboard. For NIU3A, the Ethernet Interface Count is set for Dual Ethernet = 2.

Table 27. Processor Count/Ethernet Interface

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Processor Count (0x0001)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ethernet Interface Count (0x0002)

Maximum Module Slot Count?ARM Platform Type

Function: Maximum Module Slot Count and Specifies the ARM Platform Type.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table below.

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings:

     Maximum Module Slot Count = 6.

     ARM Platform Type - Xilinx UltraScale+ = 3

Table 28. ARM Platform Type/Maximum Module Slot Count

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Maximum Module Slot = 0x0006

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

ARM Platform Type = 0x0003 (UltraScale)

Processor Operating System Registers

The registers in this section provide information about the Operating System that is running on the host processor on the motherboard. For boards that have more than one processor (ex. 75PPC1, 75INT2, 68PPC2, etc), the host processor would be the Power-PC or Intel processor.

ARM Processor Platform

Function: Specifies the ARM Processor on the motherboard. Values are for the ASCII characters for the NAI host processor platforms specified by the Operating System.

Type: 8-character ASCII string - Two (2) unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: N/A

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: ASCII code is for the Host Platform Identifier of the board.

Operational Settings: Valid NAI platforms based on Operating System loaded to host processor.

Table 29. Processor Platform (Note: 8-character ASCII string) (“aarch64”)

Word 1 (0x6372 6161 = “craa”)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

'c' (0x63)

'r' (0x72)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

'a' (0x61)

'a' (0x61)

Word 2 (0x0034 3668 = “ 46h”)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

null (0x00)

'4' (0x34)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

'6' (0x36)

'h' (0x68)

Processor Operating System

Function: Specifies the Operating System installed for the host processor. Values are for the ASCII characters for the NAI supported operating systems.

Type: 12-character ASCII string - Three (3) unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: N/A

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: ASCII, 12 characters; ('Linux', 'VxWorks', 'RTOS', …​)

Table 30. Processor Platform (Note: 12-character ASCII string) (“Linux”)

Word 1 (0x756E 694C = “uniL”)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

'u' (0x75)

'n' (0x6E)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

'i' (0x69)

'L' (0x4C)

Word 2 (0x0000 0078 = “ x”)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

null (0x00)

null (0x00)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

null (0x00)

null (0x00)

Word 3 (0x0000 0000 = “ ”)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

null (0x00)

null (0x00)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

null (0x00)

null (0x00)

Motherboard Firmware Information Registers

The registers in this section provide information on the revision of the firmware installed on the motherboard.

Motherboard Core (MBCore) Firmware Version

Function: Specifies the Version of the NAI factory provided Motherboard Core Application installed on the board.

Type: Two (2) unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The motherboard firmware version consists of four components: Major, Minor, Minor 2 and Minor 3.

Table 31. Motherboard Core Firmware Version (Note: little-endian order in register) (ex. 4.7.0.0)

Word 1 (Ex. 0007 0004 = 4.7 (Major.Minor)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Minor (ex: 0x0007 = 7)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Major (ex: 0x0004 = 4)

Word 2 (Ex. 0x0000 0000 = 0000 = 0.0 (Minor2.Minor3))

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Minor 3 (ex: 0x000 = 0)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Minor 2 (ex: 0x000 = 0)

Motherboard Firmware Build Time/Date

Function: Specifies the Build Date/Time of the NAI factory provided Motherboard Core Application installed on the board.

Type: Two (2) unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: N/A

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The motherboard firmware time consists of the Build Date and Build Time.

Note
On some builds the the Date/Time fields are fixed to 0000 0000 to maintain binary consistency across builds.
Table 32. Motherboard Firmware Build Time (Note: little-endian order in register)

Word 1 - Build Date (ex. 0x030C 07E2 = 2018-12-03)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Day (ex: 0x03 = 3)

Month (ex: 0x0C = 12)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Year (ex: 0x07E2 = 2018)

Word 2 - Build Time (ex. 0x001B 3B0A = 10:59:27)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

null (0x00)

Seconds (ex: 0x1B = 27)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Minutes (ex: 0x3B = 59)

Hours (ex: 0x0A = 10)

Motherboard FPGA Firmware Version

Function: Specifies the Version of the NAI factory provided Motherboard FPGA installed on the board.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The motherboard FPGA firmware version consists of two components: Major, Minor.

Table 33. Motherboard FPGA Firmware Version (ex. 0x0005 0008 = 5.8)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Major (ex: 0x0005 = 5)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Minor (ex: 0x0008 = 8)

Motherboard FPGA Compile Date/Time

Function: Specifies the Compile Date/Time of the NAI factory provided Motherboard FPGA installed on the board.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: N/A

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The motherboard firmware time consists of the Build Date and Time in the following format:

Table 34. Motherboard FPGA Compile Time (ex. 0xD12A 01B8 = 02/26/21 00:06:56)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Day (D31:D27)

Month (D26:D23)

Year (D22:D17)

ex. 0xD

ex. 0x1

0x2

0xA

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

1

Day = 0x1A = 26

Month = 0x2 = 2

Year = 0x15 = 21

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Hour (D16:D12)

Minutes (D11:D6)

Seconds (D5:D0)

ex. 0x0

ex. 0x1

ex. 0xB

ex. 0x8

Hour = 0x00 = 0

Minutes = 0x06 = 06

Seconds = 0x38 = 56

Motherboard Monitoring Registers

The registers in this provide motherboard voltage and temperature measurement information.

Temperature Readings Register

The temperature registers provide the current, maximum (from power-up) and minimum (from power-up) for the processor and PCB for UltraScale processor.

These registers are only available on Xilinx Generation 5 platforms, and are periodically populated by the motherboard core application, which only runs in Petalinux and BareMetal. For other operating systems, refer to the naibrd Software Support Kit (SSK) naibsp_system_Monitor_Temperature_Get() routine to manually retrieve the temperature (NOTE: this feature is typically utilized for development/factory use only; contact the factory for additional details on potential use, if required).

Function: Specifies the Measured Temperatures on Motherboard.

Type: signed byte (8-bits) for each temperature reading - Six (6) 32-bit words

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF 0000

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: Value corresponding to the measured temperatures based on the table below.

Operational Settings: The 8-bit temperature readings are signed bytes. For example, if the following register contains the value 0x2B2B 0000:

Example:

Table 35. Word 1 (UltraScale Temperatures)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

UltraScale Core Temperature

UltraScale PCB Temperature

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0x00

0x00

The values would represent the following temperatures:

Temperature Measurements

Data Bits

Value

Temperature (Celsius)

UltraScale Core Temperature

D31:D24

0x2B

+43°

UltraScale PCB Temperature

D23:D16

0x2B

+43°

Temperature Readings
Table 36. Word 1 (UltraScale Temperatures)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

UltraScale Core Temperature

UltraScale PCB Temperature

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0x00

0x00

Table 37. Word 2 (Reserved)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0x00

0x00

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0x00

0x00

Table 38. Word 3 (Max UltraScale Temperatures)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Max UltraScale Core Temperature

Max UltraScale PCB Temperature

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0x00

0x00

Table 39. Word 4 (Reserved)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0x00

0x00

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Table 40. Word 5 (Min UltraScale Temperatures)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Min UltraScale Core Temperature

Min UltraScale PCB Temperature

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Table 41. Word 6 (Reserved)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0x00

0x00

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

00

Higher Precision Temperature Readings Registers

These registers provide higher precision readings of the current UltraScale Core and PCB temperatures.

Higher Precision UltraScale Core Temperature

Function: Specifies the Higher Precision Measured UltraScale Core temperature on Motherboard Board.

Type: signed word (16-bits) for integer part and unsigned word (16-bits) for fractional part

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: Measured UltraScale Core temperature on Motherboard Board

Operational Settings: The upper 16-bits represent the signed integer part of the temperature, and the lower 16-bits represent the fractional part of the temperature with the resolution of 1/1000 of degree Celsius. For example, if the register contains the value 0x002B 0271, this represents UltraScale Core Temperature = 43.625° Celsius, and value 0xFFF6 0177 represents -10.375° Celsius.

Table 42. Higher Precision UltraScale Core Temperature

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Signed Integer Part of Temperature

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Fractional Part of Temperature

Higher Precision Motherboard PCB Temperature

Function: Specifies the Higher Precision Measured Motherboard PCB temperature.

Type: signed word (16-bits) for integer part and unsigned word (16-bits) for fractional part

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: Measured Motherboard PCB temperature

Operational Settings: The upper 16-bits represent the signed integer part of the temperature and the lower 16-bits represent the fractional part of the temperature with the resolution of 1/1000 of degree Celsius. For example, if the register contains the value 0x0020 007D, this represents Interface PCB Temperature = 32.125° Celsius, and value 0xFFE8 036B represents -24.875° Celsius.

Table 43. Higher Precision Motherboard PCB Temperature

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Signed Integer Part of Temperature

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Fractional Part of Temperature

Motherboard Health Monitoring Registers

The registers in this section provide a summary of motherboard temperature sensors and their corresponding bits. Additionally, this section provides an overview of the registers allocated to those sensors, which are used to monitor current/minimum/maximum temperature readings, upper & lower critical/warning temperature thresholds, and whether or not a programmed temperature threshold has been exceeded.

These registers are only available on Xilinx Generation 5 platforms, and are periodically populated by the motherboard core application, which only runs in Petalinux and BareMetal. For other operating systems, refer to the naibrd Software Support Kit (SSK) naibsp_system_Monitor_Temperature_Get() routine to manually retrieve the temperature (NOTE: this feature is typically utilized for development/factory use only; contact the factory for additional details on potential use, if required).

Motherboard Sensor Summary Status

Function: The corresponding sensor bit is set if the sensor has crossed any of its thresholds.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bits)

Data Range: See table below

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: This register provides a summary for motherboard sensors. When the corresponding sensor bit is set, the Sensor Threshold Status register for that sensor will indicate the threshold condition that triggered the event.

Table 44. Motherboard Sensor Summary Status

Bit(s)

Sensor

D31:D5

Reserved

D4

Motherboard PCB Temperature

D3

US+ Core Temperature

D2:D0

Reserved

Motherboard Sensor Registers

The registers listed in this section apply to each module sensor listed for the Motherboard Sensor Summary Status register. Each individual sensor register provides a group of registers for monitoring motherboard temperatures readings. From these registers, a user can read the current temperature of the sensor in addition to the minimum and maximum temperature readings since power-up. Upper and lower critical/warning temperature thresholds can be set and monitored from these registers. When a programmed temperature threshold is crossed, the Sensor Threshold Status register will set the corresponding bit for that threshold. The figure below shows the functionality of this group of registers when accessing the Zynq Core Temperature sensor as an example.

MB Sensor Registers US
Sensor Threshold Status

Function: Reflects which threshold has been crossed

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bits)

Data Range: See table below

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: The associated bit is set when the sensor reading exceed the corresponding threshold settings.

Table 45. Sensor Threshold Status

Bit(s)

Description

D31:4

Reserved

D3

Exceeded Upper Critical Threshold

D2

Exceeded Upper Warning Threshold

D1

Exceeded Lower Critical Threshold

D0

Exceeded Lower Warning Threshold

Sensor Current Reading

Function: Reflects current reading of temperature sensor

Type: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Data Range: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: The register represents current sensor reading as a single precision floating point value. For example, for a temperature sensor, register value 0x41C6 0000 represents temperature = 24.75° Celsius.

Sensor Minimum Reading

Function: Reflects minimum value of temperature sensor since power up

Type: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Data Range: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: The register represents minimum sensor value as a single precision floating point value. For example, for a temperature sensor, register value 0x41C6 0000 represents temperature = 24.75° Celsius.

Sensor Maximum Reading

Function: Reflects maximum value of temperature sensor since power up

Type: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Data Range: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: The register represents maximum sensor value as a single precision floating point value. For example, for a temperature sensor, register value 0x41C6 0000 represents temperature = 24.75° Celsius.

Sensor Lower Warning Threshold

Function: Reflects lower warning threshold of temperature sensor

Type: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Data Range: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: Default lower warning threshold (value dependent on specific sensor)

Operational Settings: The register represents sensor lower warning threshold as a single precision floating point value. For example, for a temperature sensor, register value 0xC220 0000 represents temperature = -40.0° Celsius.

Sensor Lower Critical Threshold

Function: Reflects lower critical threshold of temperature sensor

Type: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Data Range: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: Default lower critical threshold (value dependent on specific sensor)

Operational Settings: The register represents sensor lower critical threshold as a single precision floating point value. For example, for a temperature sensor, register value 0xC25C 0000 represents temperature = -55.0° Celsius.

Sensor Upper Warning Threshold

Function: Reflects upper warning threshold of temperature sensor

Type: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Data Range: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: Default upper warning threshold (value dependent on specific sensor)

Operational Settings: The register represents sensor upper warning threshold as a single precision floating point value. For example, for a temperature sensor, register value 0x42AA 0000 represents temperature = 85.0° Celsius.

Sensor Upper Critical Threshold

Function: Reflects upper critical threshold of temperature sensor

Type: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Data Range: Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: Default upper critical threshold (value dependent on specific sensor)

Operational Settings: The register represents sensor upper critical threshold as a single precision floating point value. For example, for a temperature sensor, register value 0x42FA 0000 represents temperature = 125.0° Celsius.

Ethernet Configuration Registers

The registers in this section provide information about the Ethernet Configuration for the two ports on the board.

Important: Regardless if the board is configured for one or two Ethernet ports, the second IP address cannot be on the same Subnet as the First IP Address. The table below provides examples of valid and invalid IP Addresses and Subnet Mask Addresses.

First Port (A) IP Address

First Port (A) Subnet Mask

Second Port (B) IP Address

Second Port (B) Subnet Mask

Result

192.168.1.5

255.255.255.0

192.168.2.5

255.255.255.0

Good

192.168.1.5

255.255.0.0

192.168.2.5

255.255.0.0

Conflict

192.168.1.5

255.255.0.0

192.168.2.5

255.255.255.0

Conflict

10.0.0.15

255.0.0.0

192.168.1.5

255.255.255.0

Good

Ethernet MAC Address and Ethernet Settings

Function: Specifies the Ethernet MAC Address and Ethernet Settings for the Ethernet port.

Type: Two (2) unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table.

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The Ethernet MAC Address consists of six octets. The Ethernet Settings are defined in table.

Table 46. Ethernet Settings

Bits

Description

Values

D31:D23

Reserved

0

D22:D21

Duplex

00 = Not Specified, 01 = Half Duplex, 10 = Full Duplex, 11 = Reserved

D20:D18

Speed

000 = Not Specified, 001 = 10 Mbps, 010 = 100 Mbps, 011 = 1000 Mbps, 100 = 2500 Mbps, 101 = 10000 Mbps, 110 = Reserved, 111 = Reserved

D17

Auto Negotiate

0 = Enabled, 1 = Disabled

D16

Static IP Address

0 = Enabled, 1 = Disabled

Table 47. Ethernet MAC Address and Ethernet Settings (Note: little-endian order in register)

Word 1 (Ethernet MAC Address (Octets 1-4)) (ex: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

MAC Address Octet 4 (ex: 0xDD)

MAC Address Octet 3 (ex: 0xCC)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

MAC Address Octet 2 (ex: 0xBB)

MAC Address Octet 1 (ex: 0xAA)

Word 2 (Ethernet MAC Address (Octets 5-6) and Ethernet Settings)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Ethernet Settings (See table)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

MAC Address Octet 6 (ex: 0xFF)

MAC Address Octet 5 (ex: 0xEE)

Ethernet Interface Name

Function: Specifies the Ethernet Interface Name for the Ethernet port.

Type: 8-character ASCII string

Data Range: See table.

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The Ethernet Interface Name (eth0, eth1, etc) for the Ethernet port.

Table 48. Ethernet Interface Name (Note: little-endian order in register) (ex. “eth0”)*

Word 1 (Bit 0-31) (ex: 0x3068 7465 = “0hte”)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

ASCII Character (ex: '0' - 0x30)

ASCII Character (ex: 'h' - 0x68)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

ASCII Character (ex: 't' - 0x74)

ASCII Character (ex: 'e' - 0x65)

Word 2 (Bit 32-63) (ex: 0x0000 0000)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

ASCII Character (ex: null - 0x00)

ASCII Character (ex: null - 0x00)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

ASCII Character (ex: null - 0x00)

ASCII Character (ex: null - 0x00)

Ethernet IPv4 Address

Function: Specifies the Ethernet IPv4 Address for the Ethernet port.

Type: Three (3) unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table.

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The Ethernet IPv4 Address consists of three parts: IPv4 Address, IPv4 Subnet Mask and IPv4 Gateway.

Table 49. Ethernet IPv4 Address (Note: little-endian order in register)

Word 1 (Ethernet IPv4 Address) (ex: 0x1001 A8C0 = 192.168.1.16)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

IPv4 Address Octet 4 (ex: 0x10 = 16)

IPv4 Address Octet 3 (ex: 0x01 = 1)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

IPv4 Address Octet 2 (ex: 0xA8 = 168)

IPv4 Address Octet 1 (ex: 0xC0 = 192)

Word 2 (Ethernet IPv4 Subnet) (ex: 0x00FF FFFF = 255.255.255.0)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

IPv4 Subnet Octet 4 (ex: 0x00 = 0)

IPv4 Subnet Octet 3 (ex: 0xFF = 255)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

IPv4 Subnet Octet 2 (ex: 0xFF = 255)

IPv4 Subnet Octet 1 (ex: 0xFF = 255)

Word 3 (Ethernet IPv4 Gateway) (ex: 0x0101 A8C0 = 192.168.1.1)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

IPv4 Gateway Octet 4 (ex: 0x01 = 1)

IPv4 Gateway Octet 3 (ex: 0x01 = 1)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

IPv4 Gateway Octet 2 (ex: 0xA8 = 168)

IPv4 Gateway Octet 1 (ex: 0xC0 = 192)

Ethernet IPv6 Address

Function: Specifies the Ethernet IPv6 Address for the Ethernet port.

Type: Five (5) unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table.

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The IPv6 Prefix length indicates the network portion of an IPv6 address using the following format:

  • IPv6 address/prefix length

  • Prefix length can range from 0 to 128

  • Typical prefix length is 64

The following is an illustration of IPv6 addressing with IPv6 Prefix length of 64.

64 bits

64 bits

Prefix

Interface ID

Prefix 1

Prefix 2

Prefix 3

Subnet ID

Interface ID 1

Interface ID 2

Interface ID 3

Interface ID 4

Example: 2002:c0a8:101:0:7c99:d118:9058:1235/64

2002

C0A8

0101

0000

7C99

D118

9058

1235

Table 50. Ethernet IPv6 Address (Note: little-endian order within 32-bit and 16-bit words in register) (ex. IPv6 Address: 2002:c0a8:101:0:7c99:d118:9058:1235 IPv6 Prefix: 64)

Word 1 (Ethernet IPv6 Address (Prefix 1-2)) (ex:0xA8C0 0220 = 2002 C0A8)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Prefix 2 (ex: 0xA8C0 = C0A8)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Prefix 1 (ex: 0x0220 = 2002)

Word 2 (Ethernet IPv6 Address (Prefix 3/Subnet ID)) (ex:0x000 0101 = 0101 0000)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Subnet ID (ex: 0x0000 = 0000)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Prefix 3 (ex: 0x0101 = 0101)

Word 3 (Ethernet IPv6 Address (Interface ID 1-2)) (ex: 0x18D1 997C = 7C99 D118)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Interface ID 2 (ex: 0x18D1 = D118)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Interface ID 1 (ex: 0x997C = 7C99)

Word 4 (Ethernet IPv6 Address (Interface ID 3-4)) (ex: 0x3512 5890 = 9058 1235)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Interface ID 4 (ex: 0x3512 = 1235)

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Interface ID 3 (ex: 0x5890 = 9058)

Word 5 (Ethernet IPv6 Prefix Length) (ex:0x0000 0040)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Prefix Length (ex: 0x0040 = 64)

Interrupt Vector and Steering

When interrupts are enabled, the interrupt vector associated with the specific interrupt can be programmed (typically with a unique number/identifier) such that it can be utilized in the Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) to identify the type of interrupt. When an interrupt occurs, the contents of the Interrupt Vector registers is reported as part of the interrupt mechanism. In addition to specifying the interrupt vector, the interrupt can be directed (“steered”) to the native bus or to the application running on the onboard ARM processor.

Note
The Interrupt Vector and Interrupt Steering registers are mapped to the Motherboard Common Memory and these registers are associated with the Module Slot position (refer to Function Register Map).

Interrupt Vector

Function: Set an identifier for the interrupt.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: When an interrupt occurs, this value is reported as part of the interrupt mechanism.

Interrupt Steering

Function: Sets where to direct the interrupt.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: When an interrupt occurs, the interrupt is sent as specified:

Direct Interrupt to VME

1

Direct Interrupt to ARM Processor (via SerDes) (Custom App on ARM or NAI Ethernet Listener App)

2

Direct Interrupt to PCIe Bus

5

Direct Interrupt to cPCI Bus

6

Modules Health Monitoring Registers

Module BIT Status

Function: Provides the ability to monitor the individual Module BIT Status.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings: The Module BIT Status registers provide the ability to monitor individual Module BIT results as Latched and current value. A 1 is any bit field indicates BIT failure for the Module in that slot.

Module BIT Status

Bit(s)

Description

D31:23

Reserved

D22

Module Slot 6 BIT Failure (current value)

D21

Module Slot 5 BIT Failure (current value)

D20

Module Slot 4 BIT Failure (current value)

D19

Module Slot 3 BIT Failure (current value)

D18

Module Slot 2 BIT Failure (current value)

D17

Module Slot 1 BIT Failure (current value)

D16

Reserved

D15:D7

Reserved

D6

Module Slot 6 BIT Failure - Latched

D5

Module Slot 5 BIT Failure - Latched

D4

Module Slot 4 BIT Failure - Latched

D3

Module Slot 3 BIT Failure - Latched

D2

Module Slot 2 BIT Failure - Latched

D1

Module Slot 1 BIT Failure - Latched

D0

Reserved

Scratchpad Area

Function: Registers reserved as scratch pad for customer use.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Operational Settings: This area in memory is reserved for customer use.

MOTHERBOARD FUNCTION REGISTER MAP

Key:

Bold Underline = Measurement/Status/Board Information

Bold Italic = Configuration/Control

Module Information Registers

0x0400

Module Slot 1 Address

R

0x0404

Module Slot 2 Address

R

0x0408

Module Slot 3 Address

R

0x040C

Module Slot 4 Address

R

0x0410

Module Slot 5 Address

R

0x0414

Module Slot 6 Address

R

0x0430

Module Slot 1 Size

R

0x0434

Module Slot 2 Size

R

0x0438

Module Slot 3 Size

R

0x043C

Module Slot 4 Size

R

0x0440

Module Slot 5 Size

R

0x0444

Module Slot 6 Size

R

0x0460

Module Slot 1 ID

R

0x0464

Module Slot 2 ID

R

0x0468

Module Slot 3 ID

R

0x046C

Module Slot 4 ID

R

0x0470

Module Slot 5 ID

R

0x0474

Module Slot 6 ID

R

Hardware Information Registers

0x0020

Product Serial Number

R

0x0024

Platform

R

0x0028

Model

R

0x002C

Generation

R

0x0030

Processor Count/Ethernet Count

R

0x0034

Maximum Module Slot Count/ARM Platform Type

R

0x0038

Processor Platform (Bit 0-31)

R

0x003C

Processor Platform (Bit 32-63)

R

0x0040

Processor Operating System (Bit 0-31)

R

0x0044

Processor Operating System (Bit 32-63)

R

0x0048

Processor Operating System (Bit 64-95)

R

0x004C

Processor Operating System Version (Bit 0-31)

R

0x0050

Processor Operating System Version (Bit 32-63)

R

Motherboard Firmware Information Registers

Motherboard Core Information

0x0100

MB Core Major/Minor Version

R

0x0104

MB Core Minor 2/3 Version

R

0x0108

MB Core Build Date (Bit 0-31)

R

0x010C

MB Core Build Date (Bit 32-63)

R

Motherboard FPGA Information

0x0270

MB FPGA Revision

R

0x0274

MB FPGA Compile Date/Time

R

Motherboard Monitoring Registers

Temperature Readings

0x0200

Current UltraScale Temperatures

R

0x0204

Reserved

R

0x0208

MMax UltraScale Temperatures

R

0x020C

Reserved

R

0x0210

Min UltraScale Temperatures

R

0x0214

Reserved

R

Higher Precision Temperature Readings

0x0230

Current UltraScale Core Temperature

R

0x0234

Current UltraScale PCB Temperature

R

Motherboard Health Monitoring Registers

0x20F8

Motherboard Sensor Summary Status 1

R

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Ethernet Configuration Registers

0x0070

Ethernet A MAC (Octets 1-4)

R

0x0074

Ethernet A MAC (Octets 5-6)/Misc Settings

R

0x0078

Ethernet A Interface Name (Bit 0-31)

R

0x007C

Ethernet A Interface Name (Bit 32-63)

R

0x0080

Ethernet A IPv4 Address

R

0x0084

Ethernet A IPv4 Subnet Mask

R

0x0088

Ethernet A IPv4 Gateway

R

0x008C

Ethernet A IPv6 Address (Prefix 1-2)

R

0x0090

Ethernet A IPv6 Address (Prefix 3/Subnet ID)

R

0x0094

Ethernet A IPv6 Address (Interface ID 1-2)

R

0x0098

Ethernet A IPv6 Address (Interface ID 3-4)

R

0x009C

Ethernet A IPv6 Prefix Length

R

0x00A0

Ethernet B MAC (Octets 1-4)

R

0x00A4

Ethernet B MAC (Octets 5-6)/Misc Settings

R

0x00A8

Ethernet B Interface Name (Bit 0-31)

R

0x00AC

Ethernet B Interface Name (Bit 32-63)

R

0x00B0

Ethernet B IPv4 Address

R

0x00B4

Ethernet B IPv4 Subnet Mask

R

0x00B8

Ethernet B IPv4 Gateway

R

0x00BC

Ethernet B IPv6 Address (Prefix 1-2)

R

0x00C0

Ethernet B IPv6 Address (Prefix 3/Subnet ID)

R

0x00C4

Ethernet B IPv6 Address (Interface ID 1-2)

R

0x00C8

Ethernet B IPv6 Address (Interface ID 3-4)

R

0x00CC

Ethernet B IPv6 Prefix Length

R

Interrupt Vector and Steering

0x0500-0x057C

Module 1 Interrupt Vector 1 - 32

R/W

0x0700-0x077C

Module 2 Interrupt Vector 1 - 32

R/W

0x0900-0x097C

Module 3 Interrupt Vector 1 - 32

R/W

0x0B00-0x0B7C

Module 4 Interrupt Vector 1 - 32

R/W

0x0D00-0x0D7C

Module 5 Interrupt Vector 1 - 32

R/W

0x0F00-0x0F7C

Module 6 Interrupt Vector 1 - 32

R/W

0x0600-0x067C

Module 1 Interrupt Steering 1 - 32

R/W

0x0800-0x087C

Module 2 Interrupt Steering 1 - 32

R/W

0x0A00-0x0A7C

Module 3 Interrupt Steering 1 - 32

R/W

0x0C00-0x0C7C

Module 4 Interrupt Steering 1 - 32

R/W

0x0E00-0x0E7C

Module 5 Interrupt Steering 1 - 32

R/W

0x1000-0x107C

Module 6 Interrupt Steering 1 - 32

R/W

Modules Health Monitoring Registers

Module BIT Status

0x0128

Module BIT Status (current and latched)

R

Scratchpad Registers

0x3800 - 0x3BFF

Scratchpad Registers

R/W

ETHERNET

(For detailed supplement, please visit the NAI web-site specific product page and refer to: Ethernet Interface for Generation 5 SBC and Embedded IO Boards Specification)

The Ethernet Interface Option allows communications and control access to all function modules either via the system BUS or Ethernet ports 1 or 2.

Ethernet 1

Ethernet 2

Ethernet 3*

Ethernet 4*

(REF PORT A)

(REF PORT B)

(REF PORT C)

(REF PORT D)

The default IP address:

192.168.1.16

192.168.2.16

192.168.3.16

192.168.4.16

The default subnet:

255.255.255.0

255.255.255.0

255.255.255.0

255.255.255.0

The default gateway:

192.168.1.1

192.168.2.1

192.168.3.1

192.168.4.1

*see Part Number Designation for applicability.

Note
Actual "as shipped" card Ethernet default IP addresses may vary based upon final ATP configuration(s).

The NAI interface supports IPv4 and IPv6 and both the TCP and UDP protocols. The Ethernet Operation Mode Command Listener application running on the motherboard host processor implements the operation interface. The listener is operational on startup through the nai_MBStartup process and listen on specific ports for commands to process. The default ports are listed below:

  • TCP1 - Port 52801

  • TCP2 - Port 52802

  • UDP1 - Port 52801

  • UDP2 - Port 52802

While the listener is active, note that interrupts from the motherboard do not trigger. The listener can be disabled by turning off the nai_MBStartup process through the Motherboard EEPROM. To turn off nai_MBStartup use the command mbeeprom_util set MBStartupInitOnlyFlag 1 in the console, either by serial port or telnet to the motherboard, and then reboot the system. To turn on the nai_MBStartup use the command mbeeprom_util set MBStartupInitOnlyFlag 0 in the console, either by serial port or telnet to the motherboard, and then reboot the system.

Ethernet Message Framework

The interface uses a specific message framework for all commands and responses. All messages begin with a Preamble code and end with a Postamble code. The message framework is shown below.

Preamble

2 bytes Always 0xD30F

SequenceNo

2 bytes

Type Code

2 byte

Message Length

(2 bytes)

Payload

(0..1414 bytes)

Postamble

2 bytes Always 0xF03D

Message Elements

Preamble

The Preamble is used to delineate the beginning of a message frame. The Preamble is always 0xD30F.

SequenceNo

The SequenceNo is used to associate Commands with Responses.

Type Code

Type Codes are used to define the type of Command or Response the message contains.

Message Length

The Message Length is the number of bytes in the complete message frame starting with and including the Preamble and ending with and including the Postamble.

Payload

The Payload contains the unique data that makes up the command or response. Payloads vary based on command type.

Postamble

The Postamble is use to delineate the end of a message frame. The Postamble is always 0xF03D.

Notes

  1. The messaging protocol applies only to card products.

  2. Messaging is managed by the connected (client) computer. The client computer will send a single message and wait for a reply from the card. Multiple cards may be managed from a single computer, subject to channel and computer capacity.

Board Addressing

The interface provides two main addressing areas: Onboard and Off-board.

Onboard addressing refers to accessing resources located on the board that is implementing the operation interface (including its modules).

Off-board addressing refers to accessing resources located on another board reachable via VME, PCI, or other bus. Off-board addressing requires a Master/Slave configuration.

The user must always specify if a particular address is Onboard or Off-board. See the command descriptions for the onboard and off-board flags.

Within a particular board (Onboard or Off-board), the address space is broken up into two areas: Motherboard Common Address Space and Module Address Space. All addresses are 32-bit.

Motherboard Common Address Space starts at 0x00000000 and ends at 0x00004000. This is a 4Kx32-bit address space (16 kbytes).

Module Address Space starts at 0x00004000. Module addressing is dynamically configured at startup. NAI boards support between 1 and 6 modules. The minimum module address space size is 4Kx32 (16 kbytes) and module sizes are always a multiple of 4Kx32.

Module addressing is dynamic and cumulative. The first detected module (starting with Slot 1) is given an address of 0x00004000. The 2nd detected Module is given an address of:

First_Detected_Module_Address + First_Detected_Module_Size

Note
Slots do not define addresses.

If no module is detected in a module slot, that slot is not given an address. Therefore, if the first detected Module is in Slot 2, then that module address will be 0x00004000. If the next detected module is in Slot 4, then the address of that Module will be:

Second_Detected_Module_Address = First_Detected_Module_Address + First_Detected_Module_Size

If a 3rd Module is detected in Slot 6, then the address of that Module will be:

Third_Detected_Module_Address = Second_Detected_Module_Address + Second_Detected_Module_Size

Note
Module addresses are calculated at each board startup when the modules are detected. Therefore, if a module should fail to be detected due to malfunction or because it was removed from the motherboard, the addresses of the modules that follow it in the slot sequence will be altered. This is important to note when programming to this interface.

Users can always retrieve the Module Addresses, Module Sizes and Module IDs from the fixed Motherboard Common address area. This data is set upon each board startup. While the Module Addressing is dynamic, the address where these addresses are stored is fixed. For example, to find the startup address of the module location in Slot 3, refer to the MB Common Address 0x00000408 from the Motherboard Common Addresses table that follows.

Ethernet Wiring Convention

RJ-45 Pin

T568A Color

T568B Color

10/100Base-T

1000BASE-T

NAI wiring convention

1

white/green stripe

white/orange stripe

TX+

DA+

ETH-TP0+

2

green

orange

TX-

DA-

ETH-TP0-

3

white/orange stripe

white/green stripe

RX+

DB+

ETH-TP1+

4

blue

blue

DC+

ETH-TP2+

5

white/blue stripe

white/blue stripe

DC-

ETH-TP2-

6

orange

green

RX-

DB-

ETH-TP1-

7

white/brown stripe

white/brown stripe

DD+

ETH-TP3+

8

brown

brown

DD-

ETH-TP3-

NIU3E I/O MAPPING

NIU3E I/O Mapping (for reference) is shown below, with respect to DATAIO. Additional information on pin-outs can be found in the Module Operational Manuals or by contacting the factory.

MOD1 J2 - I/O

(deprecated 7/1/24)

MOD3 J2 - I/O

(starting 7/1/24)

Internal Reference Only

MOD1 J8 – I/O

(starting 7/1/24)

Internal Reference Only

65

MOD-DATIO01

3

MB-ETH1-TP0N

64

MOD-DATIO02

2

MB-ETH1-TP0P

16

MOD-DATIO03

31

MB-ETH1-TP1N

9

MOD-DATIO04

20

MB-ETH1-TP1P

22

MOD-DATIO05

5

MB-ETH1-TP2N

14

MOD-DATIO06

4

MB-ETH1-TP2P

3

MOD-DATIO07

7

MB-ETH1-TP3N

8

MOD-DATIO08

6

MB-ETH1-TP3P

21

MOD-DATIO09

9

MB-ETH2-TP0N

7

MOD-DATIO10

8

MB-ETH2-TP0P

30

MOD-DATIO11

33

MB-ETH2-TP1N

6

MOD-DATIO12

23

MB-ETH2-TP1P

56

MOD-DATIO13

25

MB-ETH2-TP2N

62

MOD-DATIO14

24

MB-ETH2-TP2P

66

MOD-DATIO15

28

MB-ETH2-TP3N

40

MOD-DATIO16

27

MB-ETH2-TP3P

41

MOD-DATIO17

29

MB-ETH3-TP0N

50

MOD-DATIO18

17

MB-ETH3-TP0P

42

MOD-DATIO19

35

MB-ETH3-TP1N

32

MOD-DATIO20

34

MB-ETH3-TP1P

24

MOD-DATIO21

30

MB-ETH3-TP2N

48

MOD-DATIO22

18

MB-ETH3-TP2P

23

MOD-DATIO23

14

MB-ETH3-TP3N

39

MOD-DATIO24

13

MB-ETH3-TP3P

15

MOD-DATIO25

16

MB-ETH4-TP0N

31

MOD-DATIO26

15

MB-ETH4-TP0P

2

MOD-DATIO27

37

MB-ETH4-TP1N

13

MOD-DATIO28

36

MB-ETH4-TP1P

57

MOD-DATIO29

19

MB-ETH4-TP2N

49

MOD-DATIO30

1

MB-ETH4-TP2P

33

MOD-DATIO31

22

MB-ETH4-TP3N

63

MOD-DATIO32

21

MB-ETH4-TP3P

-

10

-

-

11

-

-

12

-

-

26

-

-

32

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

N/C

-

N/C

-

N/C

-

1

SYSTEM GND

-

61

SYSTEM GND

-

Key

N/C

Indicates module signal pin not available at Jx I/O Connector.

NIU3E PART NUMBER DESIGNATION

SYNCHRO/RESOLVER AND LVDT/RVDT SIMULATION MODULE CODE TABLES

Select the Digital-to-Synchro (DSx), Digital-to-Resolver (DRx) or Digital-to-LVDT/RVDT (DLx) module ID corresponding to the application operating parameters required from the following code table (where x = the specific module ID designator). Customer should indicate the actual frequency applicable the design to assure that the correct default band width is set at the factory. All Input and Reference voltages are auto ranging. Frequency/voltage band tolerances +/- 10%. For availability and ranges other than those listed contact the factory. Specifications may be subject to change.

  • Single Channel module pending availability (contact factory)

Module ID

Format

Channel(s)

Output Voltage VL-L (Vrms)

Reference Voltage (Vrms)

Frequency Range (Hz)

Power / CH maximum (VA)

Notes

DS1

SYN

1*

2 - 28

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

3

DR1

RSL

DL1

LVDT/RVDT

DS2

SYN

1*

2 - 28

2 - 115

1 K - 5 K

3

DR2

RSL

DL2

LVDT/RVDT

DS3

SYN

1*

2 - 28

2 - 115

5 K - 10 K

3

DR3

RSL

DL3

LVDT/RVDT

DS4

SYN

1*

2 - 28

2 - 115

10 K - 20 K

3

DR4

RSL

DL4

LVDT/RVDT

DS5

SYN

1*

28 - 90

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

3

DR5

RSL

DL5

LVDT/RVDT

DSX

SYN

1*

X

X

X

X

X = TBD; special configuration, requires special part number code designation, contact factory

DRX

RSL

DLX

LVDT/RVDT

DSA

SYN

2

2 - 28

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

1.5

DRA

RSL

DLA

LVDT/RVDT

DSB

SYN

2

2 - 28

2 - 115

1 K - 5 K

1.5

DRB

RSL

DLB

LVDT/RVDT

DSC

SYN

2

2 - 28

2 - 115

5 K - 10 K

1.5

DRC

RSL

DLC

LVDT/RVDT

DSD

SYN

2

2 - 28

2 - 115

10 K - 20 K

1.5

DRD

RSL

DLD

LVDT/RVDT

DSE

SYN

2

28 - 90

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

2.2

DRE

RSL

DLE

LVDT/RVDT

DSY

SYN

2

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y = TBD; special configuration, requires special part number code designation, contact factory

DRY

RSL

DLY

LVDT/RVDT

DSJ

SYN

3

2 - 28

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

0.5

DRJ

RSL

DLJ

LVDT/RVDT

DSK

SYN

3

2 - 28

2 - 115

1 K - 5 K

0.5

DRK

RSL

DLK

LVDT/RVDT

DSL

SYN

3

2 - 28

2 - 115

5 K - 10 K

0.5

DRL

RSL

DLL

LVDT/RVDT

DSM

SYN

3

2 - 28

2 - 115

10 K - 20 K

0.5

DRM

RSL

DLM

LVDT/RVDT

DSN

SYN

3

28 - 90

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

0.5

DRN

RSL

DLN

LVDT/RVDT

DSZ

SYN

3

Z

Z

Z

Z

Z = TBD; special configuration, requires special part number code designation, contact factory

DRZ

RSL

DLZ

LVDT/RVDT

SYNCHRO/RESOLVER AND LVDT/RVDT MEASUREMENT MODULE CODE TABLES

SYN/RSL Four-Channel Measurement (Field Programmable SYN/RSL)

Select the Synchro/Resolver-to-Digital (SDx) module ID corresponding to the application operating parameters required from the following code table (where x = the specific module ID designator). Customer should indicate the actual frequency applicable to the design to assure that the correct default band width is set at the factory. All Input and Reference voltages are auto ranging. For availability and ranges other than those listed contact the factory. Specifications may be subject to change.

Frequency/voltage band tolerances +/- 10%.

Module ID

Input Voltage V (Vrms)

Reference Voltage (Vrms)

Frequency Range (Hz)

Notes

SD1

2 - 28

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

SD2

2 - 28

2 - 115

1K - 5 K

SD3

2 - 28

2 - 115

5K - 10 K

SD4*

2 - 28

2 - 115

10K - 20 K

SD5

28 - 90

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

SDX*

X

X

X

X = TBD; special configuration, requires special part number code designation, contact factory

*Consult factory for availability

LVDT/RVDT Four-Channel Measurement (Field Programmable 2, 3 or 4-Wire)

Select the LVDT/RVDT-to-Digital (LDx) module ID corresponding to the application operating parameters required from the following code table (where x = the specific module ID designator). Customer should indicate the actual frequency applicable to the design to assure that the correct default band width is set at the factory. All Input and Excitation voltages are auto ranging. For availability and ranges other than those listed contact the factory. Specifications may be subject to change.

Frequency/voltage band tolerances +/- 10%.

Module ID

Input Signal Voltage V (Vrms)

Excitation Voltage (Vrms)

Frequency Range (Hz)

Notes

LD1

2 - 28

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

LD2

2 - 28

2 - 115

1K - 5 K

LD3

2 - 28

2 - 115

5K - 10 K

LD4*

2 - 28

2 - 115

10K - 20 K

LD5

28 - 90

2 - 115

47 - 1 K

LDX*

X

X

X

X = TBD; special configuration, requires special part number code designation, contact factory

*Consult factory for availability

APPENDIX A: ES2 MANAGED ETHERNET SWITCH MODULE

The NIU3E comes preconfigured with an NAI Ethernet Switch function module. It is a Layer 3, fully managed switch providing sixteen (16) 10/100/1000Base-T (GbE) Ethernet ports and four (4) optional 10 Gb 850 nm fiber optic ports. Additionally, there is one GbE and one RS-232 port for maintenance / configuration interface.

Managed Ethernet Switch Specifications

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

Module ID:

ES2: Multiport Managed Ethernet Switch Module (up to 16 ports)

Number/Type of Channels:

16; 10/100/1000Base-T

Additionally: 1x 10/100/1000Base-T maintenance port interface

1x RS-232 maintenance/console port interface

Fiber optic Channel, 4x 10 Gb

Compatibility Standards

Broadcom® BCM53454x

- IEEE 802.3ab (1000Base-T Gig-E)

- IEEE 802.3u (100Base-TX Fast Ethernet)

- IEEE 802.3i (10Base-T Ethernet)

- IEEE 802.3x (Flow control/full and half duplex)

- IEEE 802.3ae (10GBase-SR, 10 Gbit/s Ethernet over Fiber for LAN)

L2 Features / Standard Management

- Transparent bridging

- VLAN aware bridging

- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

- Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

- IGMP snooping - MAC based, filtering, Proxy reporting with snooping

- MLD snooping (MAC based only supported)

- Link Aggregation with LACP

- 802.1x authentication (Port based)

- Link Layer Discovery Protocol - LLDP (v1, v2)), LLDP MED

- Ethernet OAM - 802.3ah

- Q-in-Q VLAN tunneling and Provider bridging

- Non-blocking, Gig-E, fully integrated switch fabric with packet buffer memory

- Integrated MACs (IEEE 802.x compliant) with support for 9600-byte jumbo frames

- High-performance, look-up engine with support for unicast MAC address entries

- Automatic learning and aging tags

- Pv4 and IPv6 traffic class support (including ARP, ICMP, ND, UDP)

- Port segregating/partitioning options available (e.g., separate 8/8 ports for 2x independent networks) management

- SNMP (v1, v2c, v3) agent and MIB support; configuration save / restore, CLI (Console, Telnet, SSH), pre-defined CLI commands

- WebUI (HTTP and HTTPS / SSL), pre-defined web pages (As is basis), Clear configuration (As is basis)

- Syslog - client (with reliable syslog delivery) and relay, email alerts with authentication support

- TCP/IP stack for IPv4 and IPv6 (including ARP, ICMP, ND, UDP)

- DHCP (client, server, relay) for IPv4

- Stateless DHCP service (Client) for IPv6 for specific options assignment

- DHCPv6 relay with prefix delegation

- RADIUS client, DNS client, TACACS+ client, SSH client, Telnet client ( all clients with IPv4 and IPv6 support)

- RMONv1

- IP authorized managers

- Ethernet port control and management

- Port mirroring

Quality of Service (QOS)

- ACLs (Access Control Lists) for traffic filtering, Redirect Filter Support in ACL, Out Filter Support in ACL

- 802.1p, DiffServ, traffic prioritization queuing, policing, shaping

- Rate limiting and storm control

- Flow control

L3 Features

- IPv4 unicast - static routing, RIP v1/v2, OSPFv2

- IPv4 multicast - IGMP (v1/v2/v3) router, PIM-SSM

- IPv4 - NAT (Network Address Translation) - unicast

- IPv6 unicast - static routing, Neighbor Discovery, RIPv6, OSPFv3IPv6 multicast - MLD (v1/v2), PIM-SSM

- Route redistribution between IPv4 routing protocols and static routes

- Route maps for filtering route advertisements and route redistribution - IPv4 and IPv6

- Authentication support for OSPFv3

- Support for multiple IPv4 addresses per interface - OSPFv2

Security

- IKE (v1, v2)

- IPSec

- Stateful firewall

- Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack

ES2 Switch Configuration & Utilities

Unless otherwise documented,

Default Configuration as shipped:

  1. ES2 Port-1 is the only port which will be enabled. This allows GbE access for additional customer configuration or initialization after delivery. The RS-232 serial port is also available for console command configuration or initialization.

  2. Switch IP Address: 12.0.0.1 / Subnet Mask: 255.0.0.0

The ES2 system supports different methods of accessing the switch, namely:

  • CLI (Command Line Interface using the serial port on the ES2)

  • Telnet, SSH (similar to CLI, but physical connection is an in-band Ethernet port)

  • HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)

  • SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol, which is an industry standard method of managing Ethernet networks)

Throughout this chapter, the management tool used is referenced as a standard Microsoft Windows-based “PC” running application software (e.g. terminal emulation or internet browser software).

Configuring the Management PC’s Ethernet Port

To allow each of the above-mentioned Ethernet configuration utilities to access the ES2, the PC’s Ethernet port must be configured properly. For example, if the ES2 default IP address was set to 12.0.0.1 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0, the management PC must be configured to operate within the same IP subnet.

Continuing with this example, the PC must now be configured to operate within this same IP subnet.

Set the IP address of the Network Interface Card on the PC to be within the same subnet. For example, set the PC’s IP address to be 12.0.0.20.

The various configuration utilities supported by ES2 allow the user to configure, manage, and monitor the ES2 switch. Overviews of the CLI, Telnet, SSH, HTTP, and SNMP methods of connecting to the Management Port are provided in this section of the manual.

Command Line Interface (CLI) Overview

Telnet/SSH Overview

Once the PC is configured to operate on the Management network, it is now possible to connect through the Ethernet port of the ES2 switch. To open a Telnet or SSH session, you can use applications such as Tera Term or simply a DOS Command window. Once the connection is established through this window, the Telnet or SSH session provides access to the CLI interface.

Note
The default ES2 login is root with password admin123.
SNMP Overview

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) has proven to be a useful protocol for network management. Network administrators are well served by learning about SNMP and using this protocol to monitor and manage their networks. Although the SNMP standard is somewhat complex, entailing specific knowledge of MIB objects as well as requiring a large amount of configuration related to both SNMP agents and management software, the use of SNMP has been proven to be a cost-effective method of achieving a managed system.

There are many different software packages that can browse and manage MIB objects through the SNMP interface, and it is outside the scope of this manual to review them all.

Saving Configurations on Flash

Once the ES2 has been configured, it is possible to save the final configuration, and upon each subsequent reboot or power cycle the ES2 will initialize to this configuration.

These configuration settings may be saved though the Management Port interface and may be saved as many times as you choose.

Saving Configurations with CLI

Using the CLI interface, whether it is via the serial port or Telnet, the user must be logged on as administrator. As shown in “Telnet/SSH Overview", log in as username root and password admin123.

Assuming that the ES2 is completely configured and you would now like to save this configuration, from the command line type the following:

ES2# write startup-config

or

ES2# copy running-config startup-config

This utility saves the configuration onto the on-board Flash. Now every time the ES2 system is restarted, this base configuration will be re-invoked on the ES2.

To reset to factory defaults:

ES2# erase startup-config

Then power cycle the ES2 or reset the ES2 by typing the following:

ES2# reload

Command Line Interface

The CLI (Command Line Interface) is used to configure the ISS from a console attached to the serial port of the switch or from a remote terminal using TELNET or SSH.

The following table lists the generic CLI command modes.

Command Line Interface

Command Mode

Access Method

Prompt

Exit method

User EXEC

This is the initial mode to start a session.

es2>

The logout method is used.

Privileged EXEC

The User EXEC mode command enable is used to enter the Privileged EXEC mode.

es2#

To return from the Privileged EXEC mode to User EXEC mode, the disable command is used.

Global Configuration

The Privileged EXEC mode command configure terminal is used to enter the Global Configuration mode

es2(config)#

To exit to the Privileged EXEC mode, the end command is used.

Interface Configuration

The Global Configuration mode command interface <interfacetype> <interfaceid> is used to enter the Interface configuration mode.

es2(config-if)#

To exit to the Global Configuration mode, the exit command is used and to exit to the Privileged EXEC mode, the end command is used.

Config-VLAN

The Global Configuration mode command vlan vlanid is used to enter the Config-VLAN mode

es2(configvlan)#

To exit to the Global Configuration mode, the exit command is used and to exit to the Privileged EXEC mode, the end command is used.

Starting ISS

At the ISS login prompt that is displayed, use the user name root and password admin123 to access the CLI shell.

ISS login: root

Password: ********

es2#

Configuring the Switch

The basic configuration of the switch involves configuring IP address, VLAN, and so on. All commands and parameters can be abbreviated to their shortest unambiguous length. On the command line, the TAB key may be used to display available command options and autocomplete commands. The 'help' command displays a list of commands.

The ES2 comes up with a VLAN configured, by default. This VLAN is called the default VLAN (VLAN ID = 1). All ports in the switch are members of the default VLAN. Port 1 (g 0/3) is enabled by default.

The ports are configured and referenced as <interface-type>[space]<slot number>/<port number>

<interface-type> is either “gigabitethernet” or “extreme-ethernet” and can be abbreviated as “g” or “e”.

<slot number> is 0.

<port number> is 3 to 18 for 1 Gb ports and 1 to 4 for 10Gb ports.

External port # Internal nomenclature

1

(g)igabitethernet 0/3

2

g 0/4

3

g 0/5

4

g 0/6

5

g 0/7

6

g 0/8

7

g 0/9

8

g 0/10

9

g 0/11

10

g 0/12

11

g 0/13

12

g 0/14

13

g 0/15

14

g 0/16

15

g 0/17

16

g 0/18

10 Gb fiber optic

1

(e)xtreme-ethernet 0/1

2

e 0/2

3

e 0/3

4

e 0/4

Examples

The interfaces in the switch except for port 1 are disabled by default. Hence, enable all the interfaces that are to be used. This is done using the no shutdown command.

To enable all 16 gigabit ethernet ports

es2# c t
es2(config)# interface range g 0/3-18
es2(config-if-range)# no shutdown
es2(config-if-range)# exit
es2(config)# exit
es2#

To disable port 2

es2# c t
es2(config)# interf g 0/4
es2(config-if)# shutdown
es2(config-if)# end
es2#

To enable port 2

es2# c t
es2(config)# interf g 0/4
es2(config-if)# no shut
es2(config-if)# end
es2#

To enable all 4 10 Gb fiber ports

es2# c t
es2(config)# interf range e 0/1-4
es2(config-if-range)# no shut
es2(config-if-range)# end
es2#

To disable 10 Gb port 3:

es2# c t
es2(config)# interf e 0/3
es2(config-if-range)# shut
es2(config-if-range)# end
es2#

To enable 10 Gb port 3:

es2# c t
es2(config)# interf e 0/3
es2(config-if-range)# no shut
es2(config-if-range)# end
es2#

The show interfaces command displays the complete information of all available interfaces.

es2# show interfaces

A new VLAN can be configured using the following command. This command configures a new VLAN with VLAN ID 2.

es2# c t
es2(config)# vlan 2

Configure Port1, Port2, and Port3 as member ports. Port 1 is specified as an untagged port and Port 2 and Port 3 are set as tagged ports for VLAN 2.

es2(config-vlan)# ports gig 0/3-5 untagged gig 0/3
es2(config-vlan)# exit

However, any untagged packets (packets sent from a PC/host) on any of the ports will be classified only to VLAN1. To ensure that untagged packets get classified onto a specific VLAN, it is required to change the port VLAN ID.

This is done using the following commands:

es2(config)# interface gig 0/3
es2(config-if)# switchport pvid 2
es2(config-if)# exit
es2(config)# exit

Now untagged packets received on Port 1 will get classified to VLAN2. The ip address command can be used to configure the IP address of a VLAN interface.

es2# configure terminal
es2(config)# interface vlan 2
es2(config-if)# ip address 30.0.0.1 255.0.0.0

The interface status must be up for the IP interface to be reachable from an external host/PC.

es2(config-if)# no shutdown
es2(config-if)# exit
es2#

The show ip interface vlan <vlan-identifier> configuration can be used to check whether the configuration is successful or not.

es2# show ip interface vlan 2

Saving and Restoring Configuration

The configuration made by the user can be saved in the Flash and can be restored when the switch is started.

es2# write startup-config

The configurations saved using write startup config command will not update the configurations in issnvram.txt (that is, it will not change the factory default settings). If the factory default settings need to be changed, administrator should explicitly modify it through default ip address command.

Configuring the Default IP Address

Configuring the Default IP Address is a three-step procedure that will result in the IP address to be written to the NVRAM and configuration and this will be used as the IP address of the default interface when the switch is restarted.

  1. Execute the default ip address command.

  2. Configure the ip address for vlan 1.

  3. Save the configuration.

Detailed Steps:

1) Execute the following commands to configure the Default IP Address. Enter the Global Configuration mode.

es2# configure terminal

Configure the default IP address and subnet mask as 12.0.0.100 and 255.255.0.0, respectively.

es2(config)# default ip address 12.0.0.100 subnet-mask 255.255.0.0

Exit from the Global Configuration mode.

es2(config)# end

2) View the default IP address and subnet mask by executing the following command

es2# show nvram
Default IP Address : 12.0.0.1
Default Subnet Mask : 255.0.0.0
Default IP Address Config Mode : Manual
Default IP Address Allocation Protocol : DHCP
Switch Base MAC Address : 00:16:c6:ff:00:01
Default Interface Name : Gi0/3
Default RM Interface Name : NONE
Config Restore Option : Restore
Config Save Option : Startup save
Auto Save : Disable
Incremental Save : Disable
Roll Back : Enable
Config Save IP Address : 0.0.0.0
Config Save Filename : iss.conf
Config Restore Filename : iss.conf
PIM Mode : Sparse Mode
IGS Forwarding Mode : MAC based
Cli Serial Console : Yes
SNMP EngineID : 80.00.08.1c.04.46.53

Proceed to section “Configuring IP address for an Interface” and set the same IP address and subnet mask for VLAN 1 (default VLAN). The switch will have this IP address and subnet mask after the switch restart only if the allocation method is manual.

Setting the Default IP Allocation Mode for the Switch

Setting the default IP allocation mode for the Switch configures the mode by which the default interface acquires its IP address. The default IP allocation mode for a switch can be manual or dynamic. The default value is manual.

1) Execute the following commands to change the default IP allocation mode of the default VLAN.

Enter the Global Configuration mode.

es2# configure terminal

Configure the default mode to dynamic.

es2(config)# default mode dynamic

Exit from the Global Configuration mode.

es2(config)# end

2) View the default mode by executing the following command.

es2# show nvram
Default IP Address : 12.0.0.1
Default Subnet Mask : 255.0.0.0
Default IP Address Config Mode : Dynamic
Default IP Address Allocation Protocol : DHCP
Switch Base MAC Address : 00:01:02:03:04:01
Default Interface Name : Gi0/1
Config Restore Option : No restore
Config Save Option : No save
Auto Save : Enable
Incremental Save : Disable
Roll Back : Enable
Config Save IP Address : 0.0.0.0
Config Save Filename : iss.conf
Config Restore Filename : iss.conf
PIM Mode : Sparse Mode
IGS Forwarding Mode : MAC based
Cli Serial Console : Yes
SNMP EngineID : 80.00.08.1c.04.46.53

ISS uses the dynamic address allocation protocols - BOOTP or DHCP or RARP - to acquire the IP for management VLAN during switch restart.

Configuring Default IP Address Allocation Protocol

Configuring the default IP address allocation protocol configures the protocol by which the default interface dynamically acquires its IP address.

1) Execute the following commands to configure the default dynamic address allocation protocol.

Enter the Global Configuration mode.

es2# configure terminal

Configure the default allocation protocol.

es2(config)# default ip address allocation protocol dhcp

Exit from the Global Configuration mode.

es2(config)# end

2) View the default IP Address Allocation Protocol by executing the following command

es2# show nvram
Default IP Address : 12.0.0.100
Default Subnet Mask : 255.255.0.0
Default IP Address Config Mode : Dynamic
Default IP Address Allocation Protocol : DHCP
Switch Base MAC Address : 00:01:02:03:04:01
Default Interface Name : Gi0/1
Config Restore Option : No restore
Config Save Option : No save
Auto Save : Enable
Incremental Save : Disable
Roll Back : Enable
Config Save IP Address : 0.0.0.0
Config Save Filename : iss.conf
Config Restore Filename : iss.conf
PIM Mode : Sparse Mode
IGS Forwarding Mode : MAC based
Cli Serial Console : Yes
SNMP EngineID : 80.00.08.1c.04.46.53

Configuring IP Address for an Interface

Configuring IP address for an Interface configures the IP address which will be used for sending and receiving the packets.

1) Execute the following commands to configure an IP address for a VLAN interface. Enter the Global Configuration mode.

es2# configure terminal

Enter the Interface Configuration mode.

es2(config)# interface vlan 1

Shut down the VLAN interface.

es2(config-if)# shutdown

Configure the IP address and subnet mask.

es2(config-if)# ip address 12.0.0.100 255.0.0.0

Bring up the VLAN interface.

es2(config-if)# no shutdown

Exit from the Interface Configuration mode.

es2(config)# end

Configuring the IP address for an Interface requires the interface to be shutdown prior to the configuration.

2) View the configured interface IP address by executing the following show command.

es2# show ip interface
Vlan1 is up, line protocol is up
Internet Address is 12.0.0.100/8
Broadcast Address 10.255.255.255

3) Save the configuration

es2# wr st

Configuring an Interface to Acquire Dynamic IP

An interface can be configured to acquire the dynamic IP address either from DHCP or from RARP. The default value is DHCP.

1) Execute the following commands to acquire dynamic IP for VLAN 1 through DHCP.

Enter the Global Configuration mode.

es2# configure terminal

Enter the Interface Configuration mode.

es2(config)# interface vlan 1

Configure the VLAN interface to dynamically acquire an IP address through the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

es2(config-if)# ip address dhcp

Exit from configuration mode.

es2(config)# end

2) View the configured IP address by executing the following show command.

es2# show ip interface
Vlan1 is up, line protocol is up
Internet Address is 12.0.0.1/8
Broadcast Address 10.255.255.255
IP address allocation method is dynamic
IP address allocation protocol is dhcp

A DHCP server must exist in the network to allocate dynamic IP through DHCP mechanism.

Industry Standard CLI (Command Line Interface)

CLI commands are focused on performing specific operations. In order to provide a consistent, composable user experience, the CLI commands of the NIU3E-ES2 protocols and IP implementation solutions adhere to the Industry Standard CLI syntax.

The following table provide a listing and identification of which CLI commands are supported.

NAI Reference ONLY

Package Details (NAI Reference ONLY)

NAI

CLI Volume No:

Chapter No:

Chapter Title

Work Group

Enterprise

Metro

Metro_E

NIU3E-ES2 Support

1

1

Introduction

NA

NA

NA

NA

2

Command Line Interface

NA

NA

NA

NA

3

System Commands

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

4

System Features

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

5

VCM

N

Y

Y

N

YES

6

RADIUS

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

7

TACACS

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

8

SSH

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

9

SSL

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

10

SNTP

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

11

SNMPv3

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

12

Syslog

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

13

TCP

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

14

UDP

Y

Y

Y

N

YES

15

PoE

Y

Y

Y

N

NO

16

L2 DHCP Snooping

Y

Y

Y

Y

NO

17

IPDB

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

2

18

STP

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

19

LA

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

20

LLDP

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

21

PNAC

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

22

MRP

Y

Y

Y

Y

NO

23

ELMI

N

N

Y

Y

NO

24

ELPS

N

N

Y

Y

NO

25

ERPS

N

N

Y

Y

NO

26

PBB

N

N

Y

Y

NO

27

PBB-TE

N

N

Y

Y

NO

3

28

VLAN

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

29

ECFM

N

N

Y

Y

NO

30

IPSecv6

Y

Y

Y

Y

NO

31

VRRP

N

Y

N

Y

NO

4

32

IP

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

33

IPV6

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

34

OSPF

N

Y

N

Y

YES

35

OSPFv3

N

Y

N

Y

YES

36

RRD

N

Y

N

Y

YES

37

RRD6

N

Y

N

Y

YES

38

MPLS - General Commands

N

Y

Y

Y

NO

MPLS - LDP Signaling

N

Y

Y

Y

NO

MPLS - RSVP Signaling

N

Y

Y

Y

NO

MPLS - OAM

N

N

Y

Y

NO

MPLS - LSPping

N

N

Y

Y

NO

MPLS - L3VPN

N

N

Y

Y

NO

39

BFD

N

N

Y

Y

NO

40

Route Map

N

Y

N

Y

YES

41

NAT

N

Y

N

Y

YES

5

42

DHCP

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

43

DHCPv6

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

44

RIP

N

Y

N

Y

YES

45

RIPv6

N

Y

N

Y

YES

46

BGP

N

Y

N

Y

NO

47

ISIS

N

Y

N

Y

NO

6

48

IGMP Snooping

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

49

MLD Snooping

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

50

IGMP

N

Y

Y

N

YES

51

IGMP Proxy

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

52

PIM

N

Y

N

Y

YES

53

PIMV6

N

Y

N

Y

YES

54

DVMRP

N

Y

N

Y

NO

55

IPv4 Multicasting

N

Y

N

Y

YES

56

TAC

Y

N

N

Y

YES

57

RMON

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

58

RMON2

Y

Y

Y

Y

NO

59

DSMON

Y

Y

Y

Y

NO

60

EOAM

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

61

FM

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

62

RM

N

Y

Y

Y

NO

63

PTP

Y

Y

Y

Y

NO

64

Layer 4 Switching

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

7

65

DCB

Y

Y

N

Y

NO

66

MLDv2

N

Y

N

Y

YES

67

MSDP

N

Y

N

Y

NO

68

MSDP6

N

Y

N

Y

NO

69

FIREWALL

N

Y

N

Y

YES

70

VPN

N

Y

Y

Y

YES

71

DNS

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

72

Security

N

Y

N

Y

YES

73

Security - FIPS

Y

Y

Y

N

YES

74

TLM

N

Y

Y

Y

NO

75

OSPF-TE

N

Y

Y

Y

NO

76

TRILL

N

Y

N

Y

NO

77

SyncE

Y

Y

Y

Y

NO

78

MEF

N

N

Y

Y

NO

79

OFCL

N

N

N

Y

NO

80

Clock IWF

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

81

PPP_Draft

N

Y

N

Y

NO

82

VXLAN

N

N

N

Y

NO

83

HEART BEAT

N

N

N

Y

NO

84

ICCH

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

8

85

BCM

Y

Y

Y

Y

YES

86

Marvell XCAT

Y

Y

Y

Y

NO

87

Fulcrum_Draft

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Reference ONLY)

88

Marvell 6095_Draft

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Reference ONLY)

89

Wintegra_Draft

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Reference ONLY)

90

Dx-167

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Reference ONLY)

91

Other Targets_Draft

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Reference ONLY)

92

QoSX_Draft

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Reference ONLY)

93

Vitesse

NA

NA

NA

NA

(Reference ONLY)

APPENDIX B: ONBOARD MODULE FUNCTION

The NIU3E is preconfigured with 2-Ch MIL-STD-1553, 8-Ch ARINC 429/575, 4-Ch CANBus and 24-Ch programmable Discrete I/O functions. The following sections describe the principle of operation, register descriptions, and register memory map for each of these specific functions. Both the MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429/575 functions are provided by a CM5 combination module.

MIL-STD-1553 Function

Principle of Operation

Through a CM5 combination module, the onboard MIL-STD-1553B communications function provides (2) channels of dual-redundant MIL-STD1553B communication buses (FTB module-type). MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard that defines the characteristic for a Digital Time Division Command/Response Multiplexed Data Bus. The 1553 data bus is a dual-redundant, bi-directional, Manchester II encoded data bus with a high bit error reliability. It is used commonly for both military and civilian applications in avionics, aircraft, and spacecraft data handling.

The following table provides a summary of the MIL-STD-1553 characteristics.

Table 51. Summary of MIL-STD-1553 Characteristics

Terminal Types

Bus Controller

Remote Terminal

Bus Monitor

Number of Remote Terminals

Maximum of 31

Transmission Technique

Half-duplex

Operation

Asynchronous

Encoding

Manchester II bi-phase level

Fault Tolerance

Typically, Dual Redundant Bus, which means there are two independent bus networks (one bus is called the Primary or “A” bus and the other is the Secondary or “B” bus. 1553 messages are usually only transmitted on either the A or B bus network at a time, but it does not usually matter which bus is used for the message transfer - devices on the 1553 network are supposed to handle messages on either the A or B bus with equal priority.

Coupling

Transformer or direct

Data Rate

1 MHz

Word Length

20 bits

Data Bits/Word

16 bits

Message Length

Maximum of 32 Data Words

Protocol

Command/response

Message Formats

Bus Controller to Remote Terminal (BC-RT message) Remote Terminal to Bus Controller (RT-BC message) Remote Terminal to Remote Terminal (RT-RT message) Broadcast System control (Tx and Rx Mode codes)

The MIL-STD-1553 Data Bus is defined as a twisted shielded pair transmission line consisting of the main bus and several stubs. There is one stub for each remote terminal connected to the bus. The main bus is terminated at each end with a resistance equal to the cable’s characteristic impedance (± 2%). This termination makes the data bus behave electrically like an infinite transmission line. Stubs, which are added to the main bus to connect the terminals, provide “local” loads, and produce impedance mismatch where added. This mismatch, if not properly controlled, produces electrical reflections and degrades the performance of the main bus. The following table provides a summary of the MIL-STD-1553 Transmission Media characteristics.

Table 52. Summary of MIL-STD-1553 Transmission Media Characteristics

Cable Type

Twisted Shielded Pair

Capacitance

30.0 pF/ft max, wire to wire

Characteristic Impedance

70.0 to 85.0 ohms at 1 MHz

Cable Attenuation

1.5 dB/100 ft. max, at 1 MHz

Cable Twists

4 Twists per ft., minimum

Shield Coverage

90% minimum

Cable Termination

Cable impedance (± 2%)

Direct Coupled Stub Length

Maximum of 1 foot

XFMR Coupled Stub Length

Maximum of 20 feet

Each 1553 channel on the FTA-FTF module employs a Sital Technology BRM1553D core, which is based on Sital’s proven 1553 IP cores, with DDC® Enhanced Mini-Ace® compatible interface. The core may operate in Bus Controller (BC), Remote Terminal (RT), Bus Monitor (BM) or RT/BM combined mode.

Bus Controller

The Bus Controller (BC) provides data flow control for all transmissions on the bus. In addition to initiating all data transfers, the BC must transmit, receive, and coordinate the transfer of information on the data bus. All information is communicated in command/response mode - the BC sends a command to the RTs, which reply with a response.

Remote Terminal

The Remote Terminal (RT) is a device designed to interface various subsystems with the 1553 data bus. The RT receives and decodes commands from the BC, detects any errors and reacts to those errors. The RT must be able to properly handle both protocol errors (missing data, extra words, etc.) and electrical errors (waveform distortion, rise time violations, etc.). RT characteristics include:

  • Up to 31 Remote Terminals can be connected to the data bus

  • Each Remote Terminal can have 31 Sub addresses

  • No Remote Terminal shall speak unless spoken to first by the Bus Controller and specifically commanded to transmit.

Bus Monitor

The Bus Monitor (BM) listens to all messages on the data bus and records selected activities. The BM is a passive device that collects data for real-time or post capture analysis. The BM can store all or portions of traffic on the bus, including electrical and protocol errors. BMs are primarily used for instrumentation and data bus testing.

MIL-STD-1553 Protocol

MIL-STD-1553 data bus system consists of a Bus Controller (BC) controlling multiple Remote Terminals (RT) all connected by a data bus providing a single data path between the Bus Controller and all the associated Remote Terminals. There may also be one or more Bus Monitors (BM); however, Bus Monitors are specifically not allowed to take part in data transfers and are only used to capture or record data for analysis.

Message Formats

The following transactions are allowed between the BC and a specific RT:

  1. BC to RT Transfer - The Bus Controller sends one 16-bit receive command word, immediately followed by 1 to 32 16-bit data words. The selected Remote Terminal then sends a single 16-bit Status word.

  2. RT to BC Transfer - The Bus Controller sends one transmit command word to a Remote Terminal. The Remote Terminal then sends a single Status word, immediately followed by 1 to 32 data words.

  3. Mode Command Without Data Word (Transmit) - The Bus Controller sends one command word with a Sub-address of 0 or 31 signifying a Mode Code type command. The Remote Terminal responds with a Status word.

  4. Mode Command with Data Word (Transmit) - The Bus Controller sends one command word with a Sub-address of 0 or 31 signifying a Mode Code type command. The Remote Terminal responds with a Status word immediately followed by a single Data word.

  5. Mode Command with Data Word (Receive) - The Bus Controller sends one command word with a Sub-address of 0 or 31 signifying a Mode Code type command immediately followed by a single data word. The Remote Terminal responds with a Status word.

The following transaction is allowed between the BC and a pair of RTs:

  1. RT to RT Transfers - The Bus Controller sends out one receive command word immediately followed by one transmit command word. The transmitting Remote Terminal sends a Status word to the BC, immediately followed by 1 to 32 data words to the receiving RT. The receiving Terminal then sends its Status word to the BC.

The following are broadcast transactions that are allowed between the BC and all capable RTs:

  1. BC to RT(s) Transfers - The Bus Controller sends one receive command word with a Terminal address of 31 signifying a broadcast type command, immediately followed by 0 to 32 data words. All Remote Terminals will accept the data but will not respond back to the BC.

  2. RT to RT(s) Transfers - The Bus Controller sends out one receive command word with a Terminal address of 31 signifying a broadcast type command, immediately followed by one transmit command. The transmitting Remote Terminal sends a Status word immediately followed by 1 to 32 data words. All Remote Terminals will accept the data but will not respond back to the BC.

  3. Mode Code without Data Word (Broadcast) - The Bus Controller sends one command word with a Terminal address of 31 signifying a broadcast type command and a sub-address of 0 or 31 signifying a Mode Code type command. No Remote Terminals will respond back to the BC.

  4. Mode Code with Data Word (Broadcast) - The Bus Controller sends one command word with a Terminal address of 31 signifying a broadcast type command and a sub-address of 0 or 31 signifying a Mode Code type command, immediately followed by one Data word, if it is an Rx Mode code. No Remote Terminals will respond.

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Message Components

The following are three components that make up the 1553 messages:

  • Command Word

  • Data Word

  • Status Word

Each word type is 20 bits in length. The first 3 bits are used as a synchronization field, thereby allowing the decode clock to re-sync at the beginning of each new word. The next 16 bits are the information field. The last bit is the parity bit. Parity is based on odd parity for the single word.

Command Word

The Command Word specifies the function that the Remote Terminal is to perform.

The RT Address field states which unique remote terminal the command is intended for (no two terminals may have the same address). Note the address of 0x00 (00000b) is a valid address, and the address 0x1F (11111b) is always reserved as a broadcast address. The maximum number of terminals the data bus can support is 31.

The Transmit/Receive bit defines the direction of information flow and is always from the point of view of the Remote Terminal. A transmit command (logic 1) indicates that the Remote Terminal is to transmit data, while a receive command (logic 0) indicates that the Remote Terminal is going to receive data

The Sub-Address/Mode Code and Word Count/Mode Code fields are defined as follows:

Table 53. Sub-Address/Mode Code and Word Count/Mode Code

Sub-Address/Mode Command Field

Word Count/Mode Code Field

0x00 (00000b) or 0x1F (11111b) indicates

Mode Code Command Mode Code number to be performed

0x01 (00001b) to 0x1E (11110b) indicates the Sub-Address 1 to Sub-Address 30

Word Count - note 0x00 (00000b) is decoded as 32 data words

Data Word

The Data Word contains the actual information that is being transferred within a message. Data Words can be transmitted by either a Remote Terminal (Transmit command) or a Bus Controller (Receive command).

Status Word

When the Remote Terminal receives a valid message, it will respond with a Status Word. The Status Word is used to convey to the Bus Controller whether a message was properly received or to convey the state of the Remote Terminal (i.e., service request, busy, etc.).

The RT Address in the Status Word should match the RT Address within the Command Word that the Remote Terminal received. With a RT-RT Transfer message, the RT address within either Status Word received (Rx or Tx), should match the RT address within the corresponding Command word sent (Rx or Tx).

Table 54. Status Word

Status Bit

Description

Message Error (Bit 9)

This bit is set by the Remote Terminal upon detection of an error in the message or upon detection of an invalid message (i.e. Illegal Command). The error may occur in any of the Data Words within the message. When the terminal detects an error and sets this bit, none of the data received within the message is used.

Instrumentation (Bit 10)

This bit is always set to logic 0.

Service Request (Bit 11)

This bit is set to a logic 1 by the subsystem if servicing is needed. This bit is typically used when the Bus Controller is “polling” terminals to determine if they require processing.

Broadcast Command Received (Bit 15)

This bit indicates that the Remote Terminal received a valid broadcast command. On receiving a valid broadcast command, the Remote Terminal sets this bit to logic “1” and suppresses the transmission of its Status Word. The Bus Controller may issue a Transmit Status Word or Transmit Last Command Word Mode Code to determine if the Remote Terminal received the message properly.

Busy (Bit 16)

This bit indicates to the Bus Controller that the Remote Terminal is unable to move data between the Remote Terminal and the Sub-system in compliance to a command from the Bus Controller. In the earlier days of 1553, the Busy bit was required because many subsystem interfaces (analog, synchros, etc.) were much slower compared to the speed of the multiplex data bus. So instead of losing data, a terminal was able to set the Busy bit indicating to the Bus Controller to try again later. As new systems have been developed, the need for the busy bit has been reduced.

Subsystem Flag (Bit 17)

This bit provides “health” data regarding the subsystems to which the Remote Terminal is connected. Multiple subsystems may logically “OR” their bits together to form a composite health indicator.

Dynamic Bus Control Acceptance Bit (Bit 19)

This bit informs the Bus Controller that the Remote Terminal has received the Dynamic Bus Control Mode Code and has accepted control of the bus. The Remote Terminal, on transmitting its status word, becomes the Bus Controller. The Bus Controller, on receiving the status word from the Remote Terminal with this bit set, ceases to function as the Bus Controller and may become a Remote Terminal or Bus Monitor.

Terminal Flag (Bit 20)

This bit informs the Bus Controller of a fault or failure within the Remote Terminal. A logic “1” indicates a fault condition.

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External RT Address

External discrete signals are available to support “hardwired” RT Address and configuration

External RT Address

The 1553 modules are completely software RT Address programmable and configurable. An open circuit on an address line is detected as a logic 1 and connecting the address line to ground is detected as a logic 0. The 1553 modules provided the ability to externally set the RT Address and Parity via discrete signals (CHx-RT-ADDR (0-4) and CHx- PARITY). These discrete signals are considered additional and optional based on specific application requirements. The discrete signals are single-ended and System-GND referenced.

Because of the platform (module-thru-board) available physical pin limitations, only one set of discrete signals are provided for a channel (CH) pair (channel pair 1 = CH1, CH2 and channel pair 2 = CH3, CH4). The discrete pins are provided for the odd-numbered channel, which will use these signals directly. The even channel of the channel pair will use these same pins, but the RT addressing for the even channel will be set as a “hard +1” offset from the odd-channel discrete pattern.

For example:

If the CH1 external pins are either grounded or left open to yield:

          CH1-RT-ADDR0-4 pins + Parity pin      = (MSB)01101(LSB) + 0 (definedasOddParity)       =0xD (13d)

                    and the hard offset for CH2 is 1 (0x1)

          then, the CH1 RT address is 0xD (13d) (wired) and the CH2 RT address will be 0xE (14d) (wired plus the hard offset).

DISCRETE SIGNAL PIN

DESCRIPTION (Grounding a pin = 0, leaving a pin open = 1. Unit signal pins are defaulted open = 1)

CHx-RT-ADDR0 thru CHx-RT-ADDR4

Five (5) External RT address signal pins, binary bit-weighted (ADDR0=LSB); for applying a “hardwire” RT address (special applications only). (…​ADDR4, …​ADDR3, …​ADDR2, …​ADDR1, …​ADDR0)

CHx-PARITY

Used in conjunction with external RT address signal pins. A single bit that complements the parity of CHx-RT-ADDR wire to odd parity. If the wrong parity is detected by core, only Broadcast commands would be valid for the core. If not masked, an interrupt will be generated in the event of wrong parity.

Assisted Mode (AM)

The FTA-FTF 1553 modules have been improved to include the “Assisted Mode (AM)” feature.

In the legacy FT1-FT6 modules, the 1553 messages are fetched from the 1553 device by accessing device registers directly from the host application as shown in Figure 13. The dotted lines indicate read/write access over the bus interface. The bus interface in some cases may be relatively “slow” (ex. Ethernet interface). In this design, four bus accesses are required from the host to fetch one new 1553 message. The number of accesses increases proportionately with the number of 1553 messages to fetch from the 1553 device.

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Figure 13. Legacy FT1-FT6 Message Fetch Processing

The FTA-FTF 1553 modules utilize the secondary (ARM) processor built into the module that is dedicated for the purpose of “assisting” the movement of 1553 messages from the 1553 device to the host interface. This is made possible through a system of FIFOs that carry command and response messages to and from the host CPU to a bare metal application running on the secondary processor (refer to Diagram B in Figure 14). In addition, these modules have the option of funneling all 1553 messages (per channel) to a 4k byte Message FIFO (refer to Diagram A in Figure 14) that is accessible from the host.

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Figure 14. AM FIFO and Bus Access

In Figure 15, the dotted lines indicate slower bus read/write accesses (PCI, Ethernet) whereas the solid lines indicate fast bus accesses. When the Message FIFO is utilized (Diagram A), the Message FIFO is filled as new 1553 messages arrive. Moving the 1553 messages from the Message FIFO to the Host Processor requires 2 “slower” bus accesses to fetch all the new 1553 messages that are in the Message FIFO.

If the Message FIFO is not utilized (Diagram B only), for example to fully support DDC API compatibility, 2 writes and at least 2 reads via the “slower” bus is required to fetch one new 1553 message. The write access to the Command FIFO initiates the transfer of 1553 messages from the device to the Response FIFO and when the transfer is complete, the host can read the Response FIFO. In DDC API compatibility mode, the benefits of the “assisted” design provide significantly improved response times compared to the legacy FT module(s), especially with bulk 1553 transfers.

Figure 15 and Table 17 depict the latent time (time required for 1553 message(s) transfer from 1553 device to host memory when initiated by the host CPU) as a function of the number of 1553 messages being transferred. The three candidates for comparison are (1) Assisted Module running in Message FIFO Mode, (2) Assisted Module running in Standard Mode and (3) the Non-Assisted (Legacy) FT Module.

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Figure 15. AM Transfer Comparisons

Table 55. Average and Worst-Case Latent Times in microseconds

1553 Msgs

Assisted Message FIFO

Assisted Standard

Non-Assisted

Average

Worst-Case

Average

Worst-Case

Average

Worst-Case

1

163.630

182.445

1169.992

1193.958

695.578

705.235

12

239.0805

261.298

1698.532

1735.622

4286.303

5574.973

30

366.4155

399.722

3179.139

3198.554

9566.732

9610.468

The benefits of this approach include:

  1. Reduced number of host CPU reads and writes to the device.

  2. Reduced host memory footprint (less application memory required on the host).

  3. Lower latency from 1553 bus to host memory.

Register Descriptions

The register descriptions provide the register name, Type, Data Range, Read or Write information, Initialized Value, a description of the function and, in most cases, a data table.

Assisted Mode Registers

The Assisted Mode registers are comprised of registers that support the AM Command and AM 1553 Message FIFOs.

AM Commands Registers

The registers associated with the AM Commands are divided into the following:

  • Command FIFO Management (FIFO Buffer, FIFO Count, FIFO Update)

  • Response FIFO Management (FIFO Buffer, FIFO Count)

The Command FIFO registers are used by the host to send commands to the AM processor to configure and operate the 1553 IP core. For every command sent from the host processor to the AM processor, the AM processor responds with a message that is sent to the host processor via the Response FIFO Buffer. The content of the response message will vary depending on the command and may contain configuration information, status information or 1553 data.

AM Command FIFO Buffer

Function: Used to communicate with the 1553 core via the AM (secondary) processor.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: The host writes a command message to the AM Command FIFO Buffer and it is read out by the secondary processor. The secondary processor acts on the 1553 core based on the command that was read out. The AM processor will be unaware any new command messages in the AM Command FIFO Buffer until an update is performed by writing a 1 to the AM Command FIFO Update register.

AM Command FIFO Count

Function: This register contains the value representing the number of 32-bit words that are currently loaded in the AM Command FIFO Buffer.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: When the host writes a command message to the AM Command FIFO Buffer, the value of the AM Command FIFO Count represents the number of 32-bit words contained in the command message. Once the message is fully read out by the AM processor, the AM Command FIFO Count goes to zero.

AM Command FIFO Update

Function: This register is used to update the AM Command FIFO count as it is presented to the AM processor. The purpose of this register is to ensure that the AM Command FIFO Buffer does not present incomplete command messages to the AM processor.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 0001

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: The user should write a 1 to this register to update the AM Command FIFO count as it is seen from the AM processor. The proper way to handle sending commands to the AM processor is to write a full command message to the AM Command FIFO Buffer, then update the count by writing a 1 to the AM Command FIFO Update register.

AM Response FIFO Buffer

Function: Used by the AM (secondary) processor to send response messages to the host.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: After the host writes a valid command message to the AM Command FIFO Buffer and it is read out by the AM processor, the AM processor acts on the 1553 core based on the command type. Once the action is completed, the AM processor sends a response to the host processor via the AM Response FIFO Buffer.

AM Response FIFO Count

Function: This register contains the value that represents the number of 32-bit words that are present in the AM Response FIFO Buffer.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: When a command is sent from the host to the AM processor and it completes the commanded task, it loads the AM Response FIFO with a response message and the AM Response FIFO Count is updated with the number of 32-bit words that are contained in the response message. Once the host reads out the full response message from the AM Response FIFO Buffer, the AM Response FIFO Count will read zero.

AM 1553 Message FIFO Registers

The Message FIFO Management registers consists of the FIFO Buffer, FIFO Count, FIFO Clear command, and the FIFO Threshold which specify threshold associated with for the “1553 Message FIFO Almost Full” status bits in the Channel Status register.

AM 1553 Message FIFO Buffer

Function: When the channel is operating in Message FIFO mode, 1553 messages are stored in the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: When the channel is configured for Message FIFO mode, new 1553 messages (comprising 1553 data words, 1553 status words, timestamp and message status information) are stored in the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer and the host can perform a block read on this register to read out a chain of 1553 messages in a single transaction. The number of 32-bit words to read out of the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer is reported in the 1553 Message FIFO Count register. Refer to Appendix - 1553 Receive Message FIFO Format to decode the single 1553 message or a chain of 1553 messages read from this buffer.

AM 1553 Message FIFO Count

Function: While the channel is operating in Message FIFO mode, the number of 32-bit words in the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer is reported in this register.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: When the channel is configured for Message FIFO mode, new 1553 messages (comprising 1553 data words, 1553 status words, timestamp, and message status information) are stored in the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer. The 32-bit count of a 1553 message can vary depending on the 1553 message type and 1553 data payload size. This register provides the count of 32-bit words that are currently present in the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer instead of providing the count of 1553 messages. When retrieving data from the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer, use the 1553 Message FIFO Count to obtain all 1553 messages and refer to Appendix - 1553 Receive Message FIFO Format to decode 1553 messages.

AM 1553 Message FIFO Clear

Function: When the channel is operating in Message FIFO mode, this register is used to clear the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Write a 1 to this register to clear the 1553 Message FIFO Buffer. Once the buffer is cleared, the 1553 Message FIFO Count register should read zero.

AM 1553 Message FIFO Threshold

Function: Set the “1553 Message FIFO Almost Full” status threshold value.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 1 to 1002

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 512

Operational Settings: This register sets the “1553 Message FIFO Almost Full” threshold such that when the number of 32-bit words reach or surpass the threshold value, the 1553 Message FIFO Almost Full status bit will report a 1. If interrupts are enabled for this status bit, an interrupt will be generated when the number of 32-bit words reach or surpass the threshold value.

Auxiliary Registers

Reset

Function: A write to this register causes a reset of the channel/core.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 000F

Read/Write: W (Reset)

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Reset - Write a 1 to reset the core.

Table 56. Reset

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

RT Address from Backplane

Function: Provides the Remote Terminal address and the parity.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: The RT values are set at the backplane and read from this register.

D31..D6

Reserved

D5

RT Parity Bit: 1=Even Parity, 0=Odd Parity

D4..D0

RT Address of the channel.

Table 57. RT Address from Backplane

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

Miscellaneous Bits

Function: Provides various control and configuration functions as well as status.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Refer to table for definitions.

D31..D16

Reserved

D15

If set, overrides external BC_DISABLE (Bus Controller Mode) with the value from bit 14

D14

BC_DISABLE override value

D13

If set, overrides external M1760 hardware input (Standard) with the value from bit 12

D12

M1760 override value

D11

Reserved

D10

Mode value from backplane (Read Only)

D9

Standard value from backplane (Read Only) Default

D8

Terminate RS-422: 0=No termination, 1=termination

D7

Transceiver Type: 0=Sital, 1=COTS (Read Only)

D6

BC_DISABLE setting at the core (Read Only)

D5

SSFLAG: RT Mode Only - Sets the Sub System flag (bit 2) high in the status word

D4

RTAD_SW_EN: 0=No software change of RT address available, 1=Enables software change of RT Address by configuration reg #6

D3

RT_ADR_LAT: 0=RT Address and parity are used as-is, Rising edge=Last RT Address and parity are sampled and stored in the core. Changes to the values are ignored, 1=RT Address and parity can be latched by writing to configuration reg #5

D2

M1760 Setting at the core (Read Only)

D1

Tx_inhB: 0=Enable core transmission on bus B, 1=inhibit core transmission on bus B

D0

Tx_inhA: 0=Enable core transmission on bus A, 1=inhibit core transmission on bus A

Table 58. Miscellaneous Bits

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Status and Interrupt Registers

The registers may be set for any or all channels and will latch if a transition is detected on a channel or channels. Each channel(s) will remain latched until the channel is cleared. Multiple channels may be cleared simultaneously, if desired. Each channel bit in the register is polled for a read status. Any subsequent channel(s) transition, if detected, will propagate through to be read (rolling-latch).

Once the status register has been read, the act of writing a 1 back to the applicable status register to any specific bit (channel) location (bit mapped per channel), will “clear” the bit (set the bit to 0) if the actual interruptible event condition has cleared. If the interruptible condition “event” is still persistent while clearing, this may retrigger the interrupt.

There is a corresponding Interrupt Enable and vector associated with each “Latched” Status. Each status type may be “polled” (at any time) or is “interruptible” when interrupts are enabled and the associated Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) vectors are programmed accordingly. When programmed for “interruptible” status, interrupts are typically generated and flagged with the programmed vector available as data. The host or single board computer (SBC) typically services the interrupt by a general or specific ISR, which reads the (typically) unique programmed vector (identifier of which status generated the interrupt), reads the associated status register to determine which channel in the status register was “flagged” and then “clears” the status register. This essentially resets the interrupt mechanism, which is now ready to be triggered by the next status register detected event “flag”. “Latched Status” will trigger on either “sense on edge” or “sense on level” based on the settings of the associated Set Edge/Level Interrupt register. Sense on “edge” requires a change from low to high state to trigger the status detection, while sense on “level” is independent of the previous state. Unless otherwise specified, all status or fault indications are bit set per channel.

BIT Status

There are four registers associated with the BIT Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Table 59. BIT Status

BIT Dynamic Status

BIT Latched Status

BIT Interrupt Enable

BIT Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s BIT register.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 000F

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Channel Status

There are four registers associated with the Channel Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt. Use this register to read current or real-time status.

Bit

Description

Notes

D0

1553 Core Interrupt

An interrupt has been signaled from the 1553 core. The specific interrupt signaling event(s) can be identified by reading the core status registers.

D1

1553 Message FIFO Full

The 1553 Message FIFO is full and will not store any additional messages until messages are read out or the FIFO is cleared.

D2

1553 Message FIFO Almost Full

The 1553 Message FIFO is almost full. The almost full threshold may be set by writing a value between 1 and 1002 to the Message FIFO Almost Full Threshold register.

D3

1553 Message FIFO Empty

The 1553 Message FIFO does not contain any messages.

D4

1553 Message FIFO Rx Available

The 1553 Message FIFO contains one or more messages.

D31:D5

Reserved

Table 60. Channel Status

Channel Dynamic Status

Channel Latched Status

Channel Interrupt Enable

Channel Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the event type. There are separate registers for each channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 001F

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: N/A

Function Register Map

Key:

Bold Italic = Configuration/Control

Bold Underline = State/Count/Status

*When an event is detected, the bit associated with the event is set in this register and will remain set until the user clears the event bit. Clearing the bit requires writing a 1 back to the specific bit that was set when read (i.e., write-1-to-clear, writing a “1” to a bit set to “1” will set the bit to “0).

Assisted Mode Registers

AM Commands Registers

0x10B0

AM Command FIFO Buffer Ch 1

W

0x18B0

AM Command FIFO Buffer Ch 2

W

0x10B4

AM Command FIFO Count Ch 1

R

0x18B4

AM Command FIFO Count Ch 2

R

0x10B8

AM Command FIFO Update Ch 1

W

0x18B8

AM Command FIFO Update Ch 2

W

0x10C0

AM Response FIFO Buffer Ch 1

R

0x18C0

AM Response FIFO Buffer Ch 2

R

0x10C4

AM Response FIFO Count Ch 1

R

0x18C4

AM Response FIFO Count Ch 2

R

AM 1553 Message FIFO Registers

0x10D0

AM 1553 Message FIFO Buffer Ch 1

R

0x18D0

AM_1553 Message FIFO Buffer Ch 2

R

0x10D4

AM Message FIFO Count Ch 1

R

0x18D4

AM Message FIFO Count Ch 2

R

0x10D8

AM Message FIFO Clear Ch 1

W

0x18D8

AM Message FIFO Clear Ch 2

W

0x10DC

AM Message FIFO Threshold Ch 1

R/W

0x18DC

AM Message FIFO Threshold Ch 2

R/W

Auxiliary Registers

0x1080

RT Address from Backplane Ch 1

R

0x1880

RT Address from Backplane Ch 2

R

0x1080

Reset Ch 1

W

0x1880

Reset Ch 2

W

0x1084

Miscellaneous Bits Ch 1

R/W

0x1884

Miscellaneous Bits Ch 2

R/W

1553 Status Registers

BIT

0x0800

Dynamic Status

R

0x0804

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0808

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x080C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Channel Status

0x0810

Channel Dynamic Status Ch 1

R

0x0814

Channel Latched Status* Ch 1

R/W

0x0818

Channel Interrupt Enable Ch 1

R/W

0x081C

Channel Set Edge/Level Interrupt Ch 1

R/W

0x0820

Channel Dynamic Status Ch 2

R

0x0824

Channel Latched Status* Ch 2

R/W

0x0828

Channel Interrupt Enable Ch 2

R/W

0x082C

Channel Set Edge/Level Interrupt Ch 2

R/W

Appendix: 1553 Receive Message FIFO Format

Index

32-bit Word

High Word (16-bits)

Low Word (16-bits)

General Rx FIFO 1553 Header Format

0

Msg Type (Upper 8 bits) + Msg Size(Lower 8 bits - number of 16-bit words)

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

Depends on Msg Type

Command Word

BC

BC to RT Message

0

0x0006

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

RT to BC Message

0

0x01XX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

3

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

RT to RT Message

0

0x0208

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status 1

Command Word 1

3

RT Status 2

Command Word 2

Mode Code Message No Data

0

0x0506

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

Mode Code Message with Data Rx

0

0x0606

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

Mode Code Message with Data Tx

0

0x0707

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

3

0x0000

1553 Data Word

Broadcast Message

0

0x0805

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

0x0000

Command Word

Broadcast Message RT to RT

0

0x0A07

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word 1

3

0x0000

Command Word 2

Broadcast Mode Message with No Data

0

0x0D05

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

0x0000

Command Word

Broadcast Mode Message with Data

0

0x0E05

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

0x0000

Command Word

RT

BC to RT Message

0

0x00XX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

3

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

RT to BC Message

0

0x0106

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

RT to RT Message

0

0x02XX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status 1

Command Word 1

3

RT Status 2

Command Word 2

4

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

Mode Code Message No Data

0

0x0506

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

Mode Code Message with Data Rx

0

0x0607

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

3

0x0000

1553 Data Word

Mode Code Message with Data Tx

0

0x0706

Padding (0x15F3

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

Broadcast Message

0

0x08XX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

Command Word

3

Third 16-bit 1553 Data Word

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

Broadcast Message RT to RT

0

0x0AXX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status 1

Command Word 1

3

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

Command Word 2

4

Third 16-bit 1553 Data Word

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

Broadcast Mode Message with No Data

0

0x0D05

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

0x0000

Command Word

Broadcast Mode Message with Data

0

0x0E06

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

1553 Data Word

Command Word

MT

BC to RT Message

0

0x00XX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

3

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

RT to BC Message

0

0x01XX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

3

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

RT to RT Message

0

0x02XX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status 1

Command Word 1

3

RT Status 2

Command Word 2

4

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

Mode Code Message No Data

0

0x0506

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

Mode Code Message with Data Rx

0

0x0607

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

3

0x0000

1553 Data Word

Mode Code Message with Data Tx

0

0x0706

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status

Command Word

Broadcast Message

0

0x08XX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

Command Word

3

Third 16-bit 1553 Data Word

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

Broadcast Message RT to RT

0

0x0AXX

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

RT Status 1

Command Word 1

3

First 16-bit 1553 Data Word

Command Word 2

4

Third 16-bit 1553 Data Word

Second 16-bit 1553 Data Word

…​

…​

…​

N

…​

…​

Broadcast Mode Message with No Data

0

0x0D05

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

0x0000

Command Word

Broadcast Mode Message with Data

0

0x0E06

Padding (0x15F3)

1

Time Tag

Block Status

2

1553 Data Word

Command Word

ARINC 429/575 Function

Principle of Operation

Through a CM5 combination module, the onboard ARINC 429/575 communications function provides up to 8 programmable ARINC-429 channels (AR1 module-type). Each channel is software selectable for transmit and/or receive, high or low speed, and odd or no parity. Therefore, AR1 can support multiple ARINC 429 and 575 channels simultaneously.

Receive Operation

Serial BRZ data is decoded for logic states: one, zero or null. Once Word Gap is detected (4 null states) the receiver waits for either a zero or one state to start the serial-to-parallel shift function. If a waveform timing fault is detected before the serial/parallel function is complete, operation is terminated, and the receiver returns to waiting for Word Gap detection. The serial-to-parallel output data is validated for odd parity, Label and Serial-to-Digital Interface (SDI).

If message validation (filtering) is enabled, the module compares the SDI/Label of incoming ARINC messages to a list of desired SDI/Labels in validation (match) memory and only stores messages with an SDI/Label in the list. The message is stored in the receive FIFO or mailbox, depending if the channel is in FIFO receive mode or mailbox receive mode. In FIFO Receive Mode, received ARINC messages / words are stored with an associated status word and an optional time-stamp value in the channel’s receive FIFO. Additionally, the Rx FIFO can be set for either bounded or circular mode, which determines FIFO behavior when it is full. In bounded mode, newly received ARINC messages are discarded if the FIFO is full whereas in circular mode, new ARINC messages overwrite the oldest messages in the FIFO. In mailbox mode, received ARINC words are stored in mailboxes or records in RAM that are indexed by the SDI/Label of the ARINC word. Each mailbox contains a status word associated with the message, the ARINC message / word, and an optional 32-bit timestamp value. The status word indicates parity error and new message status.

Transmit Operation

Transmitters are tri-stated when TX is not enabled. Transmit operates in one of three modes: Immediate FIFO, Triggered FIFO, and Scheduled. In immediate mode, ARINC data is sent as soon as data is written to the transmit FIFO. In Triggered FIFO mode, a write to the Transmit Trigger register is needed to start transmission of the transmit FIFO contents. Transmission continues until the FIFO is empty. To transmit more data after the FIFO empties out, issue a new trigger after filling the transmit FIFO with new data.

For either FIFO mode, a transmit FIFO Rate register is provided to control rate of transmission. The contents of this register specify the gap time between transmitted words from the FIFO. The default is the minimum ARINC gap time of 4-bit times.

Schedule mode transmits ARINC data words according to a prebuilt schedule table in Transmit Schedule RAM. In the Schedule table, various commands define what messages are sent and the duration of gaps between each message. Note that a Gap (Gap or Fixed Gap) command must be explicitly added in between each Message command otherwise a gap will not be inserted between messages. The ARINC data words and gap times are stored in the Transmit Message RAM and can be updated on the fly as the schedule executes. A write to the Transmit Trigger register initiates the schedule and commands are executed starting from the first command (address 0x0) in the Schedule RAM. While a schedule is running, an ARINC word can be transmitted asynchronously by writing the async data word to the Async Transmit Data register. After it has transmitted, the Async Data Available bit will be cleared from the Channel Status register and the Async Data Sent Interrupt will be set if enabled. The Async Data Available bit in Channel Status also gets cleared by a Stop Cmd in a schedule or if a Transmit Stop command is issued from the Transmit Stop register. Use the Fixed Gap command instead of the Gap command to disable async transmissions during the schedule gap time. Gap and Fixed Gap commands can both be used when building the transmit schedule.

Schedule Transmit Commands

ARINC 429/575 scheduling is controlled by commands that are written to the Transmit Schedule RAM. The available commands are:

Table 61. Schedule Transit Command

Command Name

Description

Message

This command takes a parameter that specifies the location in Transmit Message memory containing the ARINC data word to be sent. The word is transmitted when the Message command is executed. This ARINC word can be modified in Tx Message memory while the schedule is running.

Gap

This command takes a parameter that specifies the location in Transmit Message memory containing a 20-bit gap time value. Values less than 4 are invalid. If the previous command was a Message, then that message is transmitted and then the transmitter waits out the specified gap time transmitting nulls. An exception to this is if there is an async data word available. If the gap time is greater or equal to 40-bit times (4-bit gap time plus one ARINC word plus another 4-bit gap time) an async data word, if available, will be transmitted during this time. If a new async data word is made available and the remaining gap time is large enough to accommodate another async data word transmission, then the new async data word will be transmitted after a 4-bit gap time. Multiple async data word transmissions can thus occur if the remaining gap time is large enough to accommodate a message and the required minimum 4-bit gap time. Otherwise, the transmitter waits out the remaining gap time before executing the next command.

Fixed Gap

This command takes a parameter that specifies the location in Transmit Message memory containing a 20-bit gap time value. Values less than 4 are invalid. If the previous command was a Message, then that message is transmitted with the specified gap time appended. If the previous command was not a Message, then the transmitter waits for the specified gap time before executing the next command. The difference between the Fixed Gap and Gap command is that Fixed Gap will prevent the transmission of async data words during the gap time. Use Fixed Gap to only allow nulls to be transmitted during the gap time.

Pause

This command causes the transmitter to pause execution of the schedule after transmitting the current word. Either a Transmit Trigger command is issued to resume execution, or a Transmit Stop command is issued to halt execution.

Interrupt

This command causes the Schedule Interrupt to be set if Schedule Interrupt is enabled. An unlatched version of this flag is also visible in the channel status register.

Jump

Jumps to the 9-bit address in Schedule memory pointed to by this command and resumes execution there.

Stop

This command causes the transmitter to stop execution of the schedule after transmitting the current word.

ARINC 429/575 Built-in Test

The AR1 module supports three types of built-in tests: Power-On, Continuous Background and Initiated. The results of these tests are logically ORed together and stored in the BIT Dynamic Status and BIT Latched Status registers.

Power-On Self-Test (POST) / Power-on BIT (PBIT) / Start-up BIT(SBIT)

The power-on self-test is performed on each channel automatically when power is applied and reports the results in the BIT Status register when complete. After power-on, the Power-on BIT Complete register should be checked to ensure that POST/PBIT/SBIT test is complete before reading the BIT Dynamic Status and BIT Latched Status registers.

Continuous Background Built-In Test

The background Built-In-Test or Continuous BIT (CBIT) runs in the background for each enabled channel. In Transmit operations, internal transmit data is compared to loop-back data received by the ARINC receivers. When the channel is configured for Receive operation, receive data is continuously monitored via a secondary parallel path circuit and compared to the primary input receive data. If the data does not match, the technique used by the automatic background BIT test consists of an “add-2, subtract-1” counting scheme. The BIT counter is incremented by 2 when a BIT-fault is detected and decremented by 1 when there is no BIT fault detected and the BIT counter is greater than 0. When the BIT counter exceeds the (programmed) Background BIT Threshold value, the specific channel’s fault bit in the BIT status register will be set. The “add-2, subtract-1” counting scheme effectively filters momentary or intermittent anomalies by allowing them to “come and go“ before a BIT fault status or indication is flagged (e.g. BIT faults would register when sustained). This prevents spurious faults from registering valid such as those caused by EMI and/or dirty power causing false BIT faults. Putting more “weight” on errors (“add-2”) and less “weight” on subsequent passing results (subtract-1) will result in a BIT failure indication even if a channel “oscillates” between a pass and fail state. Results of the Continuous BIT are stored in the BIT Dynamic Status and BIT Latched Status register.

Initiated Built-In Test

The Initiated Built-In-Test (IBIT) is an internal loopback available for each channel of the AR1 module. The test is initiated by setting the bit for the associated channel in the Test Enabled register to a 1. Once enabled, they must wait at least 3 msec before checking to see if the bit for the associated channel in the Test Enabled register reads a 0. When the AR1 clears the bit, it means that the test has completed, and its results can be checked. The results of the IBIT is stored in the BIT Dynamic Status and BIT Latched Status registers, a 0 indicates that the channel has passed and a 1 indicates that it failed.

Loop-Back Operation

Transmit and receive operation of an AR1 channel can be verified internally by enabling both Tx and Rx on the same channel. Tx Scheduling is not supported when the channel is placed in this mode.

Transient Protection

The module is normally configured for transient protection but can be specified without if protection is implemented externally.

Status and Interrupts The AR1 Module provide registers that indicate faults or events. Refer to 'Appendix B: Status and Interrupts' for the Principle of Operation description.

Register Descriptions

The register descriptions provide the register name, Type, Data Range, Read or Write information, Initialized Value, a description of the function and, in most cases, a data table.

Receive Registers

The registers listed are associated with data that is received on the AR1 channels. Two modes of message storage are supported: Receive FIFO and Receive Mailbox.

Receive FIFO Mode Registers

The Receive FIFO Mode Registers contain information about ARINC messages that are received via the Receive FIFO buffer on the AR1 channel. The registers associated with this feature are:

  • Receive FIFO Message Buffer

  • Receive FIFO Message Count

  • Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold

  • Receive FIFO Size

Receive FIFO Message Buffer

Function: In FIFO receive mode, the received ARINC messages are stored in this buffer.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: NA

Operational Settings: Perform two reads from this register to retrieve the Status word and the ARINC data word, respectively. If Time Stamping is enabled, perform one more read to retrieve the timestamp.

Table 62. Receive FIFO Message Buffer

Message Status Word

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N

PE

Data Word

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Timestamp Word (*if enabled)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

PE = Parity Error       1 Calculated parity does not match the received parity bit

N = New message    1 Message has not been read yet

Receive FIFO Message Count

Function: Contains the number of ARINC messages in the receive FIFO in Receive FIFO mode.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 255

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: A received message consists of the message status word and the ARINC data word. If time stamping is enabled, a 32-bit timestamp is also included in the message. For example, if this register reads 1, indicating one message is loaded in the receive FIFO, perform two reads from the Receive FIFO Message Buffer register to retrieve the full message (status word and ARINC data word) if time stamping is disabled or perform three reads from the Receive FIFO Message Buffer register to retrieve the full message (status word, ARINC data word and timestamp word) if time stamping is enabled.

Table 63. Receive FIFO Message Count

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold

Function: Specifies the level of the receive FIFO buffer, equal or above, at which the Rx FIFO Almost Full Status bit D1 in the Channel Status register, is flagged (High True).

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 255

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 128 (0x0080)

Operational Settings: If the Interrupt Enable register interrupt is enabled, a SYSTEM interrupt will be generated when the receive FIFO level increases and reaches the threshold level. This register does NOT get reset by a channel reset.

Table 64. Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Receive FIFO Size

Function: Specifies the size of the Rx FIFO buffer. The default size is 255 messages.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 1 to 255

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 255 (0xFF)

Operational Settings: This setting affects the Rx FIFO size when the Rx FIFO is configured in either Rx FIFO Bounded or Circular mode.

Table 65. Receive FIFO Size

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Receive Mailbox Mode Registers

The Receive Mailbox Mode Registers contain information about ARINC messages that are received via mailboxes on the AR1 channel. The registers associated with this feature are:

  • Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer

  • Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count

  • Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold

  • Receive FIFO Size

  • Mailbox Status Data

  • Mailbox Message Data

  • Mailbox Timestamp Data

  • Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer

Function: In Mailbox receive mode, SDI/Label of received messages are stored in this buffer.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 03FF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: In Mailbox receive mode, this FIFO contains the 10-bit SDI/Label of newly received messages. This provides a list to the user showing which mailboxes contain new messages since the last time this FIFO was read.

Table 66. Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

A10

A9

A8

A7

A6

A5

A4

A3

A2

A1

A8-A1 = Label (A8 is MSB and A1 is LSB)

A10-A9 = SDI

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count

Function: Contains the number of newly received SDI/Labels in the receive FIFO in Receive Mailbox mode.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 255

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: In Mailbox receive mode, this register contains the number of newly received SDI/Labels in the receive FIFO. The user may perform this number of reads on the Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer register to retrieve all SDI/Labels.

Table 67. Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold

Function: Specifies the level of the receive FIFO buffer, equal or above, at which the Rx FIFO Almost Full Status bit D1 in the Channel Status register, is flagged (High True).

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 255

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 128 (0x0080)

Operational Settings: If the Interrupt Enable register interrupt is enabled, a SYSTEM interrupt will be generated when the receive FIFO level increases and reaches the threshold level. This register does NOT get reset by a channel reset.

Table 68. Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Receive FIFO Size

Function: Specifies the size of the Rx FIFO buffer. The default size is 255 SDI/Labels.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 1 to 255

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 255 (0xFF)

Operational Settings: This setting affects the Rx FIFO size when the Rx FIFO is configured in either Rx FIFO Bounded or Circular mode.

Table 69. Receive FIFO Size

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Mailbox Status Data

Function: Stores ARINC Status data word.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 0003

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: This is a 32-bit value that contains status information associated with the received ARINC word. D1 of 1 indicates that the received ARINC word is a new message. D0 of 1' indicates a parity error is present in the ARINC message. There are 1024 Mailbox Status Data registers, one for each SDI/Label. The user can determine which Mailbox Status Data registers contain new data based on newly received SDI/Labels in the receive FIFO.

Table 70. Mailbox Status Data

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N

PE

PE = Parity Error       1 Calculated parity does not match the received parity bit

N = New message    1 This is a new ARINC message

Mailbox Message Data

Function: Stores ARINC Message data word.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: This is the 32-bit ARINC data word. There are 1024 Mailbox Message Data registers, one for each SDI/Label. The user can determine which Mailbox Message Data registers contain new data based on newly received SDI/Labels in the receive FIFO.

Mailbox Timestamp Data

Function: Stores ARINC Timestamp data word.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: This is the 32-bit timestamp associated with the received ARINC word. There are 1024 Mailbox Timestamp Data registers, one for each SDI/Label. The user can determine which Mailbox Timestamp Data registers contain new data based on newly received SDI/Labels in the receive FIFO.

Timestamp Registers

Timestamp Control

Function: Determines the resolution of the timestamp counter.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 0007

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0 (1 µsec)

Operational Settings: The LSB can have one of four time values. Set bit D2 to zero out the timestamp counter.

Table 71. Timestamp Control

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Z

D

D

Timestamp Control Register

Bit(s)

Name

Description

D31:D3

Reserved

Set Reserved bits to 0.

D2

Zero Timestamp

Set the bit to zero out the timestamp counter

D1:D0

Resolution (R/W)

The following sets the Resolution:

(0:0) 1 µs

(0:1) 10 µs

(1:0) 100 µs

(1:1) 1 ms

Timestamp Value

Function: Reads the current 32-bit timestamp.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: NA

Operational Settings: The time value of each LSB is determined by the resolution set in the Timestamp Control register.

Table 72. Timestamp Value

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Message Validation Registers

If message validation (filtering) is enabled, the module compares the SDI/Label of incoming ARINC messages to a list of desired SDI/Labels in validation (match) memory and only stores messages with an SDI/Label in the list.

Match Enable

Function: Enables or disables reception of ARINC words containing the associated SDI/Label.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 1

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: D0 set to 1 enables reception of ARINC words containing the SDI/Label that is associated with this register. This register only takes effect if the MATCH ENABLE bit is set to 1 in the Channel Control Register. There are 1024 Match Enable Data Registers, and each register is indexed by the SDI/Label. Note that bit D1 is a reserved bit, and it is fixed to 1.

Table 73. Match Enable

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

D

Transmit Registers

The registers listed are associated with data that is to be transmitted from the AR1 channels. Two modes of message storage are supported: Transmit FIFO and Transmit Scheduling.

Transmit FIFO Registers

The Transmit FIFO Mode Registers contain information about ARINC messages that are to be transmitted via the Transmit FIFO buffer on the AR1 channel. The registers associated with this feature are:

  • Transmit FIFO Message Buffer

  • Transmit FIFO Message Count

  • Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold

  • Transmit FIFO Rate

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer

Function: In immediate or triggered FIFO modes, ARINC messages are placed here prior to transmission.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: ARINC data words are 32-bits. This memory is shared with the Tx Message memory and is only available in Tx FIFO modes.

Transmit FIFO Message Count

Function: Contains the number of ARINC 32-bit words in the transmit FIFO.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 255

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Used only in the FIFO transmit modes.

Table 74. Transmit FIFO Message Count

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold

Function: Specifies the level of the transmit buffer, equal or below, at which the Tx FIFO Almost Empty Status bit D5 in the Channel Status register, is flagged (High True).

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 255

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 32 decimal (0x0020)

Operational Settings: If the Interrupt Enable register interrupt is enabled, a SYSTEM interrupt will be generated when the receive FIFO level increases and reaches the threshold level. This register does NOT get reset by a channel reset.

Table 75. Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Transmit FIFO Rate

Function: Determines the Gap time between transmitted ARINC messages in FIFO transmit modes.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0-0x000F FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 4

Mode: FIFO

Operational Settings: Each LSB is 1-bit time. Rates less than 4 are not valid. This register does NOT get reset by a channel reset.

Table 76. Transmit FIFO Rate

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Transmit Scheduling Registers

The Transmit Scheduling Registers are utilized when the channel is set up to run a Transmit Schedule. The memories/registers associated with this feature are:

  • Transmit Schedule RAM

  • Transmit Message RAM

  • Async Transmit Data Register

Transmit Schedule RAM Command Format

Function: The Transmit Schedule RAM consists of 256 32-bit words that are used to set up a self-running transmit schedule. These are the valid command formats for the Transmit Schedule RAM.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: Only bits 0 to 15 are utilized for schedule commands. Bits 12 to 15 specify the command type and bits 0 to 7 or 8 specify the command parameter. Only the Message, Gap, Fixed Gap and Jump commands utilize a command parameter. When the schedule starts, commands are executed sequentially starting from schedule RAM address 0x0.

Table 77. Transmit Schedule RAM Command Format

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

FUNCTION

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

FUNCTION

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

STOP

CMD

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

MA7

MA6

MA5

MA4

MA3

MA2

MA1

MA0

MESSAGE CMD

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

MA7

MA6

MA5

MA4

MA3

MA2

MA1

MA0

GAP CMD

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

MA7

MA6

MA5

MA4

MA3

MA2

MA1

MA0

FIXED GAP CMD

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

PAUSE CMD

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SCH INTERRUPT CMD

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

SA8

SA7

SA6

SA5

SA4

SA3

SA2

SA1

SA0

JUMP CMD

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

RESERVED

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

RESERVED

  1. MA7-MA0 = Address of Tx Message memory organized as 256x32.

  2. SA8-SA0 = Address of next command in Tx Schedule memory organized as 256x32.

Transmit Message RAM Data Format

Function: The Transmit Message RAM consists of 256 32-bit words that are used by the transmit schedule for ARINC message and gap time word storage.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: Words that are stored in Transmit Message RAM are utilized by Message, Gap, and Fixed Gap commands in the Transmit Schedule. In the case of Message commands, the command parameter specifies an address in Transmit Message RAM that contains the 32-bit ARINC message to transmit. In the case of Gap or Fixed Gap commands, the command parameter specifies an address in Transmit Message RAM that contains the gap time value.

Async Transmit Data

Function: This memory location is the transmit async buffer.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: While a schedule is running, a single 32-bit ARINC message that is intended to be transmitted asynchronously must be written to this register. When an async data word is written to this register, the Async Data Available status bit will get set until the async data word is transmitted. If a gap (not fixed gap) time is greater or equal to 40 bit times (4-bit gap time plus one ARINC word plus another 4-bit gap time) the async data word, if available, will be transmitted during this time.

Transmit Control Registers

Control of the transmission of ARINC messages includes the ability to start/resume, pause and stop the transmission of the message.

Transmit Trigger

Function: Sends a trigger command to the transmitter and is used to start transmission in Triggered FIFO or Scheduled Transmit modes.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 00FF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set bit to 1 for the channel to resume transmission after a scheduled pause or Transmit pause command.

Table 78. Transmit Trigger

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Transmit Pause

Function: Sends a command to pause the transmitter after the current word and gap time has finished transmitting.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 00FF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Modes Affected: Triggered FIFO and Schedule Transmit

Operational Settings: Set bit to 1 for the channel to pause transmission in Triggered FIFO or Scheduled Transmit modes. Issue a Transmit Trigger command to resume transmission or issue a Transmit Stop command to halt transmission.

Table 79. Transmit Pause

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Transmit Stop

Function: Sends a command to stop the transmitter after the current word and gap time has been transmitted.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 00FF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Modes Affected: All Transmit modes

Operational Settings: Set bit to 1 for the channel to stop transmission.

Table 80. Transmit Stop

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Control Registers

The AR1 control registers provide the ability to reset all the channels in the AR1 module and configuring and controlling individual AR1 channels

Channel Control

Function: Used to configure and control the channels.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: See table

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: When writing to this register, the configuration bits must be maintained when setting the control bits.

Bit(s)

CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Description

D31:D22

RESERVED

Set RESERVED bits to 0.

D21

SCHEDULE INTERRUPT CLEAR

When the SCHEDULE INTERRUPT CLEAR bit is set to 1 by the user, the Schedule Interrupt bit (D10) in the Channel Status register can be cleared.

D20

RESERVED

Set RESERVED bits to 0.

D19

CHANNEL RESET

When the CHANNEL RESET bit is set to 1 by the user, the channel is held in reset until the user sets the bit to 0. The channel reset causes Tx and Rx FIFO buffers to clear out, but channel configuration settings remain unchanged.

D18

MATCH MEMORY CLEAR

When the MATCH MEMORY CLEAR bit is set to 1 by the user and if MATCH ENABLE bit is set to 1, all 1024 SDI/Labels will be disabled in Rx Match Memory, which means all received ARINC messages will be filtered out and discarded. This is a self-clearing bit. After setting the bit, allow 100 us to complete.

D17

RECEIVE FIFO CLEAR

When the RECEIVE FIFO CLEAR bit is set to 1 then set to 0 by the user, the Rx FIFO buffer is cleared out and the Rx FIFO count goes to zero.

D16

TRANSMIT FIFO CLEAR

When the TRANSMIT FIFO CLEAR bit is set to 1 then set to 0 by the user, the Tx FIFO buffer is cleared out and the Tx FIFO count goes to zero.

Bit(s)

CONFIGURATION FUNCTIONS

Description/Values

D15:D11

RESERVED

Set RESERVED bits to 0.

D10

STORE ON ERROR DISABLE

If the STORE ON ERROR DISABLE bit is cleared (0) and odd parity is enabled, received words that contain a parity error will be stored in the receive buffer or mailbox.

When the STORE ON ERROR DISABLE bit is set (1) and odd parity is enabled, received words that contain a parity error will NOT be stored in the receive buffer or mailbox.

D9

RESERVED

Set RESERVED bit to 0.

D8

TIMESTAMP ENABLE

When TIMESTAMP ENABLE bit is set to 1, the receiver will store a 32-bit time stamp value along with the received ARINC word. There is one-time stamp counter per module and it is used across all 12 channels. It has 4 selectable resolutions and can be reset via the Time Stamp Control register. It is recommended to clear the Receive FIFOs whenever the Receive mode or Time Stamp Enable mode is changed to ensure that extraneous data is not leftover from a previous receive operation.

D7

MATCH ENABLE

When the MATCH ENABLE bit is set to 1, the receiver will only store ARINC words which match the SDI/Labels enabled in Rx Match memory.

D6

PARITY DISABLE

The PARITY DISABLE bit when set to 0, causes ARINC bit 32 to be treated as an odd parity bit. The transmitter calculates the ARINC odd parity bit and transmits it as bit 32. The receiver will check the received ARINC word for odd parity and will flag an error if is not. When the PARITY DISABLE bit is set to 1, parity generation and checking will be disabled, and both the transmitter and receiver will treat ARINC bit 32 as data and pass it on unchanged.

D5

HIGH SPEED

The HIGH SPEED bit is used to select the data rate.

12.5 kHz = 0

100 kHz = 1

D4:D3

TRANSMIT MODE

The TRANSMIT MODE bits are used to select the Transmit Mode.

(0:0) = Immediate FIFO mode

(0:1) = Schedule mode

(1:0) = Triggered FIFO mode

(1:1) = Invalid mode

D2

TRANSMIT ENABLE

The TRANSMIT ENABLE bit should be set after all transmit parameters have been set up. This is especially important in Immediate FIFO Transmit mode since this mode will start transmitting as soon as data is put into the Tx FIFO.

D1

RECEIVE MODE

The RECEIVE MODE bit is used to select the storage mode (FIFO or Mailbox) of received messages.

FIFO = 0

MBOX = 1

D0

RECEIVER ENABLE

The RECEIVER ENABLE bit should be set after all receive parameters and filters have been set up. After setting this bit, the module will look for a minimum 4-bit gap time before decoding any ARINC bits to prevent it from receiving a partial ARINC word.

Module Reset

Function: Sends a command to reset the entire 12-channel module to power up conditions.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 or 1

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: All FIFOs are cleared. However, it does not clear out any memories. Set D0 to 1 to reset the module then set to 0 to bring it out of reset.

Table 81. Module Reset

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

ARINC 429/575 Test Registers

The AR1 module provides the ability to run an initiated test (IBIT). Writing a 1 to the bit associated with the channel in the Test Enabled register.

Test Enabled

Function: Set the bit corresponding to the channel you want to run Initiated Built-In-Test.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 to 0x0000 00FF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0x0

Operational Settings: Set bit to 1 for channel to run an Initiated BIT test. Failures in the BIT test are reflected in the BIT Status registers for the corresponding channels that fail. In addition, an interrupt (if enabled in the BIT Interrupt Enable register) can be triggered when the BIT testing detects failures. Bit is self-clearing and does so upon completion of the test. Allow at least 3 ms per channel for the test enabled bits to clear after enabling. Note that running Initiated BIT test on a channel will interrupt operation of the channel and all FIFOs will get cleared. The system implementation should take this behavior into consideration.

Table 82. Test Enabled

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Background BIT Threshold Programming Registers

The Background BIT Threshold register provides the ability to specify the minimum time before the BIT fault is reported in the BIT Status registers. The Reset BIT register provides the ability to reset the BIT counter used in CBIT.

Background BIT Threshold

Function: Sets background BIT Threshold value to use for all channels for BIT failure indication.

Data Range: 1 to 65,535

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 5

Operational Settings: This value represents the background BIT error “count” that, when surpassed, will cause the BIT status to indicate failure.

Reset BIT

Function: Resets the CBIT internal circuitry and count mechanism. Set the bit corresponding to the channel you want to clear.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 to 0x0000 00FF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set bit to 1 for channel to resets the CBIT mechanisms. Bit is self-clearing.

Table 83. Reset BIT

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Status and Interrupt Registers

The AR1 Module provides status registers for BIT and Channel

Channel Status Enable

Function: Determines whether to update the status for the channels. Does NOT prevent BIT from executing; only prevents the update of results to the status registers. This feature can be used to “mask” status bit updates of unused channels in status registers that are bitmapped by channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 00FF (Channel Status)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0x0000 00FF

Operational Settings: When the bit corresponding to a given channel in the Channel Status Enable register is not enabled (0) the status update will be masked. This applies to all statuses that are bitmapped by channel (BIT Status and Summary Status).

Note
Background BIT will continue to run even if the Channel Status Enable is set to 0.
Note
If latched status has been set for any channel bit, disabling the channel status update will NOT clear the latched status bit. To clear latched bits and disable their status updates, follow these steps:
  1. Disable channels in Channel Status Enable register.

  2. Read the Latched Status register.

  3. Clear the Latched Status register with the value read from step 2.

  4. Read the Latched Status register; should not read any errors (0) on channels that have been disabled.

Table 84. Channel Status Enable

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

BIT Status

There are four registers associated with the BIT Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Table 85. BIT Status

BIT Dynamic Status

BIT Latched Status

BIT Interrupt Enable

BIT Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s BIT register.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 00FF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Channel Status

There are four registers associated with the Channel Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt. Use this register to read current or real-time status. The Built-In-Test Error bit is latched and will stay set once an error is detected. It can be cleared by reading the BIT Status register. The Schedule Interrupt bit can be cleared by reading the Interrupt Status register when enabled or it can be cleared via the Channel Control register. See specific registers for function description and programming.

The Rx Data Available bit is set when the receive FIFO is not empty. The Rx FIFO Overflow bit will set whenever the receiver must discard data because the receive FIFO was full and new data was received. The Async Data Available bit in Channel Status also gets cleared by a Stop Cmd in a schedule or if a Transmit Stop command is issued from the Transmit Stop register. The Tx Run bit is set whenever the transmitter is executing a schedule or actively transmitting the contents of the transmit FIFO. The Tx Pause bit is set whenever the transmitter has been paused in schedule mode. Some events are NOT latched. They are dynamic.

Bit

Description

Configurable?

Configuration Register

D0

Rx Data Available

No

D1

Rx FIFO Almost Full

Yes

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold

D2

Rx FIFO Full

Yes

Receive FIFO Size

D3

Rx FIFO Overflow

Yes

Receive FIFO Size

D4

Tx FIFO Empty

No

D5

Tx FIFO Almost Empty

Yes

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold

D6

Tx FIFO Full

No

D7

Parity Error

No

D8

Receive Error

No

D9

Built-in-Test Error

No

D10

Schedule Interrupt

No

D11

Async Data Available

No

D12

Tx Run

No

D13

Tx Pause

No

Channel Dynamic Status

Channel Latched Status

Channel Interrupt Enable

Channel Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the event type. There are separate registers for each channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Range: 0 to 0x0000 3FFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: N/A

Summary Status

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel that has data available to receive in its Receive FIFO Mode or Receive Mailbox Mode registers.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bits)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 00FF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Set Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Table 86. Summary Status

Summary Dynamic Status

Summary Latched Status

Summary Interrupt Enable

Summary Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function Register Map

Key:

Regular Italic = Incoming Data Regular Underline = Outgoing Data Bold Italic = Configuration/Control Bold Underline = Status

*When an event is detected, the bit associated with the event is set in this register and will remain set until the user clears the event bit. Clearing the bit requires writing a '1' back to the specific bit that was set when read (i.e., write-1-to-clear, writing a “1” to a bit set to “1” will set the bit to “0). Receive Registers

Receive FIFO Mode Registers

0x1104

Receive FIFO Message Buffer Ch 1

R

0x1204

Receive FIFO Message Buffer Ch 2

R

0x1304

Receive FIFO Message Buffer Ch 3

R

0x1404

Receive FIFO Message Buffer Ch 4

R

0x1504

Receive FIFO Message Buffer Ch 5

R

0x1604

Receive FIFO Message Buffer Ch 6

R

0x1704

Receive FIFO Message Buffer Ch 7

R

0x1804

Receive FIFO Message Buffer Ch 8

R

0x1110

Receive FIFO Message Count Ch 1

R

0x1210

Receive FIFO Message Count Ch 2

R

0x1310

Receive FIFO Message Count Ch 3

R

0x1410

Receive FIFO Message Count Ch 4

R

0x1510

Receive FIFO Message Count Ch 5

R

0x1610

Receive FIFO Message Count Ch 6

R

0x1710

Receive FIFO Message Count Ch 7

R

0x1810

Receive FIFO Message Count Ch 8

R

0x1108

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 1

R/W

0x1208

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 2

R/W

0x1308

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 3

R/W

0x1408

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 4

R/W

0x1508

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 5

R/W

0x1608

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 6

R/W

0x1708

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 7

R/W

0x1808

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 8

R/W

0x1124

Receive FIFO Size Ch 1

R/W

0x1224

Receive FIFO Size Ch 2

R/W

0x1324

Receive FIFO Size Ch 3

R/W

0x1424

Receive FIFO Size Ch 4

R/W

0x1524

Receive FIFO Size Ch 5

R/W

0x1624

Receive FIFO Size Ch 6

R/W

0x1724

Receive FIFO Size Ch 7

R/W

0x1824

Receive FIFO Size Ch 8

R/W

Receive Mailbox Mode Registers

0x1104

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer Ch 1

R

0x1204

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer Ch 2

R

0x1304

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer Ch 3

R

0x1404

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer Ch 4

R

0x1504

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer Ch 5

R

0x1604

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer Ch 6

R

0x1704

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer Ch 7

R

0x1804

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Buffer Ch 8

R

0x1110

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count Ch 1

R

0x1210

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count Ch 2

R

0x1310

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count Ch 3

R

0x1410

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count Ch 4

R

0x1510

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count Ch 5

R

0x1610

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count Ch 6

R

0x1710

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count Ch 7

R

0x1810

Receive FIFO SDI/Label Count Ch 8

R

0x1108

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 1

R/W

0x1208

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 2

R/W

0x1308

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 3

R/W

0x1408

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 4

R/W

0x1508

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 5

R/W

0x1608

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 6

R/W

0x1708

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 7

R/W

0x1808

Receive FIFO Almost Full Threshold Ch 8

R/W

0x1124

Receive FIFO Size Ch 1

R/W

0x1224

Receive FIFO Size Ch 2

R/W

0x1324

Receive FIFO Size Ch 3

R/W

0x1424

Receive FIFO Size Ch 4

R/W

0x1524

Receive FIFO Size Ch 5

R/W

0x1624

Receive FIFO Size Ch 6

R/W

0x1724

Receive FIFO Size Ch 7

R/W

0x1824

Receive FIFO Size Ch 8

R/W

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Timestamp Registers

0x100C

Timestamp Control

R/W

0x1010

Timestamp Value

R

Message Validation Registers

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Transmit Registers

Transmit FIFO Registers

0x1100

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer Ch 1

W

0x1200

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer Ch 2

W

0x1300

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer Ch 3

W

0x1400

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer Ch 4

W

0x1500

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer Ch 5

W

0x1600

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer Ch 6

W

0x1700

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer Ch 7

W

0x1800

Transmit FIFO Message Buffer Ch 8

W

0x1114

Transmit FIFO Message Count Ch 1

R

0x1214

Transmit FIFO Message Count Ch 2

R

0x1314

Transmit FIFO Message Count Ch 3

R

0x1414

Transmit FIFO Message Count Ch 4

R

0x1514

Transmit FIFO Message Count Ch 5

R

0x1614

Transmit FIFO Message Count Ch 6

R

0x1714

Transmit FIFO Message Count Ch 7

R

0x1814

Transmit FIFO Message Count Ch 8

R

0x110C

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Ch 1

R/W

0x120C

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Ch 2

R/W

0x130C

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Ch 3

R/W

0x140C

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Ch 4

R/W

0x150C

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Ch 5

R/W

0x160C

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Ch 6

R/W

0x170C

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Ch 7

R/W

0x180C

Transmit FIFO Almost Empty Threshold Ch 8

R/W

0x111C

Transmit FIFO Rate Ch 1

R/W

0x121C

Transmit FIFO Rate Ch 2

R/W

0x131C

Transmit FIFO Rate Ch 3

R/W

0x141C

Transmit FIFO Rate Ch 4

R/W

0x151C

Transmit FIFO Rate Ch 5

R/W

0x161C

Transmit FIFO Rate Ch 6

R/W

0x171C

Transmit FIFO Rate Ch 7

R/W

0x181C

Transmit FIFO Rate Ch 8

R/W

Transmit Scheduling Registers

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0x1120

Async Transmit Data Ch 1

R/W

0x1220

Async Transmit Data Ch 2

R/W

0x1320

Async Transmit Data Ch 3

R/W

0x1420

Async Transmit Data Ch 4

R/W

0x1520

Async Transmit Data Ch 5

R/W

0x1620

Async Transmit Data Ch 6

R/W

0x1720

Async Transmit Data Ch 7

R/W

0x1820

Async Transmit Data Ch 8

R/W

Transmit Control Registers

All Channels

0x1000

Tx Trigger

W

0x1004

Tx Pause

W

0x1008

Tx Stop

W

Control Registers

0x1118

Channel Control Ch 1

R/W

0x1218

Channel Control Ch 2

R/W

0x1318

Channel Control Ch 3

R/W

0x1418

Channel Control Ch 4

R/W

0x1518

Channel Control Ch 5

R/W

0x1618

Channel Control Ch 6

R/W

0x1718

Channel Control Ch 7

R/W

0x1818

Channel Control Ch 8

R/W

All Channels

0x1014

Module Reset

W

BIT

0x0800

Dynamic Status

R

0x0804

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0808

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x080C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

0x0248

Test Enabled

R/W

0x02B8

Background BIT Threshold

R/W

0x02BC

Reset BIT

W

0x02AC

Power-on BIT Complete++

R

++After power-on, Power-on BIT Complete should be checked before reading the BIT Latched Status.

Channel Status

0x02B0

Channel Status Enable

R/W

Ch 1

0x0810

Dynamic Status

R

Ch 1

0x0814

Latched Status*

R/W

Ch 1

0x0818

Interrupt Enable

R/W

Ch 1

0x081C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Ch 2

0x0820

Dynamic Status

R

Ch 2

0x0824

Latched Status*

R/W

Ch 2

0x0828

Interrupt Enable

R/W

Ch 2

0x082C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Ch 3

0x0830

Dynamic Status

R

Ch 3

0x0834

Latched Status*

R/W

Ch 3

0x0838

Interrupt Enable

R/W

Ch 3

0x083C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Ch 4

0x0840

Dynamic Status

R

Ch 4

0x0844

Latched Status*

R/W

Ch 4

0x0848

Interrupt Enable

R/W

Ch 4

0x084C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Ch 5

0x0850

Dynamic Status

R/W

Ch 5

0x0854

Latched Status*

R/W

Ch 5

0x0858

Interrupt Enable

R/W

Ch 5

0x085C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Ch 6

0x0860

Dynamic Status

R/W

Ch 6

0x0864

Latched Status*

R/W

Ch 6

0x0868

Interrupt Enable

R/W

Ch 6

0x086C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Ch 7

0x0870

Dynamic Status

R/W

Ch 7

0x0874

Latched Status*

R/W

Ch 7

0x0878

Interrupt Enable

R/W

Ch 7

0x087C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Ch 8

0x0880

Dynamic Status

R/W

Ch 8

0x0884

Latched Status*

R/W

Ch 8

0x0888

Interrupt Enable

R/W

Ch 8

0x088C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

CANBus Function

Principle of Operation

The onboard CANBus communications function provides the CAN data link layer protocol as standardized in ISO 11898-1 (2003). It can also provide Flexible Data (FD) communication, which is an extension of that ISO standard. The standard describes the data link layer (composed of the logical link control (LLC) sublayer and the media access control (MAC) sublayer) and some aspects of the physical layer of the OSI reference model. All the other protocol layers are the network designer’s choice.

Each CAN node can send and receive messages, but not simultaneously. A message consists primarily of an ID (identifier), which represents the priority of the message, and up to 8 (64 for CAN FD) data bytes. The devices that are connected by a CAN network are typically sensors,actuators, and other control devices. These devices are not connected directly to the bus, but through a host processor and a CAN controller.

If the bus is idle, which is represented by recessive level (Logical 1), any node may begin to transmit. If two or more nodes begin sending messages at the same time, the message with the more dominant ID (which has more dominant bits, i.e., zeroes) will overwrite other nodes' less dominant IDs, so that eventually (after this arbitration on the ID.) only the dominant message remains and is received by all nodes. This mechanism is referred to as priority-based bus arbitration. Messages with numerically smaller values of IDs have higher priority and are transmitted first.

When utilized, CAN FD communication provides nodes with the capability to send more payload data at faster speeds over a conventional CAN A/B network. The electrical condition/configuration of the CAN Bus (total number of units connected, length of the CAN Bus wires, other electromagnetic factors) determine the fastest data transfer rate possible on that CAN Bus. It also provides better error detection in received CAN messages.

Each node (the CAN module on an appropriate board/system platform is a node) provides:

Host Module Processing

The host (on-module) processor decides what received messages mean and which messages it wants to transmit itself. Sensors, actuators, and control devices can be connected to the host processor.

CAN Controller: Hardware with a Synchronous Clock

Receiving: the CAN controller stores received bits serially from the bus until an entire message is available, which can then be fetched by the host processor (usually after the CAN controller has triggered an interrupt or is polling for messages).

Sending: the host processor stores the transmit messages onto a CAN controller, which transmits the bits serially onto the bus.

Transceiver

Receiving: it adapts signal levels from the bus to levels that the CAN controller expects and has protective circuitry that protects the CAN controller.

Transmitting: it converts the transmit-bit signal received from the CAN controller into a signal that is sent onto the bus. With CAN A/B, bit rates up to 1 Mbit/s are possible at network lengths below 40 m. Decreasing the bit rate allows longer network distances (e.g., 500 m at 125 kbit/s). With CAN FD, bit rates up to 4 Mbit/s are possible at network lengths below 40 m (Note: this is for data payload only; the arbitration bit rate is still limited to 1Mbit/s for compatibility). Decreasing the bit rate allows longer network distances (e.g., 500 m at 125 kbit/s). CAN FD extends the speed of the data section by a factor of up to 8 (64 bytes) of the arbitration bit rate over what classic CAN provides (8 bytes). The CAN FD frame/message ID uses an Extended ID (29-bit format) version of the classic CAN Standard ID (11-bit) format. CAN FD can also handle Standard ID format messages, as well.

As applications may require many nodes (SG), which are not predetermine, both conventional CAN A/B bus and CAN-FD bus require proper termination (120-ohm resistor at each end of the bus) to operate properly. A new feature to NAI’s CAN-FD module is the ability to assign termination to desired channels in code rather than requiring a physical resistor to be attached.

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Register Descriptions

The register descriptions provide the register name, Register Offset, Type, Data Range, Read or Write information, Default Value, a description of the function and, in most cases, a data table.

Receive Registers

The registers listed are associated with data that is received on the CANBus channels

Receive FIFO Buffer Data

Function:

Stores received messages.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

NA

Default:

0

Receive FIFO Word Count

Function:

Contains the number of words in the Receive FIFO buffer.

Type:

unsigned integer word

Data Range:

0 to 1024 (0 to 0x0000 0400)

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

NA

Default:

0

Receive FIFO Frame Count

Function:

Contains the number of frames in the Receive FIFO buffer.

Type:

unsigned integer word

Data Range:

0 to 204 (0 to 0x0000 00CC) (Minimum CAN frame will be 5 entries on the FIFO)

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

Each minimum CAN frame is 5; 32-bit words that get placed on the FIFO. Maximum frame count is thus 1024 (0x0000 0400) / 5 = 204 (0x0000 00CC).

Default:

0

Transmit Registers

The registers listed are associated with data that is transmitted on the CANBus channels.

Transmit FIFO Buffer Data

Function:

Transmits messages in FIFO

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write:

W

Operational Settings:

NA

Default:

0

Transmit FIFO Word Count

Function:

Contains the number of words in the Transmit FIFO register.

Type:

unsigned integer word

Data Range:

0 to 1024 (0 to 0x0000 0400)

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

NA

Default:

0

Transmit FIFO Frame Count

Function:

Contains the number of frames in the Transmit FIFO register.

Type:

unsigned integer word

Data Range:

0 to 204 (0 to 0x0000 00CC) (Minimum CAN frame will be 5 entries on the FIFO)

Read/Write: R

Operational Settings:

Each minimum CAN frame is 5; 32-bit words that get placed on the FIFO. Maximum frame count is thus 1024 (0x0000 0400) / 5 = 204 (0x0000 00CC).

Default:

Command Registers

The registers listed are associated with functionality which enables Tx and Rx FIFO to be dedicated to sending and receiving CAN-FD messages.

BareMetal Capabilities Register

Function:

Determines if the revision of BM can use Command FIFO, response registers and can set the device sample point.

Type:

unsigned integer word

Data Range:

0 or 1

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

See descriptions that follow

Default:

0

Table 87. BareMetal Capabilities Register

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D0: Cmd FIFO in Use: if set to 1, Cmd FIFO is available and can be used to send parameters to the BareMetal.

D1: Sample Point: If set to 1, the BareMetal is capable of setting or changing the sample point.

D2: Response Registers: If set to 1, the BareMetal is using these registers to return data instead of the Rx FIFO.

Command FIFO Buffer Data

Function:

Transmits baremetal parameters in FIFO

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write:

W

Operational Settings:

NA

Default:

0

Command FIFO Word Count

Function:

Contains the number of words in the Command FIFO register.

Type:

unsigned integer word

Data Range:

0 to 1024 (0 to 0x0000 0400)

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

NA

Default:

0

Control Registers

The register specified in this section provides the ability to control the operation for each CANBus channel.

Control

The control register has been implemented to act solely as a “request for action” register. Bits can be set to a 1 to request various actions or capabilities. When the action or capability is acted upon by the CAN firmware, these request bits will be set back to 0.

Function:

Provides flags for controlling transmit and receive activity.

Type:

binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

See descriptions that follow.

Default:

0

Table 88. Control

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

0

0

D

D

0

0

D

D

D0:

Request Enable Tx: Enables any messages found in the Tx FIFO to be placed on the bus from the current channel.

D1:

Request Disable Tx: Stops any messages currently in the Tx FIFO from being put on the bus from the current channel.

D2:

<RESERVED FOR FUTURE>

D3:

<RESERVED FOR FUTURE>

D4:

Request Set Level Dominant: This is for Debug purposes only and forces channel bus signal to a constant dominant value.

D5:

Request Set Level Recessive: This is for Debug purposes only and forces channel bus signal to a constant recessive value.

D6:

Request Enable Termination: Internal termination will be enabled for the current channel.

D7:

Request Disable Termination: Internal termination will be disabled for the current channel.

D8:

Request Base Rate Change: Desired base rate enumerated type value needs to be assigned to the lower 16 bits of the datarate-baserate register. Valid values include 0 (1Mb), 1 (500K), 3 (250K), 7 (125K) and 9 (83.33K)

D9:

Request Data Rate Change: Desired data rate enumerated type value needs to be assigned to the upper 16 bits of the datarate-baserate register. Valid values include 6 (4Mb), 7 (3Mb), 8 (2Mb) and 9 (1Mb).

NOTE: Data rate of 3 Mb is not recommended as it has be found to be unreliable.

D10:

Request reset of Tx FIFO: Clears the entire Tx FIFO

D11:

Request reset of Rx FIFO: Clears the entire Rx FIFO

D12:

Reset Drop Count: Resets the counter that keeps track of how many messages were dropped due to FIFO already being full.

D13:

Request reset of Command FIFO: Clears the entire Command FIFO.

D14:

<RESERVED FOR FUTURE>

D15:

Request Reset Channel. Expected for next release: Reset Channel will reset both the Tx, Rx and Cmd FIFOs, disable Tx enable, Clear any Last Error Code, zero out Tx/Rx error counter and drop count registers and reset entire set of response registers. Reset Channel also retains the configured baud rate so the baud rates that were configured prior to the reset will be reassigned after the reset completes back to the same baud rates.

D16:

Request Config Sequencer: Allows caller to configure a given sequencer (schedule). Configuration data is expected to be placed on the Tx FIFO in the following order:

(1) Requested Config Sequencer Cmd ID so we know the data following this is the data needed to configure a new sequencer/schedule.

(2) Sequencer ID (schedule index): 1 based value of schedule to configure.

(3) Protocol: 0 (CAN A/B) or 1 (CAN-FD)

(4) Rate: The number of 125us between two transmissions

(5) Skew: The number of 125us after the rate event to transmit the message. (Example: If the rate is 80, then the message is transmitted every 10ms. If two messages have the same rate then it may be wise to stagger the messages a little to avoid collision by setting the skew for the 1 message to 0 and the skew for the 2 message to 2 where 2 * 125us = 250us.

(6) MsgID (low): place lowest 16 bits of MsgID onto FIFO.

(7) MsgID (high): place highest 13 bits of MsgID onto FIFO (zeros if CAN A/B).

(8) Extended ID: 0 (Not Extended 11bit identifier), 1 (Extended 29bit identifier)

(9) Msg (payload) Length: value between 0 and 64 if CAN-FD or 0 and 8 if CAN A/B

(10) Msg payload starts..should have Msg Length number of values in the FIFO waiting to be read into a buffer.

D17:

Request Start Sequencer/Scheduler: This will start all configured sequencers/schedules

D18:

Request Stop Sequencer/Scheduler: This will stop all configured sequencers/schedules

D19:

Set Sample Point: Provides flexibility to assign various sample point values (75% or 80%) to the CAN FD core since it is important that all CAN FD devices use the same sample point to detect bit rate switching (BRS).

D20:

Request Enable Filters: Enables all filters configured for the current channel.

D21:

Request Disable Filters: Disables all filters configured for the current channel.

D22:

Request Set Filter: Allows caller to configure a filter (A total of 8 filters can be configured indexed from 0 - 7). Filter configuration data is expected to be placed on the Cmd FIFO in the following order:

(1) Set Filter Cmd ID: so we know the data following this is the data needed to configure a new filter.

(2) Filter Index: A value between 0 and 7 (filter slot to configure).

(3) CAN ID (low): low 16 bits of CAN ID.

(4) CAN ID (high): the highest 16 bits of CAN ID (pushed to the lower 16 bits of this FIFO value).

(5) Extended ID: 1 to only allow extended ID messages, 0 normal CAN A/B messages

(6) First Byte of Payload to filter on (8 bits)

(7) 2 Byte of Payload to filter on (8 bits)

D23:

Request Get Filter: Retrieves desired filter data. The following is expected to be on the Cmd FIFO when this control bit value is detected being set:

(1) Get Filter Cmd ID: so we know the data following this is the data needed to get desired filter information.

(2) Filter Index: A value between 0 and 7 of which to fetch filter configuration data.

NOTE: The response data will be made available in the set of response registers for the

D24:

Request Set Filter Mask: The following data is expected to be on the Cmd FIFO in order to configure the desired Filter Mask. The Filter Mask is used on incoming messages that are received and on the corresponding Filter configuration data that was set where Filter Index = Mask Index. After applying the mask to both, the corresponding bits are compared and if both sides match, the data is received else it is rejected.

(1) Set Filter Mask Cmd ID: so we know the data following this is the data needed to configure a new filter mask.

(2) Mask Index: A value between 0 and 7 (mask slot to configure). NOTE: Mask index is meant to align with desired Filter Index from Set Filter.

(3) CAN ID (low): low 16 bits of CAN ID.

(4) CAN ID (high): the highest 16 bits of CAN ID (pushed to the lower 16 bits of this FIFO value).

(5) Extended ID: 1 to only allow extended ID messages, 0 normal CAN A/B messages

(6) First Byte of Payload to filter on (8 bits)

(7) 2 Byte of Payload to filter on (8 bits)

D25:

Request Get Filter Mask: Retrieves desired filter mask configuration data. The following is expected to be on the Cmd FIFO when this control bit value is detected being set:

(1) Get Filter Mask Cmd ID: so we know the data following this is the data needed to get desired filter mask information.

(2) Mask Index: A value between 0 and 7 of which to fetch mask configuration data.

NOTE: The response data will be made available in the set of response registers for the given channel.

D26:

Request Remove Filter: Removes desired filter from the filter configuration. The following is expected to be on the FIFO when this control bit is detected being set:

(1) Remove Filter Cmd ID: so we know the data following this is the data needed to remove desired filter information.

(2) Filter Index: A value between 0 and 7 (filter slot to remove filter configuration)

D27: <RESERVED FOR FUTURE>

D28 <RESERVED FOR FUTURE>

D29:

<RESERVED FOR FUTURE>

D30:

<RESERVED FOR FUTURE>

D31:

Config edit flag when set to a 1 it indicates end-user is currently editing the control register and we should not yet act upon set values. If 0, all bits in the control register will be evaluated and acted upon.

Data Rate/Base Rate

The control register has been implemented to act solely as a “request for action” register. Bits can be set to a 1 to request various actions or capabilities. When the action or capability is acted upon by the CAN firmware, these request bits will be set back to 0.

Function:

Describes current FIFO Status.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

Lower 16 bits range is 0 - 3…​Upper 16 bits range is from 6 - 9.

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

Upper 16 bits dedicated to data rate enumerated type value; Lower 16 bits dedicated to base rate enumerated type value

Default:

0

Table 89. Data Rate/Base Rate

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Valid values for Base Rate currently include:

0:

1Mb (1000K) Base Baud

1:

500K Base Baud

3:

250K Base Baud

7:

125K Base Baud

9:

83.33 Base Baud

Valid values for Data Rate currently include:

6:

4Mb (4000K) Data Baud

7:

3Mb (3000K) Data Baud

8:

2Mb (2000K) Data Baud

9:

1Mb (1000K) Data Baud

Sample Point

Function:

Indicates the sample point.to be used. Different 3rd party vendor equipment may use different sample points. This register provides some flexibility to the NAI CAN-FD functionality.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 (75%) to 0x0000 0001 (80%)

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

The sample point can be set to 75% or 80% depending on which value works best for the CAN-FD operational environment

Default:

0x0000 0001 (80%)

RxMaxWorksMS

Function:

Defines length of time user will wait to perform receiving of CAN-FD messages before processing control is returned to all other processing.

NOTE: A value of zero forces the default value of 1000ms to be used. If it is desired to spend as little time as possible, this value should be set to 0x00000001.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

1000ms

Default:

1000ms

TxMaxWorksMS

Function:

Defines length of time user will wait to perform transmitting of CAN-FD messages before processing control is returned to all other processing.

NOTE: A value of zero forces the default value of 1000ms to be used. If it is desired to spend as little time as possible, this value should be set to 0x00000001.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

1000ms

Default:

1000ms

Message Status/Monitoring Registers

The registers specified in this section provide status and monitoring information on about the CANBus messages.

FIFO Status

Function:

Describes current FIFO Status.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

NA

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

See Receive Buffer Almost Full, Transmit Buffer Almost Empty, Receive Buffer High Watermark and Receive Buffer Low Watermark specific registers for function description and programming.

Default: 0

Description

Configurable?

D0

Rx FIFO EMPTY: When set to 1: Rx FIFO is empty.

No

D1

Rx FIFO ALMOST EMPTY: When set to 1: Rx FIFO is at 20% capacity.

No

D2

Rx FIFO ALMOST FULL: When set to 1: Rx FIFO is at 80% capacity.

No

D3

Rx FIFO FULL: When set to 1: Rx FIFO is full.

No

D4

Tx FIFO EMPTY: When set to 1: Tx FIFO is empty.

No

D5

Tx FIFO ALMOST EMPTY: When set to 1: Tx FIFO is at 20% capacity.

No

D6

Tx FIFO ALMOST FULL: When set to 1: Tx FIFO is at 80% capacity.

No

D7

Tx FIFO FULL: When set to 1: Tx FIFO is full.

No

Last Error Code (LEC)

Function:

Stores the value of the last detected error. NOTE: this is a single value so if multiple errors occur prior to this register being read, only the last error value will be present.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 = success; negative value = failure

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

The last error code to be received on a channel.

Default:

0

Table 90. Last Error Code (LEC)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Common Error Values:

-50:

INVALID_DEVICE_NUMBER

-65:

INVALID PARAMETER

-1009:

MESSAGE NOT DETECTED

Drop Count

Function:

Every time a received message is unable to be placed onto the Rx FIFO because the FIFO is full, the message will be dropped, and this register’s value will be incremented by 1. This Drop count can be reset by sending the request to reset the drop count command via the control register (see data bit 12 (D12) of the control register description).

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 - 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings: Drop Count

Default:

0

Table 91. Drop Count

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Status and Interrupt Registers

The registers may be set for any or all channels and will latch if a transition is detected on a channel or channels. Each channel(s) will remain latched until the channel is cleared. Multiple channels may be cleared simultaneously, if desired. Each channel bit in the register is polled for a read status. Any subsequent channel(s) transition, if detected, will propagate through to be read (rolling-latch).

Once the status register has been read, the act of writing a 1 back to the applicable status register to any specific bit (channel) location (bit-mapped per channel), will “clear” the bit (set the bit to 0) if the actual interruptible event condition has cleared. If the interruptible condition “event” is still persistent while clearing, this may retrigger the interrupt.

There is a corresponding Interrupt Enable and vector associated with each “Latched” Status. Each status type may be “polled” (at any time) or is “interruptible” when interrupts are enabled and the associated Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) vectors are programmed accordingly. When programmed for “interruptible” status, interrupts are typically generated and flagged with the programmed vector available as data. The host or single board computer (SBC) typically services the interrupt by a general or specific ISR, which reads the (typically) unique programmed vector (identifier of which status generated the interrupt), reads the associated status register to determine which channel in the status register was “flagged” and then “clears” the status register. This essentially resets the interrupt mechanism, which is now ready to be triggered by the next status register detected event “flag”. “Latched Status” will trigger on either “sense on edge” or “sense on level” based on the settings of the associated Set Edge/Level Interrupt register. Sense on “edge” requires a change from low to high state to trigger the status detection, while sense on “level” is independent of the previous state. Unless otherwise specified, all status or fault indications are bit set per channel.

BIT Status

There are four registers associated with the BIT Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Table 92. BIT Status

BIT Dynamic Status

BIT Latched Status

BIT Interrupt Enable

BIT Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

BIT Dynamic Status

Function:

Indicates current condition of Built-In Test (BIT).

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0x00FF

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

NA

Default:

0

BIT Latched Status

Function:

Sets and maintains the status of running Built-In Test (BIT), until cleared.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

Write 1 to clear register.

Default:

0

BIT Interrupt Enable

Function:

Sets the corresponding channel to enable an interrupt for whenever BIT fails for that channel.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0x00FF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

When enabled, an interrupt will be generated whenever BIT fails for the channel. Each channel may be set for a different condition.

Default:

0

BIT Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Function:

Determines whether Interrupt Enable register will generate an interrupt for “sense on edge” or “sense on level” event detection.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0x00FF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

Write a 1 to sense on level and a 0 to sense on edge.

Default:

Sense on edge (0)

Channel Status (Notification when CAN data is received on a given channel)

There are four registers associated with the Channel Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Table 93. Channel Status

Channel Dynamic Status

Channel Latched Status

Channel Interrupt Enable

Channel Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Channel Dynamic Status

Function:

Indicates current condition of received data in Receive FIFO register.

Type:

binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0x00FF

Read/Write:

R

Operational Settings:

NA

Default:

0

Channel Latched Status

Function:

Sets and maintains the status of received data in Receive FIFO register, until cleared.

Type:

binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0x00FF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

Write 1 to clear register.

Default:

0

Channel Interrupt Enable

Function:

Sets the corresponding channel to enable an interrupt for when CAN data is received.

Type:

binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0x00FF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

When enabled, an interrupt will be generated for each time CAN data is received in the receive FIFO. Only one interrupt vector exists for all channels. Caller must interrogate the interrupt status register to determine which channel caused the interrupt.

Default:

0

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Function:

Determines whether Interrupt Enable register will generate an interrupt for “sense on edge” or “sense on level” event detection.

Type:

binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0x00FF

Read/Write:

R/W

Operational Settings:

Write a 1 to sense on level and a 0 to sense on edge.

Default:

Sense on edge (0)

FIFO Status

There are four registers associated with the FIFO Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Description

Configurable?

D0

Rx FIFO EMPTY: When set to 1: Rx FIFO is empty.

No

D1

Rx FIFO ALMOST EMPTY: When set to 1: Rx FIFO is at 20% capacity.

No

D2

Rx FIFO ALMOST FULL: When set to 1: Rx FIFO is at 80% capacity.

No

D3

Rx FIFO FULL: When set to 1: Rx FIFO is full.

No

D4

Tx FIFO EMPTY: When set to 1: Tx FIFO is empty.

No

D5

Tx FIFO ALMOST EMPTY: When set to 1: Tx FIFO is at 20% capacity.

No

D6

Tx FIFO ALMOST FULL: When set to 1: Tx FIFO is at 80% capacity.

No

D7

Tx FIFO FULL: When set to 1: Tx FIFO is full.

No

Table 94. FIFO Status

FIFO Dynamic Status

FIFO Latched Status

FIFO Interrupt Enable

FIFO Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

FIFO Dynamic Status

Function:

Checks the corresponding bit for a channel’s FIFO Status. The FIFO Dynamic Status register indicates the current condition of the FIFO buffer.

Type:

binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0 to 0x0000 003F

Read/Write:

R

Initialized Value:

0

Operational Settings:

D0-D5 is used to show the different conditions of the buffer.

FIFO Latched Status

Function: Checks the corresponding bit for a channel’s FIFO Status. The FIFO Latched Status register maintains the last condition of the FIFO buffer, until cleared.

Type: binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 to 0x0000 003F

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: D0-D5 is used to show the different conditions of the buffer. Write a 1 to this register to clear status.

FIFO Interrupt Enable

Function:

Interrupts may be enabled based on D0-D5 FIFO Status.

Type:

unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range:

0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 003F

Read/Write:

R/W

Initialized Value:

0 (Not Enabled)

Notes:

  • Shown below is an example of interrupts generated for the High Watermark. As shown, the interrupt is generated as the FIFO Word Count crosses the High Watermark. The interrupt will not be generated a second time until the count goes below the watermark and then above it again.

NIU3A CANBus img2

FIFO Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Function:

When the FIFO Status Interrupt Enable register is enabled, this register determines whether the interrupt will be generated for either “sense on edge” or “sense on level” event detection.

Read/Write:

R/W

Initialized Value:

0

Operational Settings:

Write a 1 to sense on level and a 0 to sense on edge.

Function Register Map

Key:

Bold Italic = Input

Bold Underline = Output

*When an event is detected, the bit associated with the event is set in this register and will remain set until the user clears the event bit. Clearing the bit requires writing a 1 back to the specific bit that was set when read (i.e. write-1-to-clear, writing a '1' to a bit set to '1' will set the bit to '0').

Receive Registers

0x1004

Receive FIFO Buffer Data Ch 1

R-H, W-A

0x1084

Receive FIFO Buffer Data Ch 2

R-H, W-A

0x1104

Receive FIFO Buffer Data Ch 3

R-H, W-A

0x1184

Receive FIFO Buffer Data Ch 4

R-H, W-A

0x1008

Receive FIFO Word Count Ch 1

R

0x1088

Receive FIFO Word Count Ch 2

R

0x1108

Receive FIFO Word Count Ch 3

R

0x1188

Receive FIFO Word Count Ch 4

R

0x100C

Receive FIFO Frame Count Ch 1

R

0x108C

Receive FIFO Frame Count Ch 2

R

0x110C

Receive FIFO Frame Count Ch 3

R

0x118C

Receive FIFO Frame Count Ch 4

R

Transmit Registers

0x1010

Transmit FIFO Buffer Data Ch 1

W-H, R-A

0x1090

Transmit FIFO Buffer Data Ch 2

W-H, R-A

0x1110

Transmit FIFO Buffer Data Ch 3

W-H, R-A

0x1190

Transmit FIFO Buffer Data Ch 4

W-H, R-A

0x1014

Transmit FIFO Word Count Ch 1

R

0x1094

Transmit FIFO Word Count Ch 1

R

0x1114

Transmit FIFO Word Count Ch 1

R

0x1194

Transmit FIFO Word Count Ch 1

R

0x1018

Transmit FIFO Frame Count Ch 1

R

0x1098

Transmit FIFO Frame Count Ch 2

R

0x1118

Transmit FIFO Frame Count Ch 3

R

0x1198

Transmit FIFO Frame Count Ch 4

R

Command Registers

0x1200

BM Capabilities Register

R/W

0x1028

Command FIFO Buffer Data Ch 1

W-H, R-A

0x10A8

Command FIFO Buffer Data Ch 2

W-H, R-A

0x1128

Command FIFO Buffer Data Ch 3

W-H, R-A

0x11A8

Command FIFO Buffer Data Ch 4

W-H, R-A

0x102C

Command FIFO Word Count Ch 1

R

0x10AC

Command FIFO Word Count Ch 2

R

0x112C

Command FIFO Word Count Ch 3

R

0x11AC

Command FIFO Word Count Ch 4

R

Control Registers

0x1000

Control Ch 1

R

0x1080

Control Ch 2

R

0x1100

Control Ch 3

R

0x1180

Control Ch 4

R

0x101C

Data Rate/Base Rate Ch 1

R/W

0x109C

Data Rate/Base Rate Ch 2

R/W

0x111C

Data Rate/Base Rate Ch 3

R/W

0x119C

Data Rate/Base Rate Ch 4

R/W

0x1020

Sample Point Ch 1

R/W

0x10A0

Sample Point Ch 2

R/W

0x1120

Sample Point Ch 3

R/W

0x11A0

Sample Point Ch 4

R/W

0x1060

RxMaxWorkMS Ch 1

R/W

0x10E0

RxMaxWorkMS Ch 2

R/W

0x1160

RxMaxWorkMS Ch 3

R/W

0x11E0

RxMaxWorkMS Ch 4

R/W

0x1064

TxMaxWorkMS Ch 1

R/W

0x10E4

TxMaxWorkMS Ch 2

R/W

0x1164

TxMaxWorkMS Ch 3

R/W

0x11E4

TxMaxWorkMS Ch 4

R/W

Message Status/Monitor Registers

0x1024

Last Error Code Ch 1

R/W

0x10A4

Last Error Code Ch 2

R/W

0x1124

Last Error Code Ch 3

R/W

0x11A4

Last Error Code Ch 4

R/W

0x1050

Drop Count Ch 1

R/W

0x10D0

Drop Count Ch 2

R/W

0x1150

Drop Count Ch 3

R/W

0x11D0

Drop Count Ch 4

R/W

BIT

0x0800

BIT Dynamic Status

R

0x0804

BIT Latched Status*

R/W

0x0808

BIT Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x080C

BIT Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

FIFO Status

0x0810

Dynamic Status Ch 1

R

0x0814

Latched Status Ch 1*

R/W

0x0818

Interrupt Enable Ch 1

R/W

0x081C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt Ch 1

R/W

0x0820

Dynamic Status Ch 2

R

0x0824

Latched Status Ch 2

R/W

0x0828

Interrupt Enable Ch 2 R/W

0x082C

0x0830

Dynamic Status Ch 3

R

0x0834

Latched Status Ch 3*

R/W

0x0838

Interrupt Enable Ch 3

R/W

0x083C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt Ch 3

R/W

0x0840

Dynamic Status Ch 4

R

0x0844

Latched Status Ch 4*

R/W

0x0848

Interrupt Enable Ch 4

R/W

0x084C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt Ch 4

R/W

Channel Status

0x0920

Dynamic Status Ch 1-4

R

0x0924

Latched Status Ch 1-4*

R/W

0x0928

Interrupt Enable Ch 1-4

R/W

0x092C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt Ch 1-4

R/W

Discrete Input/Output Function

Principle of Operation

The onboard Discrete Input/Output communications function provides up to 24 individual digital I/O channels with BIT fault detection (DT1/DT4 module-type), which enables flagging of non-compliant outputs or inconsistent input readings between dual input measurements.

When channels are programmed as inputs, they can be used for either voltage or contact sensing. Channels set for contact sensing (e.g. sensing a relay contact position; OPEN-CLOSED) can be configured with a programmable “pull-up” or “pull-down” (current source or sink) which effectively provides the proper voltage level change to sense the open state of the contact. This unique design eliminates the need for external resistors or mechanical jumpers. Instead, this design offers a current source/sink (in banks of 6 channels) that the user programs to a desired current (0-5 mA) level.

When programmed as outputs, each channel can be set for high-side (current-source), low-side (current-sink) or push-pull (current-source-sink) operation. The load impedance determines the delivered switched output current drive - up to 500 mA per channel. Diode clamping is provided (useful for inductive loads, such as relays) and thermal protection.

Overcurrent protection is implemented using current sensing technology. When the current exceeds a programmed threshold of 650 mA steady-state, or a higher short duration, the overcurrent/short-circuit protection is triggered, shutting down the output drivers for safety. The overcurrent fault status will be indicated for the affected channels and will require a reset operation to restore output. To reset this condition, a reset command needs to be issued to the Overcurrent Reset register, which will restore drive output and allow the latched status to be reset. This is separate from the reset for the Overcurrent Interrupt Enable register on this module. It is recommended that a reset command is done whenever status is cleared to avoid a non-apparent output reset condition.

The 24 channels are configured as 4 banks of 6 channels. Each bank is provided with a separate external input VCC and a ground return (GND) pin. The GND pins are common within the module but are isolated from system (power) GND.

Operational requirements/assumptions:

  • An external source VCC supply must be wired for proper:

    • Output operation as a current source

    • Input operation when requiring a programmed pull-up current (i.e. programmed “pull-up” for input contact sense; OPEN/GND detect/state change).

  • An external source Ground/Return must be wired for all I/O configurations. The Ground/Return must be the input signal or the load current sink ground/reference.

Input/Output Interface

Each channel can be configured as an input or one of three types of outputs.

Output

When configured as an output, the interface can act as a “High-Side”, “Low-Side” or “Push-Pull” drive, providing up to 500 mA per channel or 1 A when two channels are connected in parallel. The total output per module is 8 A (2 A per bank).

Note
Maximum source current 'rules' for rear I/O connectors still apply - see specifications.

Input

When configured as an input, output drivers are disabled. The I/O interface can act as a constant current source, current sink or voltage sensing circuit. For contact sensing, each channel may be set for pull-up or pull-down using the Select Pull Up or Pull Down register and by entering the appropriate current level in the Pull-Up/Down Current register. Contact closure and hysteresis may be defined using the Upper Voltage and Lower Voltage Threshold registers. No additional resistors or hardware are required to provide for current flow. A current value of zero disables the current source/sink circuits and configures the module for voltage sensing. Default is voltage sensing. Level or contact sensing can be mixed within a channel bank if the contact sensing channels are externally pulled up or pulled down.

Note
If this module supplies the current for the contact sensing, then level and contact sensing cannot be mixed within a channel bank. All four threshold levels must be programmed in monotonic, increasing order of: Minimum Low, Lower, Upper and Maximum High. For input and output, threshold levels define logic state. For output, threshold levels are used in BIT test (wrap-around) signal monitoring. A pair of drive FETs and current circuits are provided at each I/O pin. See the functional representation of the drivers in the I/O Circuits interface diagram below.

Input/Output Circuits

NIU3A Discrete IO img1
Discrete I/O Threshold Programming

Four threshold levels: Max High Voltage Threshold, Upper Voltage Threshold, Lower Voltage Threshold, and Min Low Voltage Threshold offer maximum user flexibility. All four threshold levels must be programmed. For input or output, the threshold levels will define the logic states. For proper operation, the threshold values should be programmed such that:

Max High Voltage Threshold > Upper Voltage Threshold > Lower Voltage Threshold > Min Low Voltage Threshold

Program Upper and Lower Voltage Thresholds, keeping the 0.25 V min. differential in mind, and then add debounce time as required. When the input signal exceeds the Upper Voltage Threshold, a logic high 1 is maintained until the input signal falls below the Lower Voltage Threshold. Conversely, when the input signal falls below the Lower Voltage Threshold, a logic low 0.

NIU3A Discrete IO img2
Debounce Programming

The Debounce register, when programmed for a non-zero value, is used with channels programmed as input to “filter” or “ignore” expected application spurious initial transitions. Once a signal level is a logic voltage level period longer than the Debounce Time (Logic High and Logic Low), a logic transition is validated. Signal pulse widths less than programmed Debounce Time are filtered. Once valid, the transition status register flag is set for the channel and the output logic changes state.

NIU3A Discrete IO img3
Automatic Background Built-In Test (BIT)/Diagnostic Capability

The onboard Discrete Input/Output function supports automatic background BIT testing that verifies channel processing. The testing is totally transparent to the user, requires no external programming and has no effect on the operation of the module. This capability is accomplished by an additional test comparator that is incorporated into each module. The test comparator checks each channel and is compared against the operational channel. Depending upon the configuration, the Input data read, or Output logic written of the operational channel and test comparator must agree or a fault is indicated with the results available in the associated status register. The results of the tests are stored in the BIT Dynamic Status and BIT Latched Status registers.

The technique used by the continuous background BIT (CBIT) test consists of an “add-2, subtract-1” counting scheme. The BIT counter is incremented by 2 when a BIT-fault is detected and decremented by 1 when there is no BIT fault detected and the BIT counter is greater than 0. When the BIT counter exceeds the (programmed) Background BIT Threshold value, the specific channel’s fault bit in the BIT status register will be set. Note, the interval at which BIT is performed is dependent and differs between module types. Rather than specifying the BIT Threshold as a “count”, the BIT Threshold is specified as a time in milliseconds. The module will convert the time specified to the BIT Threshold “count” based on the BIT interval for that module. The “add-2, subtract-1” counting scheme effectively filters momentary or intermittent anomalies by allowing them to “come and go“ before a BIT fault status or indication is flagged (e.g. BIT faults would register when sustained; i.e. at a ten second interval, not a 10-millisecond interval). This prevents spurious faults from registering valid such as those caused by EMI and/or dirty power causing false BIT faults. Putting more “weight” on errors (“add-2”) and less “weight” on subsequent passing results (subtract-1) will result in a BIT failure indication even if a channel “oscillates” between a pass and fail state.

In addition to BIT, the onboard Discrete Input/Output function tests for overcurrent conditions and provides Above Max High Voltage, Below Min Low Voltage, and Mid-Range Voltage statuses for threshold signal transitioning.

Status and Interrupts

The onboard Discrete Input/Output provide registers that indicate faults or events. Refer to 'Appendix B: Onboard Module Status and Interrupts' for the Principle of Operation description.

Unit Conversions

The Discrete I/O Threshold and Measurement registers can be programmed to be utilized as a single precision floating point value (IEEE-754) or as a 32-bit integer value. The purpose for providing this feature is to offload the processing that is normally performed by the mission processor to convert the integer values to floating-point values.

When the Enable Floating Point Mode register is set to 1 (Floating Point Mode) the following registers are formatted as Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754):

  • Voltage Reading (Volts)

  • Current Reading (mA)

  • VCC Voltage Reading (Volts)

  • Max High Voltage Threshold (Volts)*

  • Upper Voltage Threshold (Volts)*

  • Lower Voltage Threshold (Volts)*

  • Min Low Voltage Threshold (Volts)*

  • Pull-Up/Down Current (mA)*

*When the Enable Floating Point Mode register is set to 1, it is important that these registers are updated with the Single Precision Floating Point (IEEE-754) representation of the value for proper operation of the channel. Conversely, when the Enable Floating Point Mode register is set to 0, these registers must be updated with the Integer 32-bit representation of the value.

Note
when changing the Enable Floating Point Mode from Integer Mode to Floating Point Mode or vice versa, the following step should be followed to avoid faults from falsely being generated because data registers (such as Thresholds) or internal registers may have the incorrect binary representation of the values:
  1. Set the Enable Floating Point Mode register to the desired mode (Integer = 0 or Floating Point = 1).

  2. Wait for the Floating Point State register to match the value for the requested Floating Point Mode (Integer = 0, Floating Point = 1); this indicates that the module’s conversion of the register values and internal values is complete. Data registers will be converted to the units specified and can be read in that specified format.

  3. Initialize configuration and control registers with the values in the units specified (Integer or Floating Point).

User Watchdog Timer Capability

The onboard Discrete Input/Output Option provide registers that support User Watchdog Timer capability. Refer to 'Appendix C: Onboard Discrete I/O User Watchdog Timer Functionality' for the Principle of Operation description.

Enhanced Functionality Option

The onboard Discrete Input/Output Option offers a separate option for enhanced input and output mode functionality. For incoming signals (inputs), the enhanced modes include Pulse Measurements, Transition Timestamps, Transition Counters, Period Measurement and Frequency Measurement. For outputs, the enhanced modes include PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) Outputs and Pattern Generator Outputs.

Refer to 'Appendix D: Onboard Discrete I/O Enhanced Input/Output Functionality' for the Principle of Operation description.

Register Descriptions

The register descriptions provide the Register Name, Type, Data Range, Read or Write information, power on default initialized values, a description of the function and a data table where applicable.

Discrete Input/Output Registers

Each channel can be configured as an input or one of three types of outputs. The I/O Format (Ch1-16 and Ch17-24) registers are used to set each channel’s Input/Output configuration. The Write Outputs register controls the output channels to either a High (1) or Low (0) state, and the Read I/O register contains the discrete channel’s state (High (1) or Low (0)) as specified by the channel’s threshold configurations.

I/O Format Ch1-16

Function: Sets channels 1-16 as inputs or outputs. See I/O Format Ch17-24 register for channels 17-24.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Write integer 0 for input; 1, 2, or 3 for specific output format.

Integer

DH

DL

(2 bits per channel)

0

0

0

Input

1

0

1

Output, Low-side switched, with/without current pull up

2

1

0

Output, High-side switched, with/without current pull down

3

1

1

Output, push-pull

Table 95. I/O Format Ch1-16

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

I/O Format Ch17-24

Function: Sets channels 17-24 as inputs or outputs. See I/O Format Ch1-16 for channels 1-16.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Write integer 0 for input; 1, 2, or 3 for specific output format.

Integer

DH

DL

(2 bits per channel)

0

0

0

Input

1

0

1

Output, Low-side switched, with/without current pull up

2

1

0

Output, High-side switched, with/without current pull down

3

1

1

Output, push-pull

Table 96. I/O Format Ch17-24

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Write Outputs

Function: Drives output channels High 1 or Low 0

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Write 1 to drive output high. Write 0 to drive output low.

Table 97. Write Outputs

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Input/Output State

Function: Reads High 1 or Low 0 inputs or outputs as defined by internal channel threshold values.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: Bit-mapped per channel.

Table 98. Input/Output State

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Discrete Input/Output Threshold Programming Registers

Four threshold levels: Max High Threshold, Upper Threshold, Lower Threshold, and Min Low Threshold are programmable for each Discrete channel in the module.

Max High Voltage Threshold (Enable Floating Point Mode: Integer Mode)

Upper Voltage Threshold (Enable Floating Point Mode: Integer Mode)

Lower Voltage Threshold (Enable Floating Point Mode: Integer Mode)

Min Low Voltage Threshold (Enable Floating Point Mode: Integer Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Max High Voltage Threshold (Enable Floating Point Mode: Floating Point Mode)

Upper Voltage Threshold (Enable Floating Point Mode: Floating Point Mode)

Lower Voltage Threshold (Enable Floating Point Mode: Floating Point Mode)

Min Low Voltage Threshold (Enable Floating Point Mode: Floating Point Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Max High Voltage Threshold

Function: Sets the maximum high voltage threshold value. Programmable per channel from 0 VDC to 60 VDC.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit) (Integer Mode) or Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (Floating Point Mode)

Data Range:

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 0 (Integer Mode)

           0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 0258

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 1 (Floating Point Mode)

           Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0x32

Operational Settings: Assumes that the programmed level is the minimum voltage used to indicate a Max High Voltage Threshold. If a signal is greater than the Max High Threshold value, a flag is set in the Max High Voltage Threshold Status register. The Max High Voltage Threshold register may be used to monitor any type of high signal voltage condition or threshold such as a “Short to +V” as it applies to input measurement as well as contact sensing applications.

Integer Mode: LSB is 0.1 VDC. For example: to program 5.0 VDC, 5.0 / 0.1 = 50 (binary equivalent for 50 is 0x0000 0032).

Floating Point Mode: Set Max High Voltage Threshold value as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754). For example, to program 5.0 V, enter 5.0 as a single precision floating point value (IEEE-754) (binary equivalent 5.0 is 0x40A0 0000).

Upper Voltage Threshold

Function: Sets the upper voltage threshold value. Programmable per channel from 0 VDC to 60 VDC.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit) (Integer Mode) or Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (Floating Point Mode)

Data Range:

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 0 (Integer Mode)

           0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 0258

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 1 (Floating Point Mode)

           Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0x28

Operational Settings: A signal is considered logic High 1 when its value exceeds the Upper Voltage Threshold and does not consequently fall below the Upper Voltage Threshold in less than the programmed Debounce Time.

Integer Mode: LSB is 0.1 VDC. For example: to program 3.5 VDC, 3.5 / 0.1 = 35 (binary equivalent for 35 is 0x0000 0023).

Floating Point Mode: Set Upper Voltage Threshold value as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754). For example, to program 3.5 V, enter 3.5 as a single precision floating point value (IEEE-754) (binary equivalent 3.5 is 0x4060 0000).

Lower Voltage Threshold

Function: Sets the lower voltage threshold value. Programmable per channel from 0 VDC to 60 VDC.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit) (Integer Mode) or Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (Floating Point Mode)

Data Range:

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 0 (Integer Mode)

           0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 0258

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 1 (Floating Point Mode)

           Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0x10

Operational Settings: A signal is considered logic Low 0 when its value falls below the Lower Voltage Threshold and does not consequently rise above the Lower Voltage Threshold in less than the programmed Debounce Time.

Integer Mode: LSB is 0.1 VDC. For example: to program 1.5 VDC, 1.5 / 0.1 = 15 (binary equivalent for 15 is 0x0000 000F).

Floating Point Mode: Set Lower Voltage Threshold value as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754). For example, to program 1.5 V, enter 1.5 as a single precision floating point value (IEEE-754) (binary equivalent 1.5 is 0x3FC0 0000).

Min Low Voltage Threshold

Function: Sets the minimum low voltage threshold. Programmable per channel 0 VDC to 60 VDC.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit) (Integer Mode) or Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (Floating Point Mode)

Data Range:

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 0 (Integer Mode)

           0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 0258

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 1 (Floating Point Mode)

           Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0xA

Operational Settings: Assumes that the programmed level is the voltage used to indicate a minimum low threshold. If a signal is less than the Min Low Voltage Threshold value, a flag is set in the Min Low Voltage Threshold Status register. The Min Low VoltageThreshold register may be used to monitor any type of low signal voltage condition or threshold such as a “Short to Ground” as it applies to input measurement as well as contact sensing applications.

Integer Mode: LSB is 0.1 VDC. For example: to program 0.5 VDC, 0.5 / 0.1 = 5 (binary equivalent for 5 is 0x0000 0005).

Floating Point Mode: Set Min Low VoltageThreshold value as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754). For example, to program 0.5 V, enter 0.5 as a single precision floating point value (IEEE-754) (binary equivalent 0.5 is 0x3F00 0000).

Discrete Input/Output Measurement Registers

The measured voltage at the I/O pin for each channel can be read from the Voltage Reading register.

Voltage Reading

Function: Reads actual voltage at I/O pin per individual channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit) (Integer Mode) or Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (Floating Point Mode)

Data Range:

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 0 (Integer Mode)

           0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 0258

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 1 (Floating Point Mode)

           Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings:

Integer Mode: LSB is 0.1 VDC. If the register value is 261 (binary equivalent for 261 is 0x0000 0105), conversion to the voltage value is 261 * 0.1 = 26.1 V.

Floating Point Mode: Read as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754). For example, if the register value is 0x41D0 CCCD, this is equivalent to is 26.1, which represent 26.1 V.

Table 99. Voltage Reading (Enable Floating Point Mode: Integer Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Table 100. Voltage Reading (Enable Floating Point Mode: Floating Point Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Current Reading

Function: Reads actual output current through I/O pin per channel.

Type: signed binary word (32-bit (only lower 16-bit is used)) (Integer Mode) or Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (Floating Point Mode)

Data Range:

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 0 (Integer Mode)

           (2’s compliment. 16-bit value sign extended to 32 bits)

           0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 00D0 (positive) or 0x0000 FF30 (negative)

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 1 (Floating Point Mode)

           Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings:

Integer Mode: LSB is 3.0 mA. Value is signed binary 16-bit word. Read as 2’s complement value for positive and negative current readings. For example, if the register value is 50 (binary equivalent for 50 is 0x0000 0032), the conversion to the current value is 50 * 3.0 = 150 mA. If register value is -50 (binary equivalent for -150 is 0x0000 FFCE), the conversion to the current value is -50 * 3.0 = -150 mA.

Floating Point Mode: Read as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754). The value will represent a positive or negative current reading. For example, if the register value is 0x4316 0000, this is equivalent to 150, which represent 150 mA. If the register value is 0xC316 0000, this is equivalent to -150, which represents -150 mA.

Table 101. Current Reading (Enable Floating Point Mode: Integer Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Table 102. Current Reading (Enable Floating Point Mode: Floating Point Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

VCC Bank Registers

There are four VCC banks where each bank controls 6 discrete channels. Configuration for each bank involves specifying if the bank is configured for pull-up or pull-down and the current for source/sink. The measured voltage for VCC can be read from the VCC Voltage Reading register.

Select Pullup or Pulldown

Function: Configures Pull-up or Pull-down configuration per 6-channel bank

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 to 0x0000 000F

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set bit to 1 to configure channel bank to Pull-up. Set bit to 0 to configure channel bank to Pull-down. Each data bit configures entire bank of 6 channels.

Note
For contact (switch closure) applications, a current supply (Vcc) is required for internal pull-up.
Table 103. Select Pullup or Pulldown

Bit(s)

Name

Description

D31:D4

Reserved

Set Reserved bits to 0.

D3

Configure Bank 4 (Ch 19-24)

1=Pull-Up, 0=Pull-Down

D2

Configure Bank 3 (Ch 13-18)

1=Pull-Up, 0=Pull-Down

D1

Configure Bank 2 (Ch 07-12)

1=Pull-Up, 0=Pull-Down

D0

Configure Bank 1 (Ch 01-06)

1=Pull-Up, 0=Pull-Down

Pull-Up/Down Current

Function: Sets current for source/sink per 6-channel bank. Programmable from 0 to 5 mA.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit) (Integer Mode) or Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (Floating Point Mode)

Data Range:

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 0 (Integer Mode)

           0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 0032

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 1 (Floating Point Mode)

           Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0 (Voltage Sensing)

Operational Settings: A current of zero disables the current source/sink circuits and configures for voltage sensing (refer to Input in Input/Output Interface section).

Integer Mode: LSB is 0.1 mA. For example: to program 5 mA, 5 / 0.1 = 50 (binary equivalent for 50 is 0x0000 0032).

Floating Point Mode: Set the current for source/sink as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754). For example, to program 5 mA, enter 5.0 as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (binary equivalent for 5.0 is 0x40A0 0000).

Table 104. Pull-Up/Down Current (Enable Floating Point Mode: Integer Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

Table 105. Pull-Up/Down Current (Enable Floating Point Mode: Floating Point Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

VCC Voltage Reading

Function: Read the VCC bank voltage.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit) (Integer Mode) or Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754) (Floating Point Mode)

Data Range:

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 0 (Integer Mode)

           0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 0258

       Enable Floating Point Mode: 1 (Floating Point Mode)

           Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754)

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings:

Integer Mode: LSB is 0.1 VDC. If the register value is 260 (binary equivalent for this value is 0x0000 0104), conversion to the voltage value is 260 * 0.1 = 26.0 V.

Floating Point Mode: Read as a Single Precision Floating Point Value (IEEE-754). For example, the binary equivalent for 0x41D0 0000 is 26.0 which represent 26.0 V.

Table 106. VCC Voltage Reading (Enable Floating Point Mode: Integer Mode

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Table 107. VCC Voltage Reading (Enable Floating Point Mode: Floating Point Mode)

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Discrete Input/Output Control Registers

Control of the Discrete I/O channels include specifying the Debounce time for each input channel and resetting the I/O channel on an overcurrent condition.

Debounce Time

Function: When set for inputs, the input signal will have the debounce filtering applied based on this programmed value. This is selectable for each channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: The Debounce Time register, when programmed for a non-zero value, is used with channels programmed as input to “filter” or “ignore” expected application spurious initial transitions. Enter required Debounce Time into appropriate channel registers. LSB weight is 10 µs/bit (register may be programmed from 0x0000 0000 (debounce filter inactive) through a maximum of 0xFFFF FFFF (2^32 * 10µs). (full scale w/ 10 µs resolution). Once a signal level is a logic voltage level period longer than the debounce time (Logic High and Logic Low), a logic transition is validated. Signal pulse widths less than programmed Debounce Time are filtered. Once valid, the transition status register flag is set for the channel and the output logic changes state. Enter a value of 0 to disable debounce filtering.

Overcurrent Reset

Function: Resets disabled channels in Overcurrent Latched Status register following an overcurrent condition as measured by the Current Reading register.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: 1 is written to reset disabled channels. Processor will write a 0 back to the Overcurrent Reset register when reset process is complete.

Table 108. Overcurrent Reset

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Unit Conversion Programming Registers

The Enable Floating Point register provides the ability to set the Threshold values as floating-point values and read the Voltage Reading registers as floating-point values. The purpose for this feature is to offload the processing that is normally performed by the mission processor to convert the integer values to floating-point values.

Enable Floating Point Mode

Function: Sets all channels for floating point mode or integer module.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 to 1

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set bit to 1 to enable Floating Point Mode and 0 for Integer Mode. Wait for the Floating Point State register to match the value for the requested Floating Point Mode (Integer = 0, Floating Point = 1); this indicates that the module’s conversion of the register values and internal values is complete before changing the values of the configuration and control registers with the values in the units specified (Integer or Floating Point).

Table 109. Enable Floating Point Mode

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

Floating Point State

Function: Indicates the state of the mode selected (Integer or Floating Point).

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 to 1

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Indicates the whether the module registers are in Integer (0) or Floating Point Mode (1). When the Enable Floating Point Mode is modified, the application must wait until this register’s value matches the requested mode before changing the values of the configuration and control registers with the values in the units specified (Integer or Floating Point).

Table 110. Floating Point State

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

Background BIT Threshold Programming Registers

The Background BIT Threshold register provides the ability to specify the minimum time before the BIT fault is reported in the BIT Status registers. The Reset BIT register provides the ability to reset the BIT counter used in CBIT.

Background BIT Threshold

Function: Sets BIT Threshold value (in milliseconds) to use for all channels for BIT failure indication.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 1 ms to 2^32 ms

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 5 (5 ms)

Operational Settings: The interval at which BIT is performed is dependent and differs between module types. Rather than specifying the BIT Threshold as a “count”, the BIT Threshold is specified as a time in milliseconds. The module will convert the time specified to the BIT Threshold “count” based on the BIT interval for that module.

BIT Count Clear

Function: Resets the CBIT internal circuitry and count mechanism. Set the bit corresponding to the channel you want to clear.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set bit to 1 for channel to resets the CBIT mechanisms. Bit is self-clearing.

Table 111. BIT Count Clear

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

User Watchdog Timer Programming Registers

Refer to 'Appendix C: Onboard Discrete I/O User Watchdog Timer Functionality' for the Register descriptions.

Status and Interrupt Registers

The Discrete Module provides status registers for BIT, Low-to-High Transition, High-to-Low Transition, Above Max High Voltage, Below Min Low Voltage, and Mid-Range Voltage.

Channel Status Enable

Function: Determines whether to update the status for the channels. This feature can be used to “mask” status bits of unused channels in status registers that are bitmapped by channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF (Channel Status)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0x00FF FFFF

Operational Settings: When the bit corresponding to a given channel in the Channel Status Enable register is not enabled (0) the status will be masked and report “0” or “no failure”. This applies to all statuses that are bitmapped by channel (BIT Status, Low-to-High Transition Status, High-to-Low Transition Status, Overcurrent Status, Above Max High Voltage Status, Below Min Low Voltage Status, Mid-Range Voltage and Summary Status).

Note
Background BIT will continue to run even if the Channel Status Enable is set to 0.
Table 112. Channel Status Enable

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

BIT Status

There are four registers associated with the BIT Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Note
When a BIT fault is detected, reading the Voltage Reading Error and the Driver Error register will provide additional diagnostics on the cause of the BIT fault.
Table 113. BIT Status

BIT Dynamic Status

BIT Latched Status

BIT Interrupt Enable

BIT Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s BIT error.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Note
Faults are detected (associated channel(s) bit set to 1 within 10 ms.

Voltage Reading Error

Function: The Voltage Reading Error register is set when a redundant voltage measurement is inconsistent with the input voltage level detected.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: 1 is read when a fault is detected. 0 indicates no fault detected.

Note
Faults are detected (associated channel(s) bit set to 1 within 10 ms.
Note
Clearing the latched BIT status will also clear this error register.
Table 114. Voltage Reading Error

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Driver Error

Function: The Driver Error register is set when the voltage reading mismatches active driver measurement and is inconsistent with the input driver level detected (Note: requires programming of thresholds).

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: 1 is read when a fault is detected. 0 indicates no fault detected.

Note
Faults are detected (associated channel(s) bit set to 1 within 10 ms.
Note
Clearing the latched BIT status will also clear this error register.
Table 115. Driver Error

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Low-to-High Transition Status

There are four registers associated with the Low-to-High Transition Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Table 116. Low-to-High Transition Status

Low-to-High Dynamic Status

Low-to-High Latched Status

Low-to-High Interrupt Enable

Low-to-High Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s Low-to-High Transition event.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Note
Considered “momentary” during the actual event when detected. Programmable for level or edge sensing, status is indicated (associated channel(s) bit set to 1 within 20 µs.
Note
Programmable for level or edge sensing, status is indicated (associated channel(s) bit set to 1 within 20 µs.
Note
Transition status follows the value read by the Input/Output State register.

High-to-Low Transition Status

There are four registers associated with the High-to-Low Transition Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Table 117. High-to-Low Transition Status

High-to-Low Dynamic Status

High-to-Low Latched Status

High-to-Low Interrupt Enable

High-to-Low Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s High-to-Low Transition event.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Note
Considered “momentary” during the actual event when detected. Programmable for level or edge sensing, status is indicated (associated channel(s) bit set to 1 within 20 µs.
Note
Programmable for level or edge sensing, status is indicated (associated channel(s) bit set to 1 within 20 µs.
Note
Transition status follows the value read by the Input/Output State register.

Overcurrent Status

There are four registers associated with the Overcurrent Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Table 118. Overcurrent Status

Overcurrent Dynamic Status

Overcurrent Latched Status

Overcurrent Interrupt Enable

Overcurrent Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s Overcurrent error.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Note
Status is indicated (associated channel(s) bit set to 1, within 80 ms.
Note
Latched Status is indicated (associated channel(s) bit set to 1, within 80 ms.
Note
Channel(s) shut down by overcurrent sensed can be reset by writing to the Overcurrent Clear register.

Above Max High Voltage Status

There are four registers associated with the Above Max High Voltage Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt. Latched status is indicated (bit is set) within 500 µs. Write a 1 to clear status.

Table 119. Above Max High Voltage Status

Above Max High Voltage Dynamic Status

Above Max High Voltage Latched Status

Above Max High Voltage Interrupt Enable

Above Max High Voltage Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s Above Max High Voltage event.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Below Min Low Voltage Status

There are four registers associated with the Below Min Low Voltage Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt. Latched status is indicated (bit is set) within 500 µs. Write a 1 to clear status.

Table 120. Below Min Low Voltage Status

Below Min Low Voltage Dynamic Status

Below Min Low Voltage Latched Status

Below Min Low Voltage Interrupt Enable

Below Min Low Voltage Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s Below Min Low Voltage event.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Mid-Range Voltage Status

There are four registers associated with the Mid-Range Voltage Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt. Latched status is indicated (bit is set) within 500 µs. Write a 1 to clear status.

Table 121. Mid-Range Voltage Status

Mid-Range Voltage Dynamic Status

Mid-Range Voltage Latched Status

Mid-Range Voltage Interrupt Enable

Mid-Range Set Voltage Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the channel’s Mid-Range Voltage event.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Note
Voltage level needs to be between the upper and lower thresholds for the debounce time for this status to assert.
Note
In the event this status is asserted, the Input/Output state will hold its previous state.

User Watchdog Timer Fault Status

The onboard Discrete Input/Output option provide registers that support User Watchdog Timer capability. Refer to 'Appendix C: Onboard Discrete I/O User Watchdog Timer Functionality' for the Onboard Discrete I/O User Watchdog Timer Fault Status Register descriptions.

Summary Status

There are four registers associated with the Summary Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Table 122. Summary Status

Summary Status Dynamic Status

Summary Status Latched Status

Summary Status Interrupt Enable

Summary Status Set Edge/Level Interrupt

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Function: Sets the corresponding bit if any fault (BIT and Overcurrent) occurs on that channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Enhanced Functionality Option Registers

Refer to 'Appendix D: Onboard Discrete I/O Enhanced Input/Output Functionality' for the Register descriptions.

Function Register Map

Key:

Bold Italic = Configuration/Control

Bold Underline = State/Measurement/Status

*When an event is detected, the bit associated with the event is set in this register and will remain set until the user clears the event bit. Clearing the bit requires writing a 1 back to the specific bit that was set when read (i.e., write-1-to-clear, writing a “1” to a bit set to “1” will set the bit to “0).

**Data is represented in Floating Point if Enable Floating Point Mode register is set to Floating Point Mode (1).

Discrete Input/Output Registers

0x1038

I/O Format Ch1-16

R/W

0x1000

I/O State

R

0x103C

I/O Format Ch17-24

R/W

0x1024

Write Outputs

R/W

Discrete Input/Output Threshold Programming Registers

0x20C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 1**

R/W

0x20C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 1**

R/W

0x2140

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 2**

R/W

0x2144

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 2**

R/W

0x21C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 3**

R/W

0x21C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 3**

R/W

0x2240

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 4**

R/W

0x2244

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 4**

R/W

0x22C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 5**

R/W

0x22C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 5**

R/W

0x2340

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 6**

R/W

0x2344

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 6**

R/W

0x23C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 7**

R/W

0x23C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 7**

R/W

0x2440

Max High VoltageThreshold Ch 8**

R/W

0x2444

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 8**

R/W

0x24C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 9**

R/W

0x24C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 9**

R/W

0x2540

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 10**

R/W

0x2544

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 10**

R/W

0x25C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 11**

R/W

0x25C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 11**

R/W

0x2640

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 12**

R/W

0x2644

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 12**

R/W

0x26C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 13**

R/W

0x26C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 13**

R/W

0x2740

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 14**

R/W

0x2744

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 14**

R/W

0x27C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 15**

R/W

0x27C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 15**

R/W

0x2840

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 16**

R/W

0x2844

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 16**

R/W

0x28C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 17**

R/W

0x28C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 17**

R/W

0x2940

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 18**

R/W

0x2944

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 18**

R/W

0x29C0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 19**

R/W

0x29C4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 19**

R/W

0x2A40

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 20**

R/W

0x2A44

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 20**

R/W

0x2AC0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 21**

R/W

0x2AC4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 21**

R/W

0x2B40

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 22**

R/W

0x2B44

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 22**

R/W

0x2BC0

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 23**

R/W

0x2BC4

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 23**

R/W

0x2C40

Max High Voltage Threshold Ch 24**

R/W

0x2C44

Upper Voltage Threshold Ch 24**

R/W

0x20C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 1**

R/W

0x20CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 1**

R/W

0x2148

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 2**

R/W

0x214C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 2**

R/W

0x21C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 3**

R/W

0x21CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 3**

R/W

0x2248

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 4**

R/W

0x224C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 4**

R/W

0x22C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 5**

R/W

0x22CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 5**

R/W

0x2348

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 6**

R/W

0x234C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 6**

R/W

0x23C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 7**

R/W

0x23CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 7**

R/W

0x2448

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 8**

R/W

0x244C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 8**

R/W

0x24C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 9**

R/W

0x24CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 9**

R/W

0x2548

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 10**

R/W

0x254C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 10**

R/W

0x25C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 11**

R/W

0x25CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 11**

R/W

0x2648

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 12**

R/W

0x264C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 12**

R/W

0x26C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 13**

R/W

0x26CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 13**

R/W

0x2748

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 14**

R/W

0x274C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 14**

R/W

0x27C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 15**

R/W

0x27CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 15**

R/W

0x2848

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 16**

R/W

0x284C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 16**

R/W

0x28C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 17**

R/W

0x28CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 17**

R/W

0x2948

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 18**

R/W

0x294C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 18**

R/W

0x29C8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 19**

R/W

0x29CC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 19**

R/W

0x2A48

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 20**

R/W

0x2A4C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 20**

R/W

0x2AC8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 21**

R/W

0x2ACC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 21**

R/W

0x2B48

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 22**

R/W

0x2B4C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 22**

R/W

0x2BC8

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 23**

R/W

0x2BCC

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 23**

R/W

0x2C48

Lower Voltage Threshold Ch 24**

R/W

0x2C4C

Min Low Voltage Threshold Ch 24**

R/W

Discrete Input/Output Measurement Registers

0x20E0

Voltage Reading Ch 1**

R

0x20E4

Current Reading Ch 1**

R

0x2160

Voltage Reading Ch 2**

R

0x2164

Current Reading Ch 2**

R

0x21E0

Voltage Reading Ch 3**

R

0x21E4

Current Reading Ch 3**

R

0x2260

Voltage Reading Ch 4**

R

0x2264

Current Reading Ch 4**

R

0x22E0

Voltage Reading Ch 5**

R

0x22E4

Current Reading Ch 5**

R

0x2360

Voltage Reading Ch 6**

R

0x2364

Current Reading Ch 6**

R

0x23E0

Voltage Reading Ch 7**

R

0x23E4

Current Reading Ch 7**

R

0x2460

Voltage Reading Ch 8**

R

0x2464

Current Reading Ch 8**

R

0x24E0

Voltage Reading Ch 9**

R

0x24E4

Current Reading Ch 9**

R

0x2560

Voltage Reading Ch 10**

R

0x2564

Current Reading Ch 10**

R

0x25E0

Voltage Reading Ch 11**

R

0x25E4

Current Reading Ch 11**

R

0x2660

Voltage Reading Ch 12**

R

0x2664

Current Reading Ch 12**

R

0x26E0

Voltage Reading Ch 13**

R

0x26E4

Current Reading Ch 13**

R

0x2760

Voltage Reading Ch 14**

R

0x2764

Current Reading Ch 14**

R

0x27E0

Voltage Reading Ch 15**

R

0x27E4

Current Reading Ch 15**

R

0x2860

Voltage Reading Ch 16**

R

0x2864

Current Reading Ch 16**

R

0x28E0

Voltage Reading Ch 17**

R

0x28E4

Current Reading Ch 17**

R

0x2960

Voltage Reading Ch 18**

R

0x2964

Current Reading Ch 18**

R

0x29E0

Voltage Reading Ch 19**

R

0x29E4

Current Reading Ch 19**

R

0x2A60

Voltage Reading Ch 20**

R

0x2A64

Current Reading Ch 20**

R

0x2AE0

Voltage Reading Ch 21**

R

0x2AE4

Current Reading Ch 21**

R

0x2B60

Voltage Reading Ch 22**

R

0x2B64

Current Reading Ch 22**

R

0x2BE0

Voltage Reading Ch 23**

R

0x2BE4

Current Reading Ch 23**

R

0x2C60

Voltage Reading Ch 24**

R

0x2C64

Current Reading Ch 24**

R

VCC Bank Registers

0x1104

Select Pullup or Pulldown

R/W

0x20D0

Pull-Up/Down Current Bank 1 (Ch1-6)**

R/W

0x2150

Pull-Up/Down Current Bank 2 (Ch7-12) **

R/W

0x21D0

Pull-Up/Down Current Bank 3 (Ch13-18)**

R/W

0x2250

Pull-Up/Down Current Bank 4 (Ch19-24)**

R/W

0x20EC

VCC Voltage Reading Bank 1 (Ch 1-6) **

R

0x216C

VCC Voltage Reading Bank 2 (Ch 7-12) **

R

0x21EC

VCC Voltage Reading Bank 3 (Ch 13-18) **

R

0x226C

VCC Voltage Reading Bank 4 (Ch 19-24) **

R

Discrete Input/Output Control Registers

0x20D4

Debounce Time Ch 1

R/W

0x26D4

Debounce Time Ch 13

R/W

0x2154

Debounce Time Ch 2

R/W

0x2754

Debounce Time Ch 14

R/W

0x21D4

Debounce Time Ch 3

R/W

0x27D4

Debounce Time Ch 15

R/W

0x2254

Debounce Time Ch 4

R/W

0x2854

Debounce Time Ch 16

R/W

0x22D4

Debounce Time Ch 5

R/W

0x28D4

Debounce Time Ch 17

R/W

0x2354

Debounce Time Ch 6

R/W

0x2954

Debounce Time Ch 18

R/W

0x23D4

Debounce Time Ch 7

R/W

0x29D4

Debounce Time Ch 19

R/W

0x2454

Debounce Time Ch 8

R/W

0x2A54

Debounce Time Ch 20

R/W

0x24D4

Debounce Time Ch 9

R/W

0x2AD4

Debounce Time Ch 21

R/W

0x2554

Debounce Time Ch 10

R/W

0x2B54

Debounce Time Ch 22

R/W

0x25D4

Debounce Time Ch 11

R/W

0x2BD4

Debounce Time Ch 23

R/W

0x2654

Debounce Time Ch 12

R/W

0x2C54

Debounce Time Ch 24

R/W

0x1100

Overcurrent Reset

W

Unit Conversion Programming Registers

0x02B4

Enable Floating Point

R/W

0x0264

Floating Point State

R

User Watchdog Timer Programming Registers

Refer to 'Appendix C: User Watchdog Timer Functionality' for the User Watchdog Timer Status Function Register Map.

Discrete Status Registers

0x02B0

Channel Status Enable

R/W

BIT Registers

0x0800

Dynamic Status

R

0x0804

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0808

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x080C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

0x1200

Voltage Reading Error Dynamic

R

0x1204

Voltage Reading Error Latched*

R/W

0x1208

Driver Error Dynamic

R

0x120C

Driver Error Latched*

R/W

0x02B8

Background BIT Threshold

R/W

0x02BC

BIT Count Clear

W

Status Registers

Low-to-High Transition

0x0810

Dynamic Status

R

0x0814

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0818

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x081C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

High-to-Low Transition

0x0820

Dynamic Status

R

0x0824

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0828

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x082C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Overcurrent

0x0830

Dynamic Status

R

0x0834

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0838

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x083C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Above Max High Voltage

0x0840

Dynamic Status

R

0x0844

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0848

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x084C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Below Min Low Voltage

0x0850

Dynamic Status

R

0x0854

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0858

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x085C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Mid-Range Voltage

0x0860

Dynamic Status

R

0x0864

Latched Status*

R/W

0x0868

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x086C

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

User Watchdog Timer Fault/Inter-FPGA Failure

The Discrete Modules provide registers that support User Watchdog Timer capability. Refer to 'Appendix C: Onboard Discrete I/O User Watchdog Timer Functionality' for the User Watchdog Timer Fault Status Function Register Map.

Summary

0x09A0

Dynamic Status

R

0x09A4

Latched Status*

R/W

0x09A8

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x09AC

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

Enhanced Functionality Option Registers

Refer to 'Appendix D: Onboard Discrete I/O Enhanced Input/Output Functionality' for the Function Register Map.

Register Name Changes From Previous Releases

This section provides a mapping of the register names used in this document against register names used in previous releases.

Rev C4 - Register Names

Rev C3 - Register Names

Discrete Input/Output Registers

I/O Format Ch1-16

Input/Output Format Low

I/O Format Ch17-24

Input/Output Format High

Write Outputs

Write Outputs

Input/Output State

Input/Output State

Discrete I/O Threshold Programming Registers

Max High Voltage Threshold

Max High Threshold

Upper Voltage Threshold

Upper Threshold

Lower Voltage Threshold

Lower Threshold

Min Low Voltage Threshold

Min Low Threshold

Discrete I/O Input/Output Measurement Registers

Voltage Reading

Voltage Reading

Current Reading

Current Reading

VCC Bank Registers

Select Pullup or Pulldown

Select Pullup or Pulldown

Pull-Up/Down Current

Current for Source/Sink

VCC Voltage Reading

VCC Bank Reading

Discrete Input/Output Control Registers

Debounce Time

Debounce Time

Overcurrent Reset

Overcurrent Reset

Unit Conversion Registers

Enable Floating Point Mode

Enable Floating Point Mode

Floating Point State

Floating Point State

Background BIT Threshold Programming Registers

Background BIT Threshold

Background BIT Threshold

BIT Count Clear

Reset BIT

User Watchdog Timer Programming Registers

Refer to “Onboard Discrete I/O User Watchdog Timer Module Manual”

Refer to “User Watchdog Timer Module Manual”

Status and Interrupt Registers

Channel Status Enable

Channel Status Enabled

BIT Dynamic Status

BIT Dynamic Status

BIT Latched Status

BIT Latched Status

BIT Interrupt Enable

BIT Interrupt Enable

BIT Set Edge/Level Interrupt

BIT Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Voltage Reading Error Dynamic

Voltage Reading Error Dynamic

Voltage Reading Error Latched

Voltage Reading Error Latched

Drive Error Dynamic

Drive Error Dynamic

Drive Error Latched

Drive Error Latched

Low-to-High Transition Dynamic Status

Low-to-High Transition Dynamic Status

Low-to-High Transition Latched Status

Low-to-High Transition Latched Status

Low-to-High Transition Interrupt Enable

Low-to-High Transition Interrupt Enable

Low-to-High Transition Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Low-to-High Transition Set Edge/Level Interrupt

High-to-Low Transition Dynamic Status

High-to-Low Transition Dynamic Status

High-to-Low Transition Latched Status

High-to-Low Transition Latched Status

High-to-Low Transition Interrupt Enable

High-to-Low Transition Interrupt Enable

High-to-Low Transition Set Edge/Level Interrupt

High-to-Low Transition Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Overcurrent Dynamic Status

Overcurrent Dynamic Status

Overcurrent Latched Status

Overcurrent Latched Status

Overcurrent Interrupt Enable

Overcurrent Interrupt Enable

Overcurrent Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Overcurrent Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Above Max High Voltage Dynamic Status

Above Max High Threshold Dynamic Status

Above Max High Voltage Latched Status

Above Max High Threshold Latched Status

Above Max High Voltage Interrupt Enable

Above Max High Threshold Interrupt Enable

Above Max High Voltage Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Above Max High Threshold Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Below Min Low Voltage Dynamic Status

Below Min Low Threshold Dynamic Status

Below Min Low Voltage Latched Status

Below Min Low Threshold Latched Status

Below Min Low Voltage Interrupt Enable

Below Min Low Threshold Interrupt Enable

Below Min Low Voltage Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Below Min Low Threshold Set Edge/Level Interrupt/Level Interrupt

Mid-Range Voltage Dynamic Status

Mid-Range Dynamic Status

Mid-Range Voltage Latched Status

Mid-Range Latched Status

Mid-Range Voltage Interrupt Enable

Mid-Range Interrupt Enable

Mid-Range Voltage Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Mid-Range Set Edge/Level Interrupt

User Watchdog Timer Fault Dynamic Status

User Watchdog Timer Fault Dynamic Status

User Watchdog Timer Fault Latched Status

User Watchdog Timer Fault Latched Status

User Watchdog Timer Fault Interrupt Enable

User Watchdog Timer Fault Interrupt Enable

User Watchdog Timer Fault Set Edge/Level Interrupt

User Watchdog Timer Fault Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Summary Dynamic Status

Summary Dynamic Status

Summary Latched Status

Summary Latched Status

Summary Interrupt Enable

Summary Interrupt Enable

Summary Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Summary Set Edge/Level Interrupt

APPENDIX C: ONBOARD MODULE STATUS AND INTERRUPTS

Status registers indicate the detection of faults or events. The status registers can be channel bit-mapped or event bit-mapped. An example of a channel bit-mapped register is the BIT status register, and an example of an event bit-mapped register is the FIFO status register.

For those status registers that allow interrupts to be generated upon the detection of the fault or the event, there are four registers associated with each status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enabled, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Dynamic Status: The Dynamic Status register indicates the current condition of the fault or the event. If the fault or the event is momentary, the contents in this register will be clear when the fault or the event goes away. The Dynamic Status register can be polled, however, if the fault or the event is sporadic, it is possible for the indication of the fault or the event to be missed.

Latched Status: The Latched Status register indicates whether the fault or the event has occurred and keeps the state until it is cleared by the user. Reading the Latched Status register is a better alternative to polling the Dynamic Status register because the contents of this register will not clear until the user commands to clear the specific bit(s) associated with the fault or the event in the Latched Status register. Once the status register has been read, the act of writing a 1 back to the applicable status register to any specific bit (channel/event) location will “clear” the bit (set the bit to 0). When clearing the channel/event bits, it is strongly recommended to write back the same bit pattern as read from the Latched Status register. For example, if the channel bit-mapped Latched Status register contains the value 0x0000 0005, which indicates fault/event detection on channel 1 and 3, write the value 0x0000 0005 to the Latched Status register to clear the fault/event status for channel 1 and 3. Writing a “1” to other channels that are not set (example 0x0000 000F) may result in incorrectly “clearing” incoming faults/events for those channels (example, channel 2 and 4).

Interrupt Enable: If interrupts are preferred upon the detection of a fault or an event, enable the specific channel/event interrupt in the Interrupt Enable register. The bits in Interrupt Enable register map to the same bits in the Latched Status register. When a fault or event occurs, an interrupt will be fired. Subsequent interrupts will not trigger until the application acknowledges the fired interrupt by clearing the associated channel/event bit in the Latched Status register. If the interruptible condition is still persistent after clearing the bit, this may retrigger the interrupt depending on the Edge/Level setting.

Set Edge/Level Interrupt: When interrupts are enabled, the condition on retriggering the interrupt after the Latch Register is “cleared” can be specified as “edge” triggered or “level” triggered. Note, the Edge/Level Trigger also affects how the Latched Register value is adjusted after it is “cleared” (see below).

  • Edge triggered: An interrupt will be retriggered when the Latched Status register change from low (0) to high (1) state. Uses for edge-triggered interrupts would include transition detections (Low-to-High transitions, High-to-Low transitions) or fault detections. After “clearing” an interrupt, another interrupt will not occur until the next transition or the re-occurrence of the fault again.

  • Level triggered: An interrupt will be generated when the Latched Status register remains at the high (1) state. Level-triggered interrupts are used to indicate that something needs attention.

Interrupt Vector and Steering

When interrupts are enabled, the interrupt vector associated with the specific interrupt can be programmed with a unique number/identifier defined by the user such that it can be utilized in the Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) to identify the type of interrupt. When an interrupt occurs, the contents of the Interrupt Vector registers is reported as part of the interrupt mechanism. In addition to specifying the interrupt vector, the interrupt can be directed (“steered”) to the native bus or to the application running on the onboard ARM processor.

Interrupt Trigger Types

In most applications, limiting the number of interrupts generated is preferred as interrupts are costly, thus choosing the correct Edge/Level interrupt trigger to use is important.

Example 1: Fault detection

This example illustrates interrupt considerations when detecting a fault like an “open” on a line. When an “open” is detected, the system will receive an interrupt. If the “open” on the line is persistent and the trigger is set to “edge”, upon “clearing” the interrupt, the system will not regenerate another interrupt. If, instead, the trigger is set to “level”, upon “clearing” the interrupt, the system will re-generate another interrupt. Thus, in this case, it will be better to set the trigger type to “edge”.

Example 2: Threshold detection

This example illustrates interrupt considerations when detecting an event like reaching or exceeding the “high watermark” threshold value. In a communication device, when the number of elements received in the FIFO reaches the high-watermark threshold, an interrupt will be generated. Normally, the application would read the count of the number of elements in the FIFO and read this number of elements from the FIFO. After reading the FIFO data, the application would “clear” the interrupt. If the trigger type is set to “edge”, another interrupt will be generated only if the number of elements in FIFO goes below the “high watermark” after the “clearing” the interrupt and then fills up to reach the “high watermark” threshold value. Since receiving communication data is inherently asynchronous, it is possible that data can continue to fill the FIFO as the application is pulling data off the FIFO. If, at the time the interrupt is “cleared”, the number of elements in the FIFO is at or above the “high watermark”, no interrupts will be generated. In this case, it will be better to set the trigger type to “level”, as the purpose here is to make sure that the FIFO is serviced when the number of elements exceeds the high watermark threshold value. Thus, upon “clearing” the interrupt, if the number of elements in the FIFO is at or above the “high watermark” threshold value, another interrupt will be generated indicating that the FIFO needs to be serviced.

Dynamic and Latched Status Registers Examples

The examples in this section illustrate the differences in behavior of the Dynamic Status and Latched Status registers as well as the differences in behavior of Edge/Level Trigger when the Latched Status register is cleared.

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Figure C1. Example of Module’s Channel-Mapped Dynamic and Latched Status States

No Clearing of Latched Status

Clearing of Latched Status (Edge-Triggered)

Clearing of Latched Status (Level-Triggered)

Time

Dynamic Status

Latched Status

Action

Latched Status

Action

Latched

T0

0x0

0x0

Read Latched Register

0x0

Read Latched Register

0x0

T1

0x1

0x1

Read Latched Register

0x1

0x1

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

0x0

0x1

T2

0x0

0x1

Read Latched Register

0x0

Read Latched Register

0x1

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

0x0

T3

0x2

0x3

Read Latched Register

0x2

Read Latched Register

0x2

Write 0x2 to Latched Register

Write 0x2 to Latched Register

0x0

0x2

T4

0x2

0x3

Read Latched Register

0x1

Read Latched Register

0x3

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

Write 0x3 to Latched Register

0x0

0x2

T5

0xC

0xF

Read Latched Register

0xC

Read Latched Register

0xE

Write 0xC to Latched Register

Write 0xE to Latched Register

0x0

0xC

T6

0xC

0xF

Read Latched Register

0x0

Read Latched

0xC

Write 0xC to Latched Register

0xC

T7

0x4

0xF

Read Latched Register

0x0

Read Latched Register

0xC

Write 0xC to Latched Register

0x4

T8

0x4

0xF

Read Latched Register

0x0

Read Latched Register

0x4

Interrupt Examples

The examples in this section illustrate the interrupt behavior with Edge/Level Trigger.

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Figure C2. Illustration of Latched Status State for Module with 4-Channels with Interrupt Enabled

Time

Latched Status (Edge-Triggered – Clear Multi-Channel)

Latched Status (Edge-Triggered – Clear Single Channel)

Latched Status (Level-Triggered – Clear Multi-Channel)

Action

Latched

Action

Latched

Action

Latched

T1 (Int 1)

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x1

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x1

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x1

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

0x0

0x0

Interrupt re-triggers Note, interrupt re-triggers after each clear until T2.

0x1

T3 (Int 2)

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x2

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x2

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x2

Write 0x2 to Latched Register

Write 0x2 to Latched Register

Write 0x2 to Latched Register

0x0

0x0

Interrupt re-triggers Note, interrupt re-triggers after each clear until T7.

0x2

T4 (Int 3)

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x1

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x1

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0x3

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

Write 0x1 to Latched Register

Write 0x3 to Latched Register

0x0

0x0

Interrupt re-triggers Note, interrupt re-triggers after each clear and 0x3 is reported in Latched Register until T5.

0x3

Interrupt re-triggers Note, interrupt re-triggers after each clear until T7.

0x2

T6 (Int 4)

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0xC

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0xC

Interrupt Generated Read Latched Registers

0xE

Write 0xC to Latched Register

Write 0x4 to Latched Register

Write 0xE to Latched Register

0x0

Interrupt re-triggers Write 0x8 to Latched Register

0x8

Interrupt re-triggers Note, interrupt re-triggers after each clear and 0xE is reported in Latched Register until T7.

0xE

0x0

Interrupt re-triggers Note, interrupt re-triggers after each clear and 0xC is reported in Latched Register until T8.

0xC

Interrupt re-triggers Note, interrupt re-triggers after each clear and 0x4 is reported in Latched Register always.

0x4

APPENDIX D: ONBOARD DISCRETE I/O USER WATCHDOG TIMER FUNCTIONALITY

Principle of Operation

The User Watchdog Timer is optionally activated by the applications that require the module’s outputs to be disabled as a failsafe in the event of an application failure or crash. The circuit is designed such that a specific periodic write strobe pattern must be executed by the software to maintain operation and prevent the disablement from taking place.

The User Watchdog Timer is inactive until the application sends an initial strobe by writing the value 0x55AA to the UWDT Strobe register. After activating the User Watchdog Timer, the application must continually strobe the timer within the intervals specified with the configurable UWDT Quiet Time and UWDT Window registers. The timing of the strobes must be consistent with the following rules:

  • The application must not strobe during the Quiet time.

  • The application must strobe within the Window time.

  • The application must not strobe more than once in a single window time.

A violation of any of these rules will trigger a User Watchdog Timer fault and result in shutting down any isolated power supplies and/or disabling any active drive outputs, as applicable for the specific module. Upon a User Watchdog Timer event, recovery to the module shutting down will require the module to be reset.

Figures D1 and D2 provide an overview and an example with actual values for the User Watchdog Timer Strobes, Quiet Time and Window. As depicted in the diagrams, there are two processes that run in parallel. The Strobe event starts the timer for the beginning of the “Quiet Time”. The timer for the Previous Strobe event continues to run to ensure that no additional Strobes are received within the “Window” associated with the Previous Strobe.

The optimal target for the user watchdog strobes should be at the interval of [Quiet time + ½ Window time] after the previous strobe, which will place the strobe in the center of the window. This affords the greatest margin of safety against unintended disablement in critical operations.

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Figure D1. User Watchdog Timer Overview

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Figure D2. User Watchdog Timer Example

Figure D3 illustrates examples of User Watchdog Timer failures.

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Figure D3. User Watchdog Timer Failures

Register Descriptions

The register descriptions provide the register name, Type, Data Range, Read or Write information, Initialized Value, and a description of the function.

User Watchdog Timer Registers

The registers associated with the User Watchdog Timer provide the ability to specify the UWDT Quiet Time and the UWDT Window that will be monitored to ensure that EXACTLY ONE User Watchdog Timer (UWDT) Strobe is written within the window.

UWDT Quiet Time

Function: Sets Quiet Time value (in microseconds) to use for the User Watchdog Timer Frame.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 µsec to 2^32 µsec (0x0 to 0xFFFFFFFF)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0x0

Operational Settings: LSB = 1 µsec. The application must NOT write a strobe in the time between the previous strobe and the end of the Quiet time interval. In addition, the application must write in the UWDT Window EXACTLY ONCE.

UWDT Window

Function: Sets Window value (in microseconds) to use for the User Watchdog Timer Frame.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 µsec to 2^32 µsec (0x0 to 0xFFFFFFFF)

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0x0

Operational Settings: LSB = 1 µsec. The application must write the strobe once within the Window time after the end of the Quiet time interval. The application must write in the UWDT Window EXACTLY ONCE.

This setting must be initialized to a non-zero value for operation and should allow sufficient tolerance for strobe timing by the application.

UWDT Strobe

Function: Writes the strobe value to be use for the User Watchdog Timer Frame.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x55AA

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0x0

Operational Settings: At startup, the user watchdog is disabled. Write the value of 0x55AA to this register to start the user watchdog timer monitoring after initial power on or a reset. To prevent a disablement, the application must periodically write the strobe based on the user watchdog timer rules.

Status and Interrupt

The modules that are capable of User Watchdog Timer support provide status registers for the User Watchdog Timer.

User Watchdog Timer Status

The status register that contains the User Watchdog Timer Fault information is also used to indicate channel Inter-FPGA failures on modules that have communication between FPGA components. There are four registers associated with the User Watchdog Timer Fault/Inter-FPGA Failure Status: Dynamic, Latched, Interrupt Enable, and Set Edge/Level Interrupt.

Table 123. User Watchdog Timer Status

User Watchdog Timer Fault/Inter-FPGA Failure Dynamic Status

User Watchdog Timer Fault/Inter-FPGA Failure Latched Status

User Watchdog Timer Fault/Inter-FPGA Failure Interrupt Enable

User Watchdog Timer Fault/Inter-FPGA Failure Set Edge/Level Interrupt

Bit(s)

Status

Description

D31

User Watchdog Timer Fault Status

0 = No Fault

1 = User Watchdog Timer Fault

D30:D0

Reserved for Inter-FPGA Failure Status

Channel bit-mapped indicating channel inter

Function: Sets the corresponding bit (D31) associated with the channel’s User Watchdog Timer Fault error.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R (Dynamic), R/W (Latched, Interrupt Enable, Set Edge/Level Interrupt)

Initialized Value: 0

Function Register Map

Key

Bold Underline

= Measurement/Status/Board Information

Bold Italic

= Configuration/Control

User Watchdog Timer Registers

0x01C0

UWDT Quiet Time

R/W

0x01C4

UWDT Window

R/W

0x01C8

UWDT Strobe

W

Status Registers

User Watchdog Timer Fault/Inter-FPGA Failure

0x09B0

Dynamic Status

R

0x09B4

Latched Status*

R/W

0x09B8

Interrupt Enable

R/W

0x09BC

Set Edge/Level Interrupt

R/W

APPENDIX E: ONBOARD DISCRETE I/O ENHANCED INPUT/OUTPUT FUNCTIONALITY

The onboard Discrete I/O function provides optional enhanced input and output mode functionality. For incoming signals (inputs), the enhanced modes include Pulse, Frequency and Period measurements. For outputs, the enhanced modes include PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) and Pattern Generation.

Input Modes

All input modes may be configured with debounce capability. Debounce capability allows configurable filtering of noisy signals and transients. Each channel may be set to an individual debounce time value. When a debounce time is set to a non-zero value, the signal reading after a transition must remain at the same level for the debounce interval before it is propagated through, otherwise it is rejected.

The waveform shown in Figure E1 will be used to illustrate the behavior for each input mode.

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Figure E1. Incoming Signal Example Used to Illustrate Input Modes

Pulse Measurements

There are two Pulse Measurements features available - High Time Pulse Measurements and Low Time Pulse Measurements. The Pulse Measurement data is stored in the FIFO Buffer.

High Time Pulse Measurements

In this input mode, the data in the FIFO buffer is the measurement for each rising transition to the next falling one. Timing measurements record the time interval (in 10 µs ticks) from a pair of transitions.

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Figure E2. High Time Pulse Measurement Input Mode

For this example, the FIFO Word Count register will be set to 3 and the FIFO Buffer Data register will contain the following three values (counts of 10 µs):

  1. 1500 (0x0000 05DC)

  2. 2500 (0x0000 09C4)

  3. 1000 (0x0000 03E8)

Time Interval

Calculations

High Time Pulse Measurements

1

1500 counts * 10 µsec = 15000 µsec = 15.0 msec

15.0 msec

2

2500 counts * 10 µsec = 25000 µsec = 25.0 msec

25.0 msec

3

1000 counts * 10 µsec = 10000 µsec = 10.0 msec

10.0 msec

Low Time Pulse Measurements

In this mode, the data in the FIFO buffer is the measurement for each falling edge to the next rising edge. Timing measurements record the time interval (in 10 µs ticks) from a pair of transitions.

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Figure E3. Low Time Pulse Measurement Input Mode

For this example, the FIFO Word Count register will be set to 3 and the FIFO Buffer Data register will contain the following three values (counts of 10 µs):

  1. 2000 (0x0000 07D0)

  2. 500 (0x0000 01F4)

  3. 1500 (0x0000 05DC)

Time Interval

Calculations

Low Time Pulse Measurements

1

2000 counts * 10 µsec = 20000 µsec = 20.0 msec

20.0 msec

2

500 counts * 10 µsec = 5000 µsec = 5.0 msec

5.0 msec

3

1500 counts * 10 µsec = 15000 µsec = 15.0 msec

15.0 msec

Transition Timestamps

There are three Transition Timestamp Measurements features available - Transition Timestamp for All Rising Edges, Transition Timestamp for All Falling Edges, and Transition Timestamp for All Edges. The Transition Timestamps Measurement data are store in the FIFO Buffer.

Transition Timestamps of All Rising Edges

In this mode, the data in the FIFO buffer is the Rising Edge Timestamp. The timestamp is a 32-bit counter that is incremented at the rate of 100 kHz (in other words, counter is incremented every 10 µsec). The timestamp is can be reset by the application at any time.

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Figure E4. Transition Timestamp of All Rising Edges Input Mode

For this example, the FIFO Word Count register will be set to 4 and the FIFO Buffer Data register will contain the following four values (counts of 10 µs):

  1. 1000 (0x0000 03E8)

  2. 4500 (0x0000 1194)

  3. 7500 (0x0000 1D4C)

  4. 10000 (0x000 2710)

This data can be interpreted as follows:

Time Interval

Calculations

Time between rising edges

1 to 2

4500 - 1000 = 3500 counts = 3500 * 10 µsec = 35000 µsec = 35.0 msec

35.0 msec

2 to 3

7500 - 4500 = 3000 counts = 3000 * 10 µsec = 30000 µsec = 30.0 msec

30.0 msec

3 to 4

10000 - 7500 = 2500 counts = 2500 * 10 µsec = 25000 µsec = 25.0 msec

25.0 msec

Transition Timestamps of All Falling Edges

In this mode, the data in the FIFO buffer is the Falling Edge Timestamp. The timestamp is a 32-bit counter that is incremented at the rate of 100 kHz (in other words, counter is incremented every 10 µsec). The timestamp is can be reset by the application at any time.

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Figure E5. Transition Timestamp of All Falling Edges Input Mode

For this example, the FIFO Word Count register will be set to 3 and the FIFO Buffer Data register will contain the following three values (counts of 10 µs): 1. 2500 (0x0000 09C4) 2. 7000 (0x0000 1B58) 3. 8500 (0x0000 2134)

This data can be interpreted as follows:

Time Interval

Calculations

Time between falling edges

1 to 2

7000 - 2500 = 4500 counts = 4500 * 10 µsec = 45000 µsec = 45.0 msec

45.0 msec

2 to 3

8500 - 7000 = 1500 counts = 1500 * 10 µsec = 15000 µsec = 15.0 msec

15.0 msec

Transition Timestamps of All Edges

In this mode, the data in the FIFO buffer is the Rising and Falling Edge Timestamp. The timestamp is a 32-bit counter that is incremented at the rate of 100 kHz (in other words, counter is incremented every 10 µsec). The timestamp is can be reset by the application at any time.

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Figure E6. Transition Timestamp for All Edges Input Mode

For this example, the FIFO Word Count register will be set to 7 and the FIFO Buffer Data register will contain the following seven values (counts of 10 µs):

  1. 1000 (0x0000 03E8)

  2. 2500 (0x0000 09C4)

  3. 4500 (0x0000 1194)

  4. 7000 (0x0000 1B58)

  5. 7500 (0x0000 1D4C)

  6. 8500 (0x0000 2134)

  7. 10000 (0x000 2710)

This data can be interpreted as follows:

Time Interval

Calculations

Time between edges

1 to 2

2500 - 1000 = 1500 counts = 1500 * 10 µsec = 15000 µsec = 15.0 msec

15.0 msec

2 to 3

4500 - 2500 = 2000 counts = 2000 * 10 µsec = 20000 µsec = 20.0 msec

20.0 msec

3 to 4

7000 - 4500 = 2500 counts = 2500 * 10 µsec = 25000 µsec = 25.0 msec

25.0 msec

4 to 5

7500 - 7000 = 500 counts = 500 * 10 µsec = 5000 µsec = 5.0 msec

5.0 msec

5 to 6

8500 - 7500 = 1000 counts = 1000 * 10 µsec = 10000 µsec = 10.0 msec

10.0 msec

6 to 7

10000 - 8500 = 1500 counts = 1500 * 10 µsec = 15000 µsec = 15.0 msec

15.0 msec

Transition Counter

There are three Transition Counter features available - Rising Edge Transition Counter, Falling Edge Transition Counter and All Edge Transition Counter.

Rising Edges Transition Counter

In this mode, the count of the number of Rising Edges is recorded. The counter is a 32-bit counter. The counter is can be reset by the application at any time.

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Figure E7. Rising Edges Transition Counter Input Mode

For this example, the Transition Count register will be set to 4.

Falling Edges Transition Counter

In this mode, the count of the number of Falling Edges is recorded. The counter is a 32-bit counter. The counter is can be reset by the application at any time.

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Figure E8. Falling Edges Transition Counter Input Mode

For this example, the Transition Count register will be set to 3.

All Edges Transition Counter

In this mode, the count of the number of Rising and Falling Edges is recorded. The counter is a 32-bit counter. The counter is can be reset by the application at any time.

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Figure E9. All Edges Transition Counter Input Mode

For this example, the Transition Count register will be set to 7.

Period Measurement

In this input mode, the data in the FIFO buffer is the measurement for each rising edge transition to the next rising edge transition. Timing measurements record the time interval (in 10 µs ticks).

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Figure E10. Period Measurement Input Mode

For this example, the FIFO Word Count register will be set to 4 and the FIFO Buffer Data register will contain the following three values (counts of 10 µs):

  1. 2000 (0x0000 07D0)

  2. 2000 (0x0000 07D0)

  3. 2000 (0x0000 07D0)

  4. 2000 (0x0000 07D0)

Time Interval

Calculations

Period Measurements

1

2000 counts * 10 µsec = 20000 µsec = 20.0 msec

20.0 msec

2

2000 counts * 10 µsec = 20000 µsec = 20.0 msec

20.0 msec

3

2000 counts * 10 µsec = 20000 µsec = 20.0 msec

20.0 msec

4

2000 counts * 10 µsec = 20000 µsec = 20.0 msec

20.0 msec

Frequency Measurement

In this input mode, the data in the FIFO buffer is the number of rising edge transitions for the programmable time interval programmed in the Frequency Measurement Period register.

For this example, set the Frequency Measurement Period register = 4000 (4000 * 10 µs = 40000 µs = 40 msec).

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Figure E11. Frequency Measurement Input Mode

For this example, the FIFO Word Count register will be set to 3 and the FIFO Buffer Data register will contain the following three values (number of rising edges):

  1. 2 (0x0000 0002)

  2. 2 (0x0000 0002)

  3. 2 (0x0000 0002)

Time Interval

Calculations

Frequency Measurements

1

2 counts/40 msec = 2 counts/0.04 seconds = 50 Hz

50 Hz

2

2 counts/40 msec = 2 counts/0.04 seconds = 50 Hz

50 Hz

3

2 counts/40 msec = 2 counts/0.04 seconds = 50 Hz

50 Hz

Output Modes

There are three Enhanced Output Functionality modes: two PWM outputs and one Pattern Generator Output mode.

PWM Output

There are two PWM output modes, PWM Continuous and PWM Burst. The PWM timing is very precise with low jitter. In PWM Output mode, the Mode Select register is set to either “PWM Continuous or PWM Burst”. The value written to the PWM Period register specifies the period to output the PWM signal, the value written to the PWM Pulse Width register specifies the time for the “ON” state, and the value written to the PWM Output Polarity register specifies the initial edge of the output. For PWM Burst mode, the PWM Number of Cycles register specifies the number of cycles to output the signal. Note, there may be an initial “OFF” state level delay based on the Period time before the initial pulse is output.

PWM Continuous

Figure E12 and Figure E13 illustrate the PWM Continuous Output signal, one configured with PWM Output Polarity = Positive (0) and one configured with PWM Output Polarity = Negative (1). The configured PWM output is enabled and disabled with the Enable Measurements/Outputs register.

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Figure E12. PWM Continuous Output (PWM Period = 15 msec, PWM Pulse Width = 10 msec, PWM Output Polarity = Positive (0))

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Figure E13. PWM Continuous Output (PWM Period = 15 msec, PWM Pulse Width = 10 msec, PWM Output Polarity = Negative (1))

PWM Burst

Figure E14 and Figure E15 illustrate the PWM Burst Output signal with the PWM Number of Cycles = 5 pulses, one configured with PWM Output Polarity = Positive (0) and one configured with PWM Output Polarity = Negative (1). The configured PWM output is enabled with the Enable Measurements/Outputs register. Once the number of pulses that were requested is outputted, the value in the Enable Measurements/Outputs register will be reset (self-clearing) to allow for the output to be re-enabled.

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Figure E14. PWM Burst Output (PWM Period = 15 msec, PWM Pulse Width = 10 msec, PWM Output Polarity = Positive (0), PWM Number of Cycles = 5)

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Figure E15. PWM Burst Output (PWM Period = 15 msec, PWM Pulse Width = 10 msec, PWM Output Polarity = Negative (1)), PWM Number of Cycles = 5)

Pattern Generator

For the Pattern Generator mode, there is 64K block of unsigned 32-bit words allocated to specify the data pattern for the output channels. The data in each 32-bit word is bit-mapped per channel. The Pattern RAM Start Address and Pattern RAM End Address registers specify the starting and ending address in the 64K block to use as the data to output for each channel configured for Pattern Generator mode. The Pattern RAM Period register specifies the pattern rate. The Pattern RAM Control and Pattern RAM Number of Cycles control the Pattern Generator output - Continuous, Burst with a specified number of cycles, Pause, or External Trigger from input from Channel 1. Note, when any channel is configured for External Trigger Pattern Generator mode, Channel 1 must be set as an input.

Figure E16 illustrates the output of the 24 channels for the Enhanced Function module all configured in Pattern Generator mode.

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Figure E16. Pattern Generator

Enhanced Input/Output Functionality Registers

The onboard Discrete I/O option provides enhanced input and output mode functionality. The Mode Select and Enable Output/Measurement registers are general control registers for the different enhanced input and output modes.

Mode Select

Function: Configures the Enhanced Functionality Modes to apply to the channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: It is important that the channel is correctly configured to either input or output in the Input/Output Format registers to correspond to the Enhanced Functionality Mode selected. Setting a 0 to this register will configure that channel to normal operation.

Mode Select Value (Decimal)

Mode Select Value (Hexadecimal)

Description

0

0x0000 0000

Enhanced Functionality Disabled

Input Enhanced Functionality Mode

1

0x0000 0001

High Time Pulse Measurements

2

0x0000 0002

Low Time Pulse Measurements

3

0x0000 0003

Transition Timestamp of All Rising Edges

4

0x0000 0004

Transition Timestamp of All Falling Edges

5

0x0000 0005

Transition Timestamp of All Edges

6

0x0000 0006

Rising Edges Transition Counter

7

0x0000 0007

Falling Edges Transition Counter

8

0x0000 0008

All Edges Transition Counter

9

0x0000 0009

Period Measurement

10

0x0000 000A

Frequency Measurement

Output Enhanced Functionality Mode

32

0x0000 0020

PWM Continuous

33

0x0000 0021

PWM Burst

34

0x0000 0022

Pattern Generator

Enable Measurements/Outputs

Function: Enables/starts the measurements or outputs based on the Mode Select for the channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Setting the bit for the associated channel to a 1 will start the measurement or output depending on the Mode Select configuration for that channel. Setting the bit for the associated channel to 0 will stop the measurements/outputs.

Table 124. Enable Measurements/Outputs

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Input Mode Registers

After configuring the Mode Select register, write a 1 to the Reset Timer/Counter register resets the channel’s timestamp and counter used for input modes. Write a 1 to the Enable Measurements/Outputs register to begin the measurement of the input signal. Write a 0 to the Enable Measurements/Outputs register to stop the measurement of the input signal. The data can be read either while the measurements are being made on input signals or after stopping the measurements.

=====Reset Timer/Counter

Function: Resets the measurement timestamp and counter for the channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Setting the bit for the associated channel to a 1 will:

  • reset the timestamp used for the Pulse Measurements mode (1-2), Transition Timestamp mode (3-5), and Period Measurement mode (9) and Frequency Measurement mode (10)

  • reset the counter used for Transition Counter mode (6-8)

Table 125. Reset Timer/Counter

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

FIFO Registers

The FIFO registers are used for the following input modes:

  • Pulse Measurements mode (1-2)

  • Transition Timestamp mode (3-5)

  • Period Measurement mode (9)

  • Frequency Measurement mode (10)

FIFO Buffer Data

Function: The data stored in the FIFO Buffer Data is dependent on the input mode.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: Refer to examples in Input Modes.

FIFO Word Count

Function: This is a counter that reports the number of 32-bit words stored in the FIFO buffer.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 - 255 (0x0000 0000 to 0x0000 00FF)

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Every time a read operation is made from the FIFO Buffer Data register, the value in the FIFO Word Count register will be decremented by one. The maximum number of words that can be stored in the FIFO is 255.

Table 126. FIFO Word Count

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Clear FIFO

Function: Clears FIFO by resetting the FIFO Word Count register.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0 or 1

Read/Write: W

Initialized Value: N/A

Operational Settings: Write a 1 to resets the Words in FIFO to zero; Clear FIFO register does not clear data in the buffer. A read to the buffer data will give “aged” data.

Bit

Name

Description

D31-D1

Reserved. Set to 0

D0

Table 127. Clear FIFO

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

FIFO Status

Function: Sets the corresponding bit associated with the FIFO status type; there is a separate register for each channel.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Bit

Name

Description

D31-D4

Reserved

Set to 0

D3

Empty

Set to 1 when FIFO Word Count = 0

D2

Almost Empty

Set to 1 when FIFO Word Count ⇐ 63 (25%)

D1

Almost Full

Set to 1 when FIFO Word Count >= 191 (75%)

D0

Full

Set to 1 when FIFO Word Count = 255

Table 128. FIFO Status

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

Transition Count Registers

The Transition Count register are used for the following input modes:

Transition Counter mode (6-8)

Transition Count

Function: Contains the count of the transitions depending on the configuration in the Mode Select register - Rising Edges, Falling Edges or All Edges.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Refer to examples in Transition Counter.

Frequency Measurement Registers

For the Frequency Measurement mode, the period to perform the frequency measurements must be specified in the Frequency Measurement Period register.

Frequency Measurement Period

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for Frequency Measurement mode (10), the value in the Frequency Measurement Period is used as the time interval for counting the number of rising edge transitions within that interval.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set the Frequency Measurement Period (LSB = 10 µs). Refer to examples in Frequency Measurement.

Output Modes Registers

After configuring the Mode Select register, write a 1 to the Enable Measurements/Outputs register to outputting the signal. Write a 0 to the Enable Measurements/Outputs register to stop the output signal.

PWM Registers

The PWM Period, PWM Pulse Width and PWM Output Polarity registers configure the PWM output signal. When the Mode Select register is configured for PWM Burst mode, the PWM Number of Cycles register is used to specify the number of cycles to repeat for the burst.

PWM Period

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for PWM Continuous or PWM Burst mode (32-33), the value in the PWM Period is used as the time interval for outputting the PWM signal.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0001 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set the PWM Period (LSB = 10 µs). The PWM Period must be greater than the value set in the PWM Pulse Width register. Refer to examples in PWM Output.

PWM Pulse Width

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for PWM Continuous or PWM Burst mode (32-33), the value in the PWM Pulse Width is used as the time interval of the “ON” state for outputting the PWM signal.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set the PWM Pulse Width (LSB = 10 µs). The PWM Pulse Width must be less than the value set in the PWM Pulse Width register. Refer to examples in PWM Output.

PWM Output Polarity

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for PWM Continuous or PWM Burst mode (32-33), the value in the PWM Output Polarity is used to specify whether the PWM output signal starts with a rising edge (Positive (0)), or a falling edge (Negative (1)).

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: The PWM Output Polarity register is used to program the starting edge of the PWM Pulse Period (rising or falling). When the PWM output Polarity is set to Positive (0), the output will start with a rising edge, when it’s set to Negative (1), the output will start with a falling edge. The default is Positive (0), which is set when the PWM Polarity bit is 0. Refer to examples in PWM Output.

Table 129. PWM Output Polarity

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

PWM Number of Cycles

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for PWM Burst mode (33), the value in the PWM Number of Cycles is used to specify the number of times to repeat the PWM output signal.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0001 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set the number of times to output the PWM signal. Refer to examples in PWM Output.

Pattern Generator Registers

The Pattern RAM registers are a 64K block of unsigned 32-bit words allocated to specify the data pattern for the output channels. The Pattern RAM Start Address, Pattern RAM End Address, Pattern RAM Period and Pattern RAM Control registers configure the Pattern Generator output signals. When the Pattern RAM Control register is configured for Burst, the Pattern RAM Number of Cycles specify the number of cycles to repeat the pattern for the burst.

Pattern RAM

Function: Pattern Generator Memory Block from 0x40000 to 0x7FFFC.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Address Range: 0x0000 0000 to 0x00FF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: 64K block of unsigned 32-bit words. The data in each 32-bit word is bit-mapped per channel.

Table 130. Pattern RAM

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ch24

Ch23

Ch22

Ch21

Ch20

Ch19

Ch18

Ch17

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Ch16

Ch15

Ch14

Ch13

Ch12

Ch11

Ch10

Ch9

Ch8

Ch7

Ch6

Ch5

Ch4

Ch3

Ch2

Ch1

Pattern RAM Start Address

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for Pattern Generator mode (34), the Pattern RAM Start Address register specifies the starting address within the Pattern RAM block registers to use for the output.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0004 0000 to 0x0007 FFFC

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: The value in the Pattern RAM Start Address must be less than the value in the Pattern RAM End Address.

Table 131. Pattern RAM Start Address

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Pattern RAM End Address

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for Pattern Generator mode (34), the Pattern RAM End Address register specifies the end address within the Pattern RAM block registers to use for the output.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x40000 to 0x7FFFC

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: The value in the Pattern RAM End Address must be greater than the value in the Pattern RAM Start Address.

Table 132. Pattern RAM End Address

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Pattern RAM Period

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for Pattern Generator mode (34), the value in the Pattern RAM Period is used as the time interval for outputting the Pattern Generator signals.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0001 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set the Pattern RAM Period (LSB = 10 µs).

Pattern RAM Control

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for Pattern Generator mode (34), the value in the Pattern RAM Control is used to control the outputting of the Pattern Generator signals.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: See table

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Configures the Pattern Generator for Continuous, Burst with a specified number of cycles, Pause, or External Trigger from input from Channel 1. Note, when any channel is configured for External Trigger Pattern Generator mode, Channel 1 must be set as an input.

Bits

Description

D31-D5

Reserved. Set to 0

D4

Falling Edge External Trigger - Channel 1 used as the input for the trigger

D3

Rising Edge External Trigger - Channel 1 used as the input for the trigger

D2

Pause

D1

Burst Mode - value in Pattern RAM Number of Cycles register defines number of cycles to output

D0

Enable Pattern Generator

Values

Description

0x0000

Disable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, No External Trigger

0x0001

Enable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, No External Trigger

0x0002

Disable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, No External Trigger

0x0003

Enable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, No External Trigger

0x0005

Enable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, Pause, No External Trigger

0x0007

Enable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, Pause, No External Trigger

0x0008

Disable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, Rising External Trigger

0x0009

Enable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, Rising External Trigger

0x000A

Disable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, Rising External Trigger

0x000B

Enable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, Rising External Trigger

0x000D

Enable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, Pause, Rising External Trigger

0x000F

Enable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, Pause, Rising External Trigger

0x1000

Disable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, Falling External Trigger

0x1001

Enable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, Falling External Trigger

0x1002

Disable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, Falling External Trigger

0x1003

Enable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, Falling External Trigger

0x1005

Enable Pattern Generator, Continuous Mode, Pause, Falling External Trigger

0x1007

Enable Pattern Generator, Burst Mode, Pause, Falling External Trigger

0x0004, 0x0006, 0x000C, 0x000E, 0x1004, 0x1006, 0x1008-0x100F

Invalid

Table 133. Pattern RAM Control

D31

D30

D29

D28

D27

D26

D25

D24

D23

D22

D21

D20

D19

D18

D17

D16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D15

D14

D13

D12

D11

D10

D9

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D

D

D

D

Pattern RAM Number of Cycles

Function: When the Mode Select register is programmed for Pattern Generator mode (34) and the Pattern RAM Control register is set for Burst mode, the value in the Pattern RAM Number of Cycles is used to specify the number of times to repeat the pattern output signal.

Type: unsigned binary word (32-bit)

Data Range: 0x0000 0001 to 0xFFFF FFFF

Read/Write: R/W

Initialized Value: 0

Operational Settings: Set the number of times to output the pattern.

Function Register Map

Key:

Bold Italic = Configuration/Control

Bold Underline = Status

*When an event is detected, the bit associated with the event is set in this register and will remain set until the user clears the event bit. Clearing the bit requires writing a 1 back to the specific bit that was set when read (i.e. write-1-to-clear, writing a '1' to a bit set to '1' will set the bit to '0').

0x300C

Mode Select Ch 1

R/W

0x360C

Mode Select Ch 13

R/W

0x308C

Mode Select Ch 2

R/W

0x368C

Mode Select Ch 14

R/W

0x310C

Mode Select Ch 3

R/W

0x370C

Mode Select Ch 15

R/W

0x318C

Mode Select Ch 4

R/W

0x378C

Mode Select Ch 16

R/W

0x320C

Mode Select Ch 5

R/W

0x380C

Mode Select Ch 17

R/W

0x328C

Mode Select Ch 6

R/W

0x388C

Mode Select Ch 18

R/W

0x330C

Mode Select Ch 7

R/W

0x390C

Mode Select Ch 19

R/W

0x338C

Mode Select Ch 8

R/W

0x398C

Mode Select Ch 20

R/W

0x340C

Mode Select Ch 9

R/W

0x3A0C

Mode Select Ch 21

R/W

0x348C

Mode Select Ch 10

R/W

0x3A8C

Mode Select Ch 22

R/W

0x350C

Mode Select Ch 11

R/W

0x3B0C

Mode Select Ch 23

R/W

0x358C

Mode Select Ch 12

R/W

0x3B8C

Mode Select Ch 24

R/W

0x2000

Enable Measurements/Outputs

R/W

Input Modes Registers

0x2004

Reset Timer/Counter

W

FIFO Registers

0x3000

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 1

R

0x3600

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 13

R

0x3080

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 2

R

0x3680

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 14

R

0x3100

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 3

R

0x3700

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 15

R

0x3180

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 4

R

0x3780

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 16

R

0x3200

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 5

R

0x3800

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 17

R

0x3280

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 6

R

0x3880

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 18

R

0x3300

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 7

R

0x3900

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 19

R

0x3380

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 8

R

0x3980

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 20

R

0x3400

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 9

R

0x3A00

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 21

R

0x3480

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 10

R

0x3A80

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 22

R

0x3500

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 11

R

0x3B00

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 23

R

0x3580

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 12

R

0x3B80

FIFO Buffer Data Ch 24

R

0x3004

FIFO Word Count Ch 1

R

0x3604

FIFO Word Count Ch 13

R

0x3084

FIFO Word Count Ch 2

R

0x3684

FIFO Word Count Ch 14

R

0x3104

FIFO Word Count Ch 3

R

0x3704

FIFO Word Count Ch 15

R

0x3184

FIFO Word Count Ch 4

R

0x3784

FIFO Word Count Ch 16

R

0x3204

FIFO Word Count Ch 5

R

0x3804

FIFO Word Count Ch 17

R

0x3284

FIFO Word Count Ch 6

R

0x3884

FIFO Word Count Ch 18

R

0x3304

FIFO Word Count Ch 7

R

0x3904

FIFO Word Count Ch 19

R

0x3384

FIFO Word Count Ch 8

R

0x3984

FIFO Word Count Ch 20

R

0x3404

FIFO Word Count Ch 9

R

0x3A04

FIFO Word Count Ch 21

R

0x3484

FIFO Word Count Ch 10

R

0x3A84

FIFO Word Count Ch 22

R

0x3504

FIFO Word Count Ch 11

R

0x3B04

FIFO Word Count Ch 23

R

0x3584

FIFO Word Count Ch 12

R

0x3B84

FIFO Word Count Ch 24

R

0x3008

FIFO Status Ch 1

R

0x3608

FIFO Status Ch 13

R

0x3088

FIFO Status Ch 2

R

0x3688

FIFO Status Ch 14

R

0x3108

FIFO Status Ch 3

R

0x3708

FIFO Status Ch 15

R

0x3188

FIFO Status Ch 4

R

0x3788

FIFO Status Ch 16

R

0x3208

FIFO Status Ch 5

R

0x3808

FIFO Status Ch 17

R

0x3288

FIFO Status Ch 6

R

0x3888

FIFO Status Ch 18

R

0x3308

FIFO Status Ch 7

R

0x3908

FIFO Status Ch 19

R

0x3388

FIFO Status Ch 8

R

0x3988

FIFO Status Ch 20

R

0x3408

FIFO Status Ch 9

R

0x3A08

FIFO Status Ch 21

R

0x3488

FIFO Status Ch 10

R

0x3A88

FIFO Status Ch 22

R

0x3508

FIFO Status Ch 11

R

0x3B08

FIFO Status Ch 23

R

0x3588

FIFO Status Ch 12

R

0x3B88

FIFO Status Ch 24

R

0x2008

Reset FIFO

W

Transition Count Registers

0x3000

Transition Count Ch 1

R

0x3600

Transition Count Ch 13

R

0x3080

Transition Count Ch 2

R

0x3680

Transition Count Ch 14

R

0x3100

Transition Count Ch 3

R

0x3700

Transition Count Ch 15

R

0x3180

Transition Count Ch 4

R

0x3780

Transition Count Ch 16

R

0x3200

Transition Count Ch 5

R

0x3800

Transition Count Ch 17

R

0x3280

Transition Count Ch 6

R

0x3880

Transition Count Ch 18

R

0x3300

Transition Count Ch 7

R

0x3900

Transition Count Ch 19

R

0x3380

Transition Count Ch 8

R

0x3980

Transition Count Ch 20

R

0x3400

Transition Count Ch 9

R

0x3A00

Transition Count Ch 21

R

0x3480

Transition Count Ch 10

R

0x3A80

Transition Count Ch 22

R

0x3500

Transition Count Ch 11

R

0x3B00

Transition Count Ch 23

R

0x3580

Transition Count Ch 12

R

0x3B80

Transition Count Ch 24

R

Frequency Measurement Registers

0x3014

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 1

R/W

0x3614

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 13

R/W

0x3094

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 2

R/W

0x3694

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 14

R/W

0x3114

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 3

R/W

0x3714

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 15

R/W

0x3194

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 4

R/W

0x3794

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 16

R/W

0x3214

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 5

R/W

0x3814

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 17

R/W

0x3294

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 6

R/W

0x3894

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 18

R/W

0x3314

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 7

R/W

0x3914

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 19

R/W

0x3394

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 8

R/W

0x3994

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 20

R/W

0x3414

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 9

R/W

0x3A14

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 21

R/W

0x3494

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 10

R/W

0x3A94

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 22

R/W

0x3514

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 11

R/W

0x3B14

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 23

R/W

0x3594

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 12

R/W

0x3B94

Frequency Measurement Period Ch 24

R/W

Output Mode Registers

PWM Registers

0x3014

PWM Period Ch 1

R/W

0x3614

PWM Period Ch 13

R/W

0x3094

PWM Period Ch 2

R/W

0x3694

PWM Period Ch 14

R/W

0x3114

PWM Period Ch 3

R/W

0x3714

PWM Period Ch 15

R/W

0x3194

PWM Period Ch 4

R/W

0x3794

PWM Period Ch 16

R/W

0x3214

PWM Period Ch 5

R/W

0x3814

PWM Period Ch 17

R/W

0x3294

PWM Period Ch 6

R/W

0x3894

PWM Period Ch 18

R/W

0x3314

PWM Period Ch 7

R/W

0x3914

PWM Period Ch 19

R/W

0x3394

PWM Period Ch 8

R/W

0x3994

PWM Period Ch 20

R/W

0x3414

PWM Period Ch 9

R/W

0x3A14

PWM Period Ch 21

R/W

0x3494

PWM Period Ch 10

R/W

0x3A94

PWM Period Ch 22

R/W

0x3514

PWM Period Ch 11

R/W

0x3B14

PWM Period Ch 23

R/W

0x3594

PWM Period Ch 12

R/W

0x3B94

PWM Period Ch 24

R/W

0x3010

PWM Pulse Width Ch 1

R/W

0x3610

PWM Pulse Width Ch 13

R/W

0x3090

PWM Pulse Width Ch 2

R/W

0x3690

PWM Pulse Width Ch 14

R/W

0x3110

PWM Pulse Width Ch 3

R/W

0x3710

PWM Pulse Width Ch 15

R/W

0x3190

PWM Pulse Width Ch 4

R/W

0x3790

PWM Pulse Width Ch 16

R/W

0x3210

PWM Pulse Width Ch 5

R/W

0x3810

PWM Pulse Width Ch 17

R/W

0x3290

PWM Pulse Width Ch 6

R/W

0x3890

PWM Pulse Width Ch 18

R/W

0x3310

PWM Pulse Width Ch 7

R/W

0x3910

PWM Pulse Width Ch 19

R/W

0x3390

PWM Pulse Width Ch 8

R/W

0x3990

PWM Pulse Width Ch 20

R/W

0x3410

PWM Pulse Width Ch 9

R/W

0x3A10

PWM Pulse Width Ch 21

R/W

0x3490

PWM Pulse Width Ch 10

R/W

0x3A90

PWM Pulse Width Ch 22

R/W

0x3510

PWM Pulse Width Ch 11

R/W

0x3B10

PWM Pulse Width Ch 23

R/W

0x3590

PWM Pulse Width Ch 12

R/W

0x3B90

PWM Pulse Width Ch 24

R/W

0x3018

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 1

R/W

0x3618

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 13

R/W

0x3098

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 2

R/W

0x3698

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 14

R/W

0x3118

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 3

R/W

0x3718

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 15

R/W

0x3198

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 4

R/W

0x3798

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 16

R/W

0x3218

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 5

R/W

0x3818

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 17

R/W

0x3298

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 6

R/W

0x3898

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 18

R/W

0x3318

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 7

R/W

0x3918

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 19

R/W

0x3398

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 8

R/W

0x3998

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 20

R/W

0x3418

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 9

R/W

0x3A18

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 21

R/W

0x3498

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 10

R/W

0x3A98

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 22

R/W

0x3518

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 11

R/W

0x3B18

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 23

R/W

0x3598

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 12

R/W

0x3B98

PWM Number of Cycles Ch 24

R/W

0x200C

PWM Output Polarity

R/W

Pattern Generator Registers

0x0004 0000 to

0x0008 0000

Pattern RAM

R/W

0x2010

Pattern RAM Period

R/W

0x2014

Pattern RAM Start Address

R/W

0x2018

Pattern RAM End Address

R/W

0x201C

Pattern RAM Control

R/W

0x2020

Pattern RAM Number of Cycles

R/W

NIU3E Manual Revision History

Revision

Revision Date

Description

C

2022-10-12

ECO C09654, initial release of NIU3E manual.

C1

2022-10-12

ECO C09723, pg.7, updated J2/J3/J4/J6 connectors on block diagram. Pg.21, corrected J3 connector description.

C2

2022-11-22

ECO C09855, pg.7, added PCIe x1 line from US+ to function slot on block diagram. Pg.18, updated label placement figure. Pgs.163/166/169, updated D12-D10 in register table to 'D' to accommodate full Integer Mode range. Pgs.163-166/169, changed VRMS to VDC. Pg.164, updated Upper Threshold operations settings to '…​below the Upper…​'. Pg.164, updated Lower Threshold operations settings to '…​above the Lower…​'. Pg.168, added 'mA' to '5' in Function. Pg.173-177, removed pendings from status registers. Pg.173, corrected initialized value in "Channel Status Enabled". Pg.174, added 2nd note to Voltage Reading and Driver Error. Pg.174, updated Driver Error function. Pg.175, changed Low-to-High/High-to-Low Transition Status function to 'event'. Pg.175, added 3rd note to Low-to-High/High-to-Low Transition status. Pg.176, changed Above Max High Threshold Status function to 'event'. Pg.177, changed Below Min Low Threshold Status function to 'event'. Pg.177, changed Mid-Range Status to 'event'; added notes to Mid-Range Status.

C3

2023-10-26

ECO C10265, pg.7/12 - updated dimensions & weight. Pg.14, changed FIPS to Security Manager in I2C table. Pg.16 - changed 'length' to 'width', 'depth' to 'height', 'height' to 'depth'. Pg.16 updated depth to 7.1" (180.3 mm). Pg.16 - updated height to 3.2" (81.3 mm). Pg.16 - updated width to 7.2" (182.9 mm). Pg.16 - updated weight to 7.7 lbs. (3.49 kg). Pg.71, changed ES2 to ESX in product model number. Pg.71, Added options P and M. Pg.71, Changed I/O option O to I. Pg.71, Changed Proc OS option P to O. Pg.71, Added codes B and T to option S; changed to Enhanced Security. Pg.71, Added code M to option F. Pg.71, Added special option code -XX. Pg.72, Revised Note 2 verbiage. Pg.72, Added ES2/44-Pin/FO optional accessories.

C4

2023-10-31

ECO C10897, pg.7, revised block diagram to clarify on-board resources (memory/peripheral IO/security). Pg.36, corrected J6 pinout numbers for ETH15_T0N, ETH15_T0P, ETH15_T1N, ETH15_T1P. Pg.71, updated On-Board I/O to On-Board I/O and Ethernet Options. Pg.169, changed '…​two VCC banks' to 'four VCC banks'. Pg.169, added voltage sensing details to initialized value & operations settings. Pg.176, changed 'High-to-Low' to 'Low-to-High' in register description. Pg.178, changed 'Above Max High' to 'Below Min Low' in register description.

C5

2024-03-18

ECO C11327, pg.71, add option codes 'B' and 'U' to Power Supply Hold-up (HU). Pg.104/105, changed bit description table from 'B' to 'D' for consistency with bit map table. Pg.121, changed bits D3 & D4 to 0; revised Timestamp Control Registers bit definition table. Pg.121, added Timestamp Value bit table. Pg.127, added bit D21; made bit D11 reserved. Pg.128, changed bit D5 from SPEED to HIGH SPEED. Pg.130, added Channel Status Enable. Pg.133, removed summary event table. Pg.138, added Channel Status Enable offset. Pg.159, updated register names in Input section. Pg.160, added Voltage to threshold level names; updated threshold diagram. Pg.161, changed Threshold to Voltage in Above Max High/Below Min Low/Mid-Range. Pg.162, revised register names in Unit Conversions. Pg.163, changed Input/Output Format Low to I/O Format Ch116. Pg.164, changed Input/Output Format High to I/O Format Ch17-24. Pg.166, changed Max High Threshold to Max High Voltage Threshold. Pg.167, changed Upper Threshold to Upper Voltage Threshold. Pg.167, changed Lower Threshold to Lower Voltage Threshold. Pg.168, changed Min Low Threshold to Min Low Voltage Threshold. Pg.171, changed Current for Source/Sink to Pull Up/Down Current. Pg.172, changed VCC Bank Reading to VCC Voltage Reading. Pg.175, changed Reset BIT to BIT Count Clear. Pg.176, changed Channel Status Enabled to Channel Status Enable. Pg.179, changed Above Max High Threshold to Above Max High Voltage. Pg.180, changed Below Min Low Threshold to Below Min Low Voltage. Pg.180, changed Mid-Range to Mid-Range Voltage. Pg.182-187, updated register offset names per revised register description names. Pg.188-189, added list of revised register description names. Revised Appendix C name to clarify that it refers to onboard module functionality; updated references throughout manual. Revised Appendix D name to clarify that it refers to onboard discrete I/O functionality; updated references throughout manual. Revised Appendix E name to clarify that it refers to onboard discrete I/O functionality; updated references throughout manual.

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