Proton SEU test of MC68020, MC68882, TMS320C25 on the ARIANE5 launcher On Board Computer (OBC) and Inertial Reference System (SRI)

Author

Poivey, C. ; Notebaert, O. ; Garnier, P. ; Carriere, T. ; Beaucour, J. ; Steiger, B. ; Salle, J.M. ; Bezerra, F. ; Ecoffet, R. ; Cadot, B. ; Calvet, M.-C. ; Simon, P.

Author_Institution

Matra Marconi Space, France

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

886

Lastpage

892

Abstract

The ARIANE5 On Board Computer (OBC) and Inertial Reference System (SRI) are based on Motorola MC68020 processor and MC68882 coprocessor. The SRI data acquisition board also uses the DSP TMS320C25 from Texas Instruments. These devices were characterized to proton induced SEUs. But representativeness of SEU test results on processors was questioned during ARIANE5 studies. Proton test of these devices was also performed on the actual equipments with flight (or representative) software. The results show that the On Board Computer and the Inertial Reference System can satisfy the requirements of the ARIANE5 missions

Keywords

aerospace computing; computer testing; coprocessors; digital signal processing chips; inertial navigation; integrated circuit testing; proton effects; special purpose computers; ARIANE5 launcher; DSP TMS320C25; Motorola MC68020 coprocessor; Motorola MC68020 processor; inertial reference system; on board computer; proton SEU test; representativeness; Cache memory; Coprocessors; Data acquisition; Digital signal processing; Error correction; Instruments; Performance evaluation; Protons; Registers; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.510729

Filename

510729