ARINC 818 is a video interface and protocol standard developed for high bandwidth, low latency, uncompressed digital video transmission. The standard, which was released in Jan. 07, has been advanced by ARINC and the aerospace community to meet the stringent needs of high performance digital video.

Video systems include: infrared and other wave length sensors, optical cameras, radar, flight recorders, map/chart systems, synthetic vision, image fusion systems, heads-up displays and heads-down multifunction displays, video concentrators, and other subsystems.

ARINC 818 is a point-to-point, 8B/10B encoded serial protocol for transmission of video, audio, and data. The protocol is packetized, but is video-centric and very flexible, supporting an array of complex video functions including the multiplexing of multiple video streams on a single link or the transmission of a single stream over a dual link.

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