SBIR-STTR Award

New Wave Design & Verification proposes to design and simulate an IEEE-1394b System-on-a-Chip core that provides aircraft network administrators the ability to diagnose issues, provide statistics, and troubleshoot nodes efficiently. Implementation of the IEEE-1394 controller in programmable logic will also provide the opportunity to fix/modify several aspects of the current protocol implementation that cause aircraft to be grounded due to network unavailability. Building a SoC based IEEE-1394 network controller provides current and future programs with an opportunity to reduce manual diagnostic costs, increase network availability, and provide better insight into network operations.

Benefits:
Development of an embedded SoC based core for IEEE-1394 will provide better network availability for avionics platforms, while significantly reducing diagnostic costs and preventing grounded vehicles. This core also offers the ability to reduce the size and power footprint of current and future 1394 nodes. The core will be offered by New Wave Design & Verification to both military and commercial users.

Keywords:
1394b, SoC, FPGA, core, embedded, diagnostic, common, reusable

The objective of the Phase II SBIR project is to develop, integrate, and test production representative FPGA based 1394 network interface hardware. The developed hardware will be tested and demonstrated within current program avionics networks using actual aircraft equipment. This hardware will have integrated New Wave 1394 PHY and Link Layer FPGA cores. The outcome of this program will be FPGA based 1394 technology validated to resolve current avionics network issues at a Technology Readiness Level to be inserted into current and future defense and commercial programs.