Title :
A standard product approach to spaceborne payload processing
Author :
Prado, Edward R. ; Prewitt, Patrick ; Ille, Ed
Author_Institution :
Honeywell Int., Clearwater, FL, USA
Abstract :
A scalable, reprogrammable, highly modular general-purpose payload architecture is presented for space applications. Based on COTS standards and components, the approach presented represents a highly efficient coupling between general purpose DSP elements and payload control solutions. The proposed payload architecture and functional partition provides the spacecraft systems integrator a powerful set of COTS based solutions previously not available to the space community
Keywords :
aerospace computing; development systems; digital signal processing chips; field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; radiation hardening (electronics); reconfigurable architectures; space vehicle electronics; system buses; vector processor systems; COTS components; COTS standards; FPGA; PCI backplane; PowerPC; functional partition; general purpose DSP elements; general-purpose payload architecture; highly modular architecture; open systems; payload control solutions; radiation hardened vector processor; reconfigurable computing; scalable reprogrammable architecture; single board computer; software development environments; spaceborne payload processing; spacecraft systems integration; standard product approach; system interconnects; Application software; Computer architecture; Digital signal processing; Payloads; Programming; Radiation hardening; Road transportation; Space vehicles; Spaceborne radar; Vector processors;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2001, IEEE Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6599-2
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2001.931177
