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Published on: 2/1/2006
Last Visited: 2/2/2006
While the big news around DDC is the successful flight test of its new high-speed 1553 terminals (see sidebar, page 39), Todd Decker, DDC's marketing manager for 1553, says that legacy 1553 products will continue to be developed and supported.DDC released a 32-bit ACE Flex-Core IP core in September.The BU-692X0IX core incorporates DDC's new Extended Enhanced Mini-ACE (E2MA) architecture with multiple remote terminal (RT) capability, short access time and extended memory features.
"Back in the late 1990s, FPGAs weren't large enough to handle 1553," says Decker.
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The demo proved, among other things, that high-speed 1553 technology is rugged enough to withstand the vibration and noise on the wing, explains Todd Decker, DDC marketing manager for 1553.
DDC is working on a new line of terminals, merging the high-speed 1553 with its ACE line."We'll introduce common technology that will be able to replace legacy systems with new [low-speed] capability on top of high-performance capability," Decker says.