A Complete EGSE Solution for the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Protocol Based on the PXI Industry Standard
This article presents a complete test equipment for the promising on-board serial high-speed SpaceFibre protocol, published by the European Committee for Space Standardization. SpaceFibre and SpaceWire are standard communication protocols for the latest technology sensor devices intended for on-boar...
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| author | Luca Dello Sterpaio Antonino Marino Pietro Nannipieri Gianmarco Dinelli Daniele Davalle Luca Fanucci |
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| description | This article presents a complete test equipment for the promising on-board serial high-speed SpaceFibre protocol, published by the European Committee for Space Standardization. SpaceFibre and SpaceWire are standard communication protocols for the latest technology sensor devices intended for on-board satellites and spacecrafts in general, especially for sensors based on image acquisition, such as scanning radiometers or star-tracking devices. The new design aims to provide the enabling tools to the scientific community and the space industry in order to promote the adoption of open standards in space on-board communications for current- and future-generation spacecraft missions. It is the first instrument expressly designed for LabVIEW users, and it offers tools and advanced features for the test and development of new SpaceFibre devices. In addition, it supports the previous SpaceWire standard and cross-communications. Thanks to novel cutting-edge design methods, the system complex architecture can be implemented on natively supported LabVIEW programmable devices. The presented system is highly customizable in terms of interface support and is provided with a companion LabVIEW application and LabVIEW Application Programming Interface (API) for user custom automated test-chains. It offers real-time capabilities and supports data rates up to 6.25 Gbps.The proposed solutions is then fairly compared with other currently available SpaceFibre test equipment. Its comprehensiveness and modularity make it suitable for either on-board device developments or spacecraft system integrations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5067b1c043a74236a6fd06f4fa8a83bb2022-12-22T04:23:21ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-11-011922501310.3390/s19225013s19225013A Complete EGSE Solution for the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Protocol Based on the PXI Industry StandardLuca Dello Sterpaio0Antonino Marino1Pietro Nannipieri2Gianmarco Dinelli3Daniele Davalle4Luca Fanucci5Department Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa (PI), ItalyDepartment Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa (PI), ItalyDepartment Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa (PI), ItalyDepartment Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa (PI), ItalySpace Division, IngeniArs S.r.l., 56121 Pisa (PI), ItalyDepartment Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa (PI), ItalyThis article presents a complete test equipment for the promising on-board serial high-speed SpaceFibre protocol, published by the European Committee for Space Standardization. SpaceFibre and SpaceWire are standard communication protocols for the latest technology sensor devices intended for on-board satellites and spacecrafts in general, especially for sensors based on image acquisition, such as scanning radiometers or star-tracking devices. The new design aims to provide the enabling tools to the scientific community and the space industry in order to promote the adoption of open standards in space on-board communications for current- and future-generation spacecraft missions. It is the first instrument expressly designed for LabVIEW users, and it offers tools and advanced features for the test and development of new SpaceFibre devices. In addition, it supports the previous SpaceWire standard and cross-communications. Thanks to novel cutting-edge design methods, the system complex architecture can be implemented on natively supported LabVIEW programmable devices. The presented system is highly customizable in terms of interface support and is provided with a companion LabVIEW application and LabVIEW Application Programming Interface (API) for user custom automated test-chains. It offers real-time capabilities and supports data rates up to 6.25 Gbps.The proposed solutions is then fairly compared with other currently available SpaceFibre test equipment. Its comprehensiveness and modularity make it suitable for either on-board device developments or spacecraft system integrations.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/22/5013spacefibrespacewireinstrumentationtest equipmentegsepxilabviewfpgafield programmable gate arraysspacecraftcommunicationsserial communications |
| spellingShingle | Luca Dello Sterpaio Antonino Marino Pietro Nannipieri Gianmarco Dinelli Daniele Davalle Luca Fanucci A Complete EGSE Solution for the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Protocol Based on the PXI Industry Standard Sensors spacefibre spacewire instrumentation test equipment egse pxi labview fpga field programmable gate arrays spacecraft communications serial communications |
| title | A Complete EGSE Solution for the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Protocol Based on the PXI Industry Standard |
| title_full | A Complete EGSE Solution for the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Protocol Based on the PXI Industry Standard |
| title_fullStr | A Complete EGSE Solution for the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Protocol Based on the PXI Industry Standard |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Complete EGSE Solution for the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Protocol Based on the PXI Industry Standard |
| title_short | A Complete EGSE Solution for the SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Protocol Based on the PXI Industry Standard |
| title_sort | complete egse solution for the spacewire and spacefibre protocol based on the pxi industry standard |
| topic | spacefibre spacewire instrumentation test equipment egse pxi labview fpga field programmable gate arrays spacecraft communications serial communications |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/22/5013 |
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