Why ARINC 429 Still Matters in Modern Aerospace FPGA Designs
Despite the arrival of newer communication standards in aerospace systems, ARINC 429 remains one of the most widely used avionics buses in both civil and military aircraft. From flight management systems to navigation equipment, cockpit displays, sensors, and mission computers, ARINC 429 continues to be deeply integrated into airborne electronic architectures. This is exactly why I recently developed a new ARINC 429 IP core in VHDL for FPGA-based systems. The objective was not simply to create another protocol interface, but to design a flexible and scalable communication block capable of fitting…