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1  PREFACE ............................................................................................................. 1 
1.1  Text Usage .................................................................................................................. 1 
1.2  Standard Definitions .................................................................................................... 1 
1.3  Trademarks ................................................................................................................. 1 
1.4  Technical Support ....................................................................................................... 2 
2  OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 3 
2.1  Features ...................................................................................................................... 3 
2.2  Specifications .............................................................................................................. 8 
2.3  Additional Support Documents .................................................................................. 12 
2.4  Total-AceXtreme® Development Kit .......................................................................... 13 
3  MIL-STD-1553 MODES AND ARCHITECTURE ................................................ 15 
3.1  Bus Controller Mode.................................................................................................. 15 
4  GLOBAL FEATURES ........................................................................................ 22 
4.1  Transceivers and Isolation Transformers ................................................................... 22 
4.2  Time Tags ................................................................................................................. 22 
4.3  Local Timer ............................................................................................................... 22 
4.4  DMA Controller .......................................................................................................... 23 
5  BUILT-IN TEST .................................................................................................. 25 
5.1  Total-AceXtreme® Self-Test ...................................................................................... 25 
5.2  JTAG Boundary Scan ................................................................................................ 25 
6  HOST INTERFACE ............................................................................................ 27 
6.1  Host Interface Configuration Options ......................................................................... 27 
6.2  Parallel CPU Interface ............................................................................................... 27 
6.3  Asynchronous Interface Mode ................................................................................... 35 
6.4  Synchronous Host Processor Interface ..................................................................... 51 
6.5  PCI Interface ............................................................................................................. 88 
7  POWER INPUTS ................................................................................................ 97 
7.1  Decoupling Capacitors .............................................................................................. 97 
7.2  Power Sequencing .................................................................................................... 97 
8  MIL-STD-1553 TRANSCEIVER OPTIONS ...................................................... 100 
8.1  Using the Internal Transceivers ............................................................................... 100 
8.2  Using External Fiber Optic Transceivers ................................................................. 102 
9  THERMAL MANAGEMENT FOR TOTAL-ACEXTREME ................................ 104 
10  REGISTER AND MEMORY ADDRESSING ..................................................... 107 
10.1  Memory Address Space .......................................................................................... 107 
10.2  Register Address Space .......................................................................................... 107