Condor Engineering Introduces its New Two-Channel ARINC 708 Weather Radar Databus PMC Module Interface.SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Condor Engineering, a leading provider of military and commercial avionics databus solutions, today announced the availability of its latest ARINC ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Inc. ARINC Aircraft Radio Incorporated ARINC Aeronautical Research Incorporated 708 databus interface (P-708) for weather radar applications. "Condor has migrated its interface technology to a more versatile PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. module, while upgrading product functionality and capability," said John Gerngross, president of Condor Engineering. "Customers requiring weather radar databus interfaces can rely on this powerful solution for a wide range of test, simulation, display and embedded applications," added Gerngross. The P-708 simultaneously supports two ARINC 708 channels. Each P-708 channel operates as an independent transmitter or receiver with programmable frame size and buffer storage capacity. Specialized receive features such as frame time-tagging and error detection/notification of short/long frames, as well as specialized transmit features such as sweep scheduling, programmable frame gap duration, and short/long frame and start/stop sync error injection, are included. With a programmable number of bits per frame, the P-708 is useful for a wide range of 1 MHz Manchester-encoded applications. Condor provides integrated support for this module on PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , CompactPCI, VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. , VXI and native PMC platforms. An easy-to-use, high-level software API (Application Programming Interface), is included with support for Windows XP, 2000, Me, NT, 98, 95 and VxWorks (x86 and PPC). The API is also provided in C source code for ease of integration. About Condor Engineering Condor Engineering is a leading supplier of avionics databus tools and solutions. The Condor product portfolio includes embedded, test, and simulation interfaces for Commercial (ARINC, AFDX AFDX Avionics Full Duplex Ethernet (network used on Airbus A380 and Boeing 7E7 programs) ), and Military (MIL-STD-1553, MMSI MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity MMSI Miniature Munitions/Store Interface MMSI Military Membership Status Identifier ), avionics databuses. Condor is committed to total customer satisfaction, superior product quality and exceptional service, as demonstrated by its ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 registration. Founded in 1989, Condor Engineering is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, and is supported by a worldwide network of manufacturer's representatives and distributors. For more information please visit Condor Engineering's web site at http://www.condoreng.com. |
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