1. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 1 ALQ155 AAG Conversion Clinic Team Members David Gedge Nate Decker William Sackett Spencer LittleAdvisors Dr. Priyank Kalla Thomas Dixon Special Thanks to Craig Gordon, Tim Price, and Ryan Yoshida

2. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 Intro & History Presented by David Gedge

3. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 Vocabulary Lesson Acronyms and their meanings o AAG – Aircraft Adaptor Group o PIM – Programmable Interface Module o PAM – Personality Adaptor Module o CAPRE – Common Aircraft Portable Reprogramming Equipment o LRU – Line Replaceable Unit o FPGA – Field Programmable Gate Array o USB – Universal Serial Bus o PCB – Printed Circuit Board

4. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 Vocabulary Lesson Other terms to know o ALQ – A specific LRU o VHDL – Programming language for FPGA o Bitmap – Program loaded on the FPGA o UCF – User Constraint File o FX2LP – USB chip used in PIM o Firmware – Program loaded on the FX2LP

5. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 Purpose To ensure an operational upgrade

6. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 The PIM What Is the PIM? -Programmable Interface Module LRU PAM PIM

7. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 History Previous Clinic Accomplishments

8. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 History Previous Clinic Accomplishments o FPGA

9. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 History Previous Clinic Accomplishments o FPGA o Level Shifters

10. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 History Previous Clinic Accomplishments o FPGA o Level Shifters o USB – FX2LP

11. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 History Previous Clinic Accomplishments o FPGA o Level Shifters o USB – FX2LP o New Integrated PCB

12. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 The PIM – Why?

13. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 How Does It Work?

14. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 Project Specifics ALQ 155 Tests o PIM Self Test o PAM Self Test o Display Version o Load/Verify

15. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 Deliverables o Functional PIM 2.0 o Compatible with previous PIM o No/Minimal modifications of CAPRE Host o Updated Bitmap and UCF for the FPGA o Updated Firmware o Working Load/Verify to ALQ155

16. March 2008 ALQ155 AAG Clinic 2008 Questions Question or Comments?