Sabtech offers basic and advanced training on MIL-STD-1397C (NTDS) interfaces and application of Sabtech products. Shorten your development time and improve the quality of your system with expert training from Sabtech. Courses can be conducted at your site or at Sabtech's corporate headquarters in Yorba Linda, CA. Please email or call us at 714.692.3800 or 757.473.8877 to discuss your training needs.

NTDS 101
Half-Day Session

Introduction to MIL-STD-1397C

• NTDS Interface Types
• Definitions
• Basic NTDS I/O Concepts
• Parallel Data Transfer Principles (Types A, B, C and H)
• Parallel Interface Characteristics
• Serial Data Transfer Principles (Types D and E)
• Serial Interface Characteristics
• Passive Taps

NTDS 201
One-Day Session

Programming Sabtech VME NTDS Boards

• Overview of MIL-STD-1397C
• Basic VME Architecture (VME Bus, DMA, Interrupts, Addressing)
• Overview of Sabtech Parallel and Serial VME Boards
• Hardware Installation, Cables, and Setup
• Control Block Interface
• System Monitor and Debugger
• How to Use the PowerI/O Driver and Generic I/O Usage
• Programming Examples
• Passive Taps

NTDS 202
One-Day Session

Programming Sabtech PC NTDS Boards

• Overview of MIL-STD-1397C
• Basic PC Architecture (PCI Bus, DMA, Interrupts, Addressing)
• Overview of Sabtech Parallel and Serial NTDS Boards
• Hardware Installation, Cables, and Setup
• OS-Specific Device Driver Interface
• Diagnostics
• Programming Examples
• Passive Taps

NTDS 301
Three-Day Session

Sabtech NTDS Application programming Software (SNAPS™)

• Overview of MIL-STD-1397C
• Overview of Sabtech Parallel and Serial VME Boards
• SNAPS API Library Functions
• Multi-Tasking, Priority, Semaphores and Scheduling
• Mailbox and VME Bus Interrupts
• Debugging SNAPS Applications
• Distributed Processing and Performance Tuning

NTDS 401
Five-Day Session

Building PowerIO Systems

• Includes NTDS 301 Classroom Content
• Create and Load PowerIO Programs
• Create User EPROMS
• Using Sabtech’s NTDS Analyzer