Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, 2nd Edition

43MIL-STD-1553B Digital Time Division Command/Response Multiplex Data Bus

Chris deLong

Honeywell Aerospace

1. 43.1 Introduction

   1. Background

   2. History and Applications

2. 43.2 The Standard

   1. Hardware Elements

3. 43.3 Protocol

   1. Word Types

   2. Message Formats, Validation, and Timing

   3. Mode Codes

4. 43.4 Systems-Level Issues

   1. Subaddress Utilization

   2. Data Wraparound

   3. Data Buffering

   4. Variable Message Blocks

   5. Sample Consistency

   6. Data Validation

   7. Major and Minor Frame Timing

   8. Error Processing

5. 43.5 Testing

6. 43.6 Further Information

43.1 Introduction

MIL-STD-1553 is a standard that defines the electrical and protocol characteristics for a data bus. AS-15531 is the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) commercial equivalent to the military standard. A data bus is similar to what ...