AFDX 1G MAC

Design IP

Overview

AFDX (Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet) is an advanced solution for avionics data communication, delivering high-speed, reliable, and deterministic connectivity for aerospace and defense applications. SmartDV offers a complete, scalable, and silicon-proven solution for AFDX 1G MAC IP. SmartDV’s AFDX 1G MAC design IP core is highly customizable to optimize design area, power, and performance for both ASIC and FPGA flows, providing flexibility to adapt to specific design requirements.

Benefits

Full duplex Ethernet Link
Virtual Link Traffic Shaping (BAG – Bandwidth Allocation Gap)
Ultra low latency and compact implementation
Programmable Inter Packed Gap (IPG) and Preamble length
GMII/RGMII/MII interface
MDIO (Clause 22 and Clause 45) Interface

Compliance and Compatibility

ARINC 664 Specification
10/100/1000M, per IEEE Standard 802.3-2018 Specification
Preemption, per IEEE Standard 802.1Qbu
Interspersing Express Traffic, per IEEE Standard 802.3br
Traffic Scheduling, per IEEE Standard 802.1Qav & 802.1Qbv
Frame Replication and elimination, per IEEE 802.1CB
Class based flow control and FIFO to store each class, per IEEE Standard 802.1Q
All major EDA synthesis, simulation, and linting flows