Re: MIL-1553B hardware/software

[weisek@source.asset.com (Kevin Weise)]

>Paul Schulz (p_schulz@signaal.nl) wrote:
>: We are investigating the military bus MIL-1553B used in e.g. avionics.
>: For our purposes we are looking for chip-sets and software (e.g. drivers)
>: supporting this bus.
>
> We are currently developing the MIL-STD-1553B subsystem of a ground
> system avionics facility for the Columbus, 
> International Space Station Alpha and others. We intend using VME
> w3cards supplied by :
>
Has anybody tried the Generic Avionics Data Bus Tool Kit (GADBTK)
software, available from ajpo.sei.cmu.edu/public/atip?  This came out of
the Ada Technology Insertion Program, and is free for the anonymous
ftp-ing.  I'd hate to see someone have to go develop ANOTHER
implementation of this if the existing, free one works.

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