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Future ........ (cont’d)
• new, certifiable bi-directional databuses:
– integrate databuses → reduce wiring & h/w
ARINC-629 ASICs & coupler very expensive
– SAE Avionics Systems Div.: 2 Gbit/s
serial/parallel databus iniative “Unified Network
Interconnect”, based on IEEE SCI
– NASA/Industry AGATE initiative: ECHELON
databus
• new, simpler, affordable backplane bus:
– ARINC-659 h/w and ARINC-650 connectors
very expensive
ref.: C. Adams: “Emerging Databus Standards”, Avionics Magazine, March ‘96, pp. 18-25
ref.: K. Hoyme, K. Driscoll: “SAFEbus TM ”, Proc. 11th DASC, pp. 68-72
ref.: “Automated cockpits special report - Part 1 & 2”, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Jan 30 ‘95, pp. 52-65, Feb. 6 ‘95, pp. 48-55
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