Enabling technologies for the use of reconfigurable computing in space

Author

Dawood, Anwar ; Bergmann, Neil

Author_Institution

Cooperative Res. Centre for Satellite Syst., Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

683

Abstract

This paper explores the use of SRAM-based FPGAs as a system component in future generation spacecraft. It describes the major advantages which reconfigurable computing can provide in reduced space mission cost, and describes the problems which are encountered when conventional SRAM-based FPGAs are used in space applications. Solutions are presented which will enable successful use of conventional SRAM-based FPGAs in space applications. Additional features, which could be incorporated in FPGA chips to make them more suitable for use in space, are also described

Keywords

field programmable gate arrays; reconfigurable architectures; space vehicle electronics; FPGA chips; SRAM-based FPGA; enabling technologies; future generation spacecraft; reconfigurable computing; space applications; space mission cost; system component; Application software; Australia; Computer vision; Costs; Field programmable gate arrays; Ground support; Military computing; Space missions; Space technology; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Its Applications, 1999. ISSPA '99. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, Qld.

Print_ISBN

1-86435-451-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSPA.1999.815764

Filename

815764