Avionics Network Solutions

Network Switches

Fibre Channel & Ethernet Switching and Interconnect Solutions

ARINC 664 Switching Solutions

AIT also provides ARINC 664 Switching and interconnection solutions tailored to lab and development applications.

Development Switches

This includes 16 and 24 port development switches supporting optical and copper network interfaces.

Key Development Switch Features:

  • Six 100/1000 Mbps ports with RJ45 connectors
  • Eighteen 10/100 Mbps ports with RJ45 connectors
  • One additional monitoring only port, 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • TFTP/ARINC-615A Data Loading
  • SNMP support; health monitoring; BIT AFDX®
  • 4096 Virtual Links (VL) support
  • Support for up to four priorities
  • BAG range 0.5 to 1600ms
  • Concurrent operation of ARINC 664p7 messages with BAG checking

Switch

SWT-664-16

ARINC 664 Part 7 16 port Lab Switch

10/100 & 1G Ethernet Switching

Development Switches

This includes 16 and 24 port development switches supporting optical and copper network interfaces.

Key Development Switch Features: 

  • Six 100/1000 Mbps ports with RJ45 connectors
  • Eighteen 10/100 Mbps ports with RJ45 connectors
  • One additional monitoring only port, 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • TFTP/ARINC-615A Data Loading
  • SNMP support; health monitoring; BIT AFDX®
  • ARINC 664 Support with up to 4096 Virtual Links (VL) supported
  • Support for up to four priorities
  • ARINC 664 VL BAG range 0.5 to 1600ms
  • Concurrent operation of ARINC 664p and Standard Ethernet

Switch

SWT-664-16

ARINC 664 Part 7 16 port Lab Switch

Fibre Channel Switching

Fibre Channel Switches

In support of lab and system integration applications, we provide a 16-port Fibre Channel/HS1760 Lab switch. For airborne & rugged applications, a 2-port Fibre Channel/HS1760 Compact PCI switch is provided.

Key Switch Features:

  • AS5653 Compliant
  • Up to 16 port supported (in Lab switch)
  • Non-blocking switches with support for 1.0625 Gbps on each port
  • FPGA based design (Also available as an IP Core)

Switch

SWT-HS1760-16

Sixteen Port MIL-STD-1760E/HS-1760 Lab Switch

Compact PCI

cPCI-HS1760-NCSW-2

Two Port Fibre Channel/MIL-STD-1760E Network Interface Controller

SFP

XCVR-AS5653

AS5653 Compliant Small Form Pluggable (SFP) Transceiver

Switch Matrix & Optical Power Management

High Speed Digital Switch Matrix & Optical Power Management

In support of interconnect in system integration and lab applications, and also in support of optical power management (measurement and attenuation of optical signals), a protocol independent (physical layer) switch matrix and power management system, VERTA, is provided.

VERTA  supports:

  • Optical Power Management
  • Concurrent & Parallel Test
  • Flexibility of UUT and Tester interconnect
  • Optical and Copper Fibre Channel
  • 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/s Fibre Channel
  • 10Mbit/s up to 10Gbit/s Ethernet Supported

Switch

VERTA

High-Speed Digital Switch Matrix & Optical Power Management System