The Ballard AFDX family of products interfaces various computer platforms with Ethernet based aircraft data networks. They enable computers with PCI, cPCI, or PMC expansion slots to receive and transmit data over an Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) network. These products meet the demanding requirements of the AFDX and ARINC 664 Aircraft Data Networks (ADN) used on the newest Airbus and Boeing Aircraft.
Engineers and technicians use Ballard AFDX products for development, production, and maintenance of AFDX equipped products and systems. Ballard AFDX products are used as testers of end systems, as simulators of network switches and end systems. and as databus analyzers for measuring and recording network performance. Applications for the Ballard AFDX products are found in engineering laboratories, in avionics and airframe factories, on the flight-line, and in maintenance facilities.