ICS XMC-A825-16 User manual

XMC-A825-16 ARINC-825 16 Channel XMC / CANFlight-16 User's Manual REV C
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 5
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Environmental Specifications........................................................................................................................ 8
3 Front Panel Connectors and Indicators ........................................................................................................ 9
3.1 Gigabit Ethernet Connection............................................................................................................... 11
3.2 CAN I/O Connector (VHD-68)............................................................................................................. 12
4 XMC-A825-16 ON Board I/O Connectors...................................................................................................14
4.1 On Board µSDXC card connector ...................................................................................................... 14
4.2 On Board CAN I/O P1......................................................................................................................... 15
4.3 On Board CAN I/O P2......................................................................................................................... 16
4.4 On Board Pn5 XMC Connector .......................................................................................................... 17
5 CANFLIGHT-16 Stand Alone 16-Channel Interface................................................................................... 18
5.1 CANFlight-16 9-36VDC Power Connectors........................................................................................ 19
6 TP9060 Optional CAN-FD IO PANEL Connectors ..................................................................................... 20
7 Ethernet Interface ....................................................................................................................................... 23
8 XMC-A825-16 Configuration....................................................................................................................... 23
9 XMC-A825-16 Firmware Upgrades ............................................................................................................ 32
10 XMC-A825-16 Application Programmer's Interface................................................................................ 33
10.1 Pmc825StartInterface()....................................................................................................................... 34
10.2 Pmc825StopInterface()....................................................................................................................... 34
10.3 Pmc825RawCanRead()...................................................................................................................... 34
10.4 Pmc825RawCanWrite() ...................................................................................................................... 35
10.5 Pmc825CanAerospaceRead()............................................................................................................ 35
10.6 Pmc825CanAerospaceWrite() ............................................................................................................ 35
10.7 Pmc825Arinc825Read() ..................................................................................................................... 36
10.8 Pmc825Arinc825Write()...................................................................................................................... 36
10.9 Pmc825CtrlRead() .............................................................................................................................. 36
10.10 Pmc825CtrlWrite() .......................................................................................................................... 37
11 The XCT Toolbox.................................................................................................................................... 38
12 XMC-A825-16 Supplier List .................................................................................................................... 39
13 ARINC825/CANaerospace Websites ..................................................................................................... 39

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Figure 1-1 XMC-A825-16 Hardware ................................................................................................................... 5
Figure 1-2 XMC-A825-16 Block Diagram .......................................................................................................... 7
Figure 2-1 XMC-A825-16 Front Panel................................................................................................................ 9
Figure 2-2 Gigabit Ethernet Connector layout............................................................................................... 11
Figure 3-1 Typical µSDHC Card....................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 3-2 µSDHC Pinout ................................................................................................................................. 14
Figure 4-1 CANFLIGHT-16 configuration of XMC-A825-16........................................................................... 18
Figure 4-2 CANFlight-16 Power Connectors.................................................................................................. 19
Figure 5-1 CAN-FD IO PANEL.......................................................................................................................... 20
Figure 5-2 Connectors P1 to P16 CAN D-Sub Male Pinout ............................................................................... 20
Figure 5-3 Debug P17 D-Sub Male Connector Pinout .......................................................................................21
Figure 5-4 J2 IRIG-B BNC Jack ....................................................................................................................... 22
Figure 5-5 J1 VHD-68 Connector..................................................................................................................... 22
Table 1: XMC-A825-16 Front Panel Elements ................................................................................................... 10
Table 2: RJ-45 Connector Signal Definition ....................................................................................................... 11
Table 3 VHD-68 Front Panel I/O Pinout........................................................................................................... 13
Table 4: µSDHC Connector Signal Definition..................................................................................................... 14
Table 5: P1 to P16 CAN D-Sub Male Connector Pinout ....................................................................................20
Table 6: P17 D-Sub Male Connector Signal Definition ...................................................................................... 21
Table 7: XMC-A825-16 Configuration File Tags ................................................................................................ 26
Table 8: Local and Remote Port Numbers for Communication with XCT (Default Settings) ............................. 31

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1 Introduction
The XMC-A825-16 interface system offers 16 electrically isolated CAN 2.0B interfaces according to ISO
11898, an IRIG-B time code input and a 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet interface. To minimize CPU load on host
computers, the XMC-A825-16 uses an onboard Xilinx Artix 7 FPGA with Five 128 MHz Microblaze processors
and 24 MByte SRAM to process and store CAN messages. The CAN bus interfaces are accessible via a VHD-
68 front panel connector as well as two 40-pin rectangular on-board connectors behind the VHD-68 connector.
Figure 1-1 XMC-A825-16 Hardware
The XMC-A825-16 features are:
•Laptop-ready, 5 Processor Based Embedded Realtime Control System for Ground and Airborne Use
•Sixteen (16) isolated, fully independent Controller Area Network (ISO 11898), ARINC825 and
CANaerospace protocol compliant interfaces
•Integrated µSDHC card-based Flight Data Recording Option available
•IRIG-B Time Code Input for High Precision Data Synchronization
•Auto-negotiating 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet interface with CANaerospace over Ethernet (CoE) and
ARINC825 over Ethernet (A825oE) protocol and Application Programmer Interface (API)
•IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Option with CANaerospace over Wireless (CoW) and ARINC825 over Wireless
(A825oW) protocol available
•Frontpanel Activity LEDs for CAN and Ethernet
•Power Supply 5V through XMC interface or through ICS Stand Alone Aircraft power supply. Aircraft Power
(9-36VDC)
•Mechanical Dimensions 149mm L x 74mm W x 47mm H
•CAN/ARINC825/CANaerospace toolbox for Linux, MacOS and Windows
•Custom Software and FPGA firmware Options available on request

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The XMC-A825-16 is a specific purpose embedded computer system that utilizes its processing power to relief
external computer systems from the tasks of transmitting, receiving, buffering and pre/postprocessing low,
medium or high-speed CAN, CANaerospace and ARINC 825 messages. It can handle up to 100% bus load at
the maximum CAN data rate of 1MBit/s on both channels without data loss. The driver software provides an
easy-to-handle function call interface for CAN bus message transmission and reception including support for
the CANaerospace and ARINC 825 higher layer protocols. The XMC-A825-16 software consists of host
drivers for various operating systems and platforms, sample “C” source code and the XCT toolbox connected
to the XMC-A825-16 via Ethernet/UDP/IP. The Illustration below shows the XMC-A825-16 block diagram.
The XMC-A825-16 CAN 2.0B interfaces are implemented with licensed Bosch M_CAN controller IP cores to
ensure compatibility with the Bosch CAN standard and to allow precise hardware timing and control over the
transmission and reception of CAN/ARINC825/CANaerospace messages. The Xilinx FPGA and the XMC-
A825-16 firmware provide local buffering and 60ns time stamp resolution for all CAN messages and
implement ARINC825/CANaerospace specific protocol functions. High precision time synchronization of CAN
messages is accomplished through an IRIG-B time code input providing 1µs resolution. An integrated µSDHC
interface is used for data acquisition storage, system configuration information and firmware upgrades.
XMC-A825-16 can be integrated into a rugged aluminum box and powered from 9-36 VDC allowing it to run
from standard 14V or 28V DC aircraft power buses according to the EN2282 specification. In this configuration
it is called a CANFlight-16 The power input lines are protected against transient overvoltage and
electromagnetic interference. The total power consumption of a XMC-A825-16 unit is less than 5Watts. The
CAN and Ethernet interfaces are serviced by different processors so that all interfaces may be used at the
same time without any loss of data. XMC-A825-16 units may be connected to host computers using
CANaerospace/ARINC825 and the auto-negotiating 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet interface with the CAN over
Ethernet protocol standard developed by Stock Flight Systems. The Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) option for
CANFlight-16 version provides an integrated DHCP server and a web-based configuration interface. The
µSDHC card slot accepts cards with sizes up to 128 GBytes.
XMC-A825-16 units can work as either standalone systems or as intelligent nodes within simple or complex
CAN, CANaerospace and ARINC825 networks, They are interoperable with the Dual Channel CANFlight and
the 4-channel PowerNECS in any combinations on the same network. The interface between XMC-A825-16
and host computer applications via Ethernet/UPD/IP, either wired or wireless, is realized through a
corresponding Application Programming Interface (API) for a variety of operating systems including Linux,
Solaris, MacOS, Windows and VxWorks.

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Figure 1-2 XMC-A825-16 Block Diagram

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2 Environmental Specifications
•Passively Cooled. No moving parts, -40°C to +70°C (+85°C with airflow)
•Weight: 100 grams or less in standard configuration (XMC Card Only)
•Power Consumption < 10W all 16-channels driven
•155 mm L x 75mm W x 13.4mm H (Overall Dimensions XMC Card)
•Operating Altitude Less than 25.000ft (7600m)
•Humidity 95% or less, non-condensing
•5V or 12V power from VPWR Pins of XMC Card Connector (<10 watts)
•Vibration, surpasses requirements of DO-160 Category S

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3 Front Panel Connectors and Indicators
The XMC-A825-16 front panel is shown in Figure 3-1 the usage of the various connectors and LEDs is
described in Table. Note that the CAN channels are numbered CH1-CH16 for indicators on the Optional
TP9060 I/O Panel and connectors but are referred to as channels 0 through 15 for all software functions
including the configuration file (section 8 and 10 ).
Figure 3-1 XMC-A825-16 Front Panel

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Table 1: XMC-A825-16 Front Panel Elements
The CAN activity LEDs located on the front panel (TX, RX) indicate if a CAN channel transmits and/or receives
CAN messages. Every CAN channels has a dedicated RX/TX activity LED which flashes once for every
transmitted/received message or continuously at a rate of 2Hz in case of a steady message flow.
If the RX activity LED of a particular CAN channel stays dark in an active network, the physical interface
correctness of all network nodes including the used baud rates, sample points and termination resistors should
be verified.
XMC-A825-16 Front Panel
Element
Description
ETHERNET Connector Standard RJ-45 connector used for the interface between XMC-
A825-16 and other computer systems using 10/100/1000 BaseT
Ethernet. The XMC-A825-16 Ethernet supports auto-negotiating of
the bus speed as well as support for ICMP echo requests so that
XMC-A825-16 systems respond to “ping” commands over the
network. This connector is only used when the on-
board Intel Gigabit
Ethernet Controller is not enabled. To use this interface, the option
PCI=0 must be set in the configuration file “XMC_A825.CFG” on the
micro SD card installed. See the Section entitled XMC-A825-16
Configuration
Status LED S1 Bicolor LED which is illuminated in red during the start of the XMC-
A825-16
firmware or in case of an internal system failure. This LED
flashes green during normal operation (with 90% on-
time versus 10%
off-time).
Status LED S2 Bicolor LED which is illuminated in red during the start of the XMC-
A825-
16 firmware or in case of an internal system failure. This LED
flashes green during normal operation (with 90% on-
time versus 10%
off-time).