Bohemia, New York (July 18, 2006) Data Device Corporation (DDC), an international leading supplier of highreliability
data interface products, introduces a new BU-65578C PC/104-Plus MIL-STD-1553 card that provides
up to four dual redundant 1553 channels, five user-programmable digital discrete I/Os, and an IRIG-B time
synchronization input. This ruggedized card is a COTS solution that can be used in both convection and
conduction cooled applications. Enertec America, a leading designer and manufacturer of mission video and
data recorders, selected DDC’s new card. “We have selected DDC’s PC/104 cards for use in our flight data
recorders that require a MIL-STD-1553 bus due to the product’s high quality and proven reliability”, states
Marcella B. Mitchell, Enertec America’s President.
The PC/104-Plus card utilizes DDC’s new Extended Enhanced Mini-ACE (E2MA) Architecture. “Our new E²MA
Architecture is based on our field proven, industry standard, Enhanced Mini-ACE and adds many new
capabilities while maintaining full software compatibility with previous generations of our products”, states Todd
Decker, DDC’s MIL-STD-1553 Marketing Manager. The architecture supports new standard features for each
1553 channel such as 2 MB RAM with parity per channel, 48-bit / 1 micro-second time tag synchronized to an
IRIG-B input, low CPU utilization, and built in self test. Each 1553 channel can emulate a Bus Controller, Remote
Terminal, or a Bus Monitor and also includes a combined RT/Monitor that can monitor all 1553 communications
on the bus including the channel’s own RT address.
The BU-65578 includes High-Level C API (Application Programming Interface) Library Software that supports all
advanced architectural features, and driver support for VxWorks, Linux, and Windows for MIL-STD-1553
functionality. The high-level library functions abstract all register accesses and memory allocation so that no
specific hardware knowledge is required. PC/104-Plus versions of the BU-65578 series are currently available
and a PCI/104 version is planned for later this year.
