Excalibur Systems, Inc.
Established in 1986, Excalibur Systems started with an idea, with a desire to create and achieve. We designed the first ARINC-429 interface card for the personal computer and we have not looked back since. Today, Excalibur manufactures hundreds of products for the Avionics Industry. From connectors, cables, couplers and cards to sophisticated complete systems, our commitment to customer service is legendary. Excalibur has received numerous awards, accolades and commendations for our products and more importantly for our service and support. Excalibur builds and maintains long-standing relationships with our customers, which we refer to as our "partners".
- (800) 645-1553
- (516) 327-4645
- excalibur@mil-1553.com
- 311 Meacham Ave.
Elmont, NY 11003
United States of America
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Product
Enhanced Serial Interface Module for the Multiprotocol Excalibur 4000 Family of Carrier Boards
M4KSerialPlus
Serial Interface
The M4KSerialPlus is an enhanced serial interface module for the multiprotocol Excalibur 4000 family of carrier boards, that includes several advanced features such as a high baud rate and high throughput. This module supports up to four independent channels of serial communications, each of which can be selected as RS-485, RS-422 or RS-232. The module operates independently of the host computer, reducing the need for host intervention.The M4KSerialPlus module is based on the Exar XR16M570 Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART). The device is compatible to industry standard 16550 UARTs. Each of the M4KSerialPlus’s four channels contains a transmit FIFO capable of holding up to 16384 bytes and a receive FIFO capable of holding either 16384 receive bytes or 5460 bytes with a 32-bit Time Tag associated with each byte. These large buffers allow application code to transfer large quantities of data with a single non-blocking subroutine call. The 32-bit Time Tag on receive channels is very useful for synchronizing serial data with data from other modules on the 4000 board or on other interface boards. Each channel has a programmable baud rate of up to 10 Mbps and can be configured as RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485.The M4KSerialPlus module is supplied with C drivers, including source code.
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Intelligent ARINC Interface Module
M4K717
Interface Module
The M4K717 is an intelligent ARINC 717 interface module for the multiprotocol Excalibur 4000 family of carrier boards.The module supports two ARINC 717 receive channels and two transmit channels.In transmit mode, the module sends the four subframes from a pre-defined buffer in dual-port RAM.In receive mode, the module stores all subframes with status and Time Tag information appended to each subframe.The M4K717 comes complete with C-driver software library including the source code.
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Product
Miniature Airborne Recording System
MARC II
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The MARC II is a complete Miniature Airborne ReCording system designed to record messages of several communication protocols. Small, light, with low power consumption and large storage capacity for recorded data, the MARC II is the perfect standalone solution for airborne recording.Ethernet is built-in to the MARC II. In addition to Ethernet, you can order the MARC II with up to three additional modules of the supported protocols.
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Intelligent Double Sized H009 Interface Module for Excalibur 8000 Family of Carrier Boards
M8KH009
Interface Module
The M8KH009 is an intelligent, double-sized, H009 interface module for the multimode, multiprotocol, EXC-8000 family of carrier boards. The M8KH009 provides a complete solution for developing and testing H009 interfaces and performing system simulation of the H009 bus, according to the standard H009 protocol. Each module of the M8KH009 contains 32K x 16 dualport RAM for Data Blocks, control registers, and Look-up tables. In addition, the module contains another 32K x 16 dual-port RAM for a Concurrent Monitor. All data blocks and control registers are memory mapped, and may be accessed in real-time. Each of the independent, dual-redundant M8KH009 modules may be programmed to operate in one of three modes of operation: Central Control Complex (CCC) mode with Concurrent Peripheral Unit operation (1–16 PUs), Peripheral Unit mode (Multiple – up to 16 PUs) and Bus Monitor mode. In addition, the module can simultaneously operate as an independent Internal Concurrent Monitor in CCC, Multiple PU or CCC/Concurrent PU modes.
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Conduction Cooled Interface Board Supporting up to 5 Multi Function Channels
EXC-1553PMC/Px(S) / EXC-1553ccPMC/Px(S)
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MIL-STD-1553, conduction cooled, interface board. Supports up to 4 multi function channels.The EXC-1553PMC/Px(S) and EXC-1553ccPMC/Px(S) are multi-channel (up to four) MIL-STD-1553 interface boards for PCI Mezzanine Card compatible computers.Multi Function:Each channel operates simultaneously as a Bus controller and/or multiple (up to 32) Remote Terminals, or as a Triggerable Bus Monitor. In addition, error injection (BC and RT modes) and error detection (all modes) are supported on each channel.Single Function:Each channel operates either as a Bus Controller, Remote Terminal, or Bus Monitor.NOTE: PxS is NOT compatible to the MCH family of cards.The EXC-1553PMC/Px(S) and EXC-1553ccPMC/Px(S) are supplied with C drivers, including source code, and Merlin+ Windows software.
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Product
Data & Protocol Converter
uMACC
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The uMACC is a wholly contained Communications Converter (data converter - protocol converter or translator). Its small size makes it a complete solution for developing & testing both in the lab and in the field.The uMACC can carry up to 4 modules. Each module can be one of the following protocols: 1 dual redundant MIL-STD-1553/1760 interface1 H009 channel5 MMSI channels5 ARINC-429 channels2 ARINC-708 channels2 ARINC-717 channels5 ARINC-825 (canbus) channels2 Serial channels (RS-232/422/485, NMEA 0183)Ethernet (10/100/Gigabit)10 Discrete I/O signalsAnalog to Digital / Digital to Analog
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Flight Simulator Tester
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Excalibur’s Flight-Sim Tester is a hardware and software solution for enabling near-real flight testing scenarios for airborne system testing (avionics testing).
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Product
cPCI Card
EXC-4000cPCI/xx
cPCI Card
The EXC-4000cPCI/xx card for Compact PCI computers supports up to four dual redundant 1553 channels using the M4K1553Px(S) module and is compatible with all common variations of MIL-STD-1553 (A, B).
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Product
Protocol Converter
MACC2
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When designing or upgrading avionics systems we are often faced with the task of integrating components that were not originally designed to work together.A control computer that communicates using RS-232 may need to control component that expects MIL-STD-1553 messages or an INS may put out ARINC-429 labels, which are needed by Multi function Display designed around RS-422.Faced with problems like these, integrators must choose between two poor options. They must either give up on one of the units in favor of another unit that may be less suitable but uses the appropriate communications spec; or they must add a computer system – often PC104 – which can translate from one unit to the other. These computers are generally large, heavy, hot, and require substantial power.
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Discrete Module for Multi Protocol 4000 Boards
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Discrete Module for Multi Protocol 4000 BoardsThe M4KDiscrete is an interface module for the multimode, multiprotocol Excalibur EXC-4000 family of carrier boards. The M4KDiscrete provides a complete solution for developing and testing discrete voltage-level interfaces.The module contains control I/O registers that may be accessed in real time. The module supports 20 discretes. The user can set each discrete:• Either as input or output.• Either to TTL (0 – 5V) or Avionics (0 – 32V) voltage levels and• Either enable or disable external debounceOutput discretes are open collector, capable of handling up to 32V with a maximum current of 100 mA each. There is a 4092 word FIFO, capable of storing 1023 Discrete entries containing the discrete data and Time tags.
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Product
Board
ARINC-429
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Aeronautical Radio INC (ARINC) is an organization composed of major airlines and airplane manufacturers, which promotes standardization within aircraft equipment. To facilitate this end ARINC puts out specifications describing communications busses as well as certain types of avionics systems. One of the more popular busses used in commercial aircraft today is the ARINC-429 bus.
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Product
Serial (RS-232/422/485) Module for Multi Protocol 4000 Boards
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Serial Module for Multi Protocol 4000 BoardsNOTE: The M4KSerial module is now a Legacy product. All new projects should use the M4KSerialPlus module (these modules are not compatible)
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PMC & ccPMC Card
EXC-1553PMC/Px(S)
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MIL-STD-1553, conduction cooled, interface board. Supports up to 4 multi function channels.The EXC-1553PMC/Px(S) and EXC-1553ccPMC/Px(S) are multi-channel (up to four) MIL-STD-1553 interface boards for PCI Mezzanine Card compatible computers.
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Module Containing up to 5 Channels
M8K825CAN
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Each M8K825CAN module contains up to five channels. In receive mode, the module stores all or selected messages with status and Time Tag information appended to each message. In transmit mode, the module operates via a transmit Bandwidth Frame which allows scheduling of data transmissions and reduces the need for host computer intervention.
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Product
Express Multi Protocol Board
EXC-8000PCI
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The EXC-8000PCIe is a PCI Express card supporting up to eight independent 8000 family avionics communication modules, allowing multiple different protocols to be mixed and matched on a single card. Modules available include MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1760, MMSI, ARINC-429, ARINC-708, ARINC-717, Serial, Discrete and CAN bus.The EXC-8000PCIe supports extensive error injection and detection capabilities, IRIG B Time Code input, and can be ordered with an extended operating temperature range of -40ºC to +85ºC and conformal coating. The EXC-8000PCIe is supplied with C drivers, including source code.
















