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ARINC 429 to NMEA 0183

(RS232/RS422)

This ARINC 429 to NMEA 0183 converter is in use by many companies who have a requirement to extract navigational data from an ARINC 429 data bus and translate it onto an RS232 or RS422 serial data bus. The exact format for the converted data is NMEA 0183 - a marine GPS ASCII format. The output can be used with third party mapping products such as Jeppesen, etc.

The labels to be converted should be specified by you when requesting a quote: please click on the 'In Detail' tab above for more information.

CUSTOMISATION TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS .....

CAUTION: SPECIFICATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

All units are designed to meet RTCA DO-160G

ARINC 429 to NMEA 0183 Detail

The labels to be converted should be specified by you when requesting a quote.

The typical labels processed by this converter are shown in the table below. The ARINC 429 to NMEA 0183 converter adapts automatically to high, mid or low speed (100, 50 or 12.5k/bps) ARINC 429 data and the inputs are opto-coupled for electrical isolation purposes. The ARINC 429 to NMEA 0183 converter is powered from an external 28 VDC (18-72V DC) nominal supply with internal current and thermal (150 ºC) fuse. The inputs are also reverse polarity protected.
 

ARINC 429 Labels Configured :
 

ARINC 429 Label
Description of Label
Format
147
Magnetic Variation
BNR
150
UTC (GMT)
BNR
203
Altitude
BNR
260
Date
BCD
273
Sensor Status (# Sats)
DIS
310
Latitude
BNR
311
Longitude
BNR
312
Ground Speed
BNR
313
True Heading
BNR
314
 Track Magnetic
BNR

 

The output data is RS232 and RS422 serial data transmitted at a rates of 4800, 9600, 19200 or 38400 baud. The output string is in ASCII and conforms to NMEA 0183 data standard.

Examples of the output are shown below:

EqID.   HHMMSS   V LATITUDE  LONGITUDE   G.Spd Hding DATE    Brg   CHKSUM
$GPRMC,121131.00,A,10059.99,N,09000.00,W,190.0,135.0,250113,099.8,E*7C

 

EqID   TIME UTC   LATITUDE  LONGITUDE    Alt(Meters)  CHKSUM

$GPGGA,121131.00,10059.99,N,09000.00,W,,,,03048.0,M,,M,,*45

 

EqID   TRACK   TRACK   SPEED   SPEED  CHKSUM

$GPVTG,100.0,T,135.0,M,190.0,N,351.9,K*4E

 

EqID   TRACK CHKSUM

$GPHDT,100.0,T*34

EqID   LATITUDE   LONGITUDE   TIME    CHKSUM

$GPGLL,10059.99,N,09000.00,W,121131.00,A*23

  • Each line begins with a '$' and ends with a CR LF (0DH, 0AH) characters.
  • The ',' comma delimiters are used to separate each particular field. i.e. Third field is Latitude, fourth field is 'N' or 'S' indicator, etc.
  • Each line is transmitted at 4800, 9600, 19200 or 38400 Baud Rate and at a repetition of one line per second.
     

The connections for the YED/429-R1/Serial-T1 Adapter are via a D15 filtered plug as follows:
 

Signal Name
PIN #
+28 Volts DC (18-72V)
1
0 Volts (GND)
2
RESERVED
3
RESERVED
4
ARINC 429 I/P +ve
5
ARINC 429 I/P -ve
6
ARINC 429 Ground (0V)
7
FLASH Update
8
RS232 Tx Out
9
RS232/RS422 Ground
10
RESERVED
11
RS422 O/P +ve
12
RS422 O/P -ve
13
RESERVED
14
RESERVED
15

CUSTOMISATION TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS .....

CAUTION: SPECIFICATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

All units are designed to meet RTCA DO-160G

ARINC 429 to NMEA 0183 Specifications

Power:

  • 18-72V DC 
  • 28 VDC @ 35mA.
  • Reverse polarity protected.
  • Protected against voltage spike and brown outs.
  • Power on reset using power supply supervisory device and watchdog timeout.
  • Fuse (PPTC) 500mA / 150ºC self resetting.


Bus:

  • ARINC 429 input with automatic High/Mid/Low bit detection (100/50/12.5kHz).
  • Up to 256 Label reception capability.
  • ARINC 429 opto-coupled inputs
  • RS232 and RS422 output: 4800, 9600,19200, 38400 baud, 8-bit, 1-Stop bit, no Parity
  • NMEA 0183 $GPRMC, $GPGGA, $GPVTG, $GPHDT and $GPGLL compliant outputs.
  • Custom proprietary NMEA 0183 sentences can be sepcified at time of order.
  • Firmware can be updated by customer via FLASH Bootloader program.


Dimensions:

  • Length: 136.0 mm
  • Width:    68.0 mm
  • Height:   28.0 mm


Weight:

  • Approx. 300 grams

 

CUSTOMISATION TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS .....

CAUTION: SPECIFICATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

All units are designed to meet RTCA DO-160G

ARINC 429 to NMEA 0183 Downloads

 

download Click here to download the user manual in pdf format   (9th August 2017)
[Size: 1,447kB]
To request password click HERE
 
download Click here to download the latest firmware update V1.2 dated
10th August 2017 (16kB)

Contains the following NMEA 0183 messages:-
$GPRMC, $GPGGA, $GPVTG, $GPHDT and $GPGLL.
   
 
   



 

ARINC 429  NMEA Converter