Third Edition

New, third edition. 100 pages have been added---four new chapters--- to cover the most important new developments in databuses; AFDX (Avionics Full Duplex Ethernet) and TTP (Time Triggered Protocol). The book also describes every major databus on today's civil and military aircraft, including ARINC 429, 629, MIL-STD-1553, ASCB, CSDB, SafeBus, EFAbus, and more.

Contents

Databus Architecture

Topologies

Protocol

Bus Interface Units

Bus Capacity

Bus Monitoring

Error Checking

Fault Correction

ARINC 429

ARINC 629 (DATAC)

MIL-STD-1553

SAFEBus (ARINC 659)

Linear Token Passing Bus

High Speed Ring Bus

ASCB

CSDB

EFAbus

Introduction to AFDX (Ethernet)

AFDX Protocol

AFDX Networks, Hardware, Programming

Time Triggered Protocol (TTP)

Protocol Specification Guidelines

Bus Integration

Fault/Failure Analysis

FAA Certificatioin

Federal Regs Summary

Abbreviations