Benefits of using Heim Recorders with AFDX and ARINC 664

Heim airborne recorders have been a popular choice for Flight Test Instrumentation applications for over fifteen years. The proven D5000 and D200 range have evolved from the earlier, hugely successful D4, D12, and D20 systems. The newer recorders can use all of the previous D12 and D20 data interface modules (e.g. MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, PCM, analogue, and video) but add more channels per module, new features such as GPS receivers and new data types, including Ethernet (AFDX and ARINC 664).

All data is time-stamped at the front-end to 100 nSec accuracy. This also means that you can synchronously replay all of your data in its original format (e.g. 1553 and video).

Heim recorders are compliant with IRIG 106 Chapter 10 standards.

Interchangeable storage cartridges (solid-state, hard disc, and tape drives) allow you to select the best, and most cost-effective, medium for your application.

These are some of the benefits of using Heim recorders that have led to them being selected as the flight test recorder of choice for the new generation of commercial and military transport aircraft that use AFDX and ARINC 664 as the avionics data buses.

Heim recorders also have the ability to acquire multiple channels of different data types, record them, and concurrently distribute all data (with time stamps) via Ethernet. This means, for instance, that you can acquire and record 24 video streams, at the same time as distributing them around the aircraft via LAN, for operators to select the video/s that they wish to view on remote PCs.

If you don’t need fully airborne qualified (CA(PE) Form 100A) recorders you can still get all of the same functionality in our 19-inch rack-mount GSR series.

Please feel free to contact Bruce Hefford on 01844 210987, or any of our other staff via 01844 260600, if you require further information or have an application that you would like to discuss.