DapTechnology FireTrac 3460bT

The FireTrac 3460bT is an AS5643 interface card adopted for the F-35 project.

There is a growing demand for more streamlined hardware systems for processing AS5643 data streams used for defense purposes. In particular, advanced error insertion capabilities, which cannot be achieved with commercial link layer implementations, are required for simulation purposes. FireTrac is designed to natively support AS5643 (not just as an add-on protocol). In addition to standard IEEE1394 functionality, FireTrac is designed to provide hardware-level support for SAE AS5643, specifically alleviating the burden on the host processor for tasks such as packet encapsulation, data extraction, and receive/transmit STOF offsets. Importantly, FireTrac is highly accurate as it fully processes the transmission timing of AS5643 in hardware. Support for this protocol is built into the hardware, rather than relying solely on a software layer as is commonly provided by other solutions that depend on COTS OHCI chipsets. ■ Technical documentation in Japanese for AS5643 is available. If you would like to see it, please contact sales@nacelle.co.jp ■

basic information

■Specifications - Compliant with AS5643 - Compliant with IEEE 1394b-2008 - Supported speeds: S100B, S200B, S400B - Three independent 1394 nodes - Link layer: FireLink extended with Mil1394 extension - PHY layer: TSB41BA3DIPFP (or later) - Nine active transformer-coupled 1394 ports - Ports A0-A2, B0-B2, C-C2, and SCSI2 connector for IRIG synchronization - Field upgradeable - PMC - Sustained multi-bus IEEE-1394 traffic at S400 - IRIG time synchronization - C/C++ application programming interface (API) ■Supported OS - MS Windows - Linux - VxWorks - QNX - LabVIEW (RT) - SGI IRIX