Software-to-hardware tester for the STP-ISS transport protocol verification

Implementation of conformance testers for the communication protocols is an important task, which is being solved in the majority of industrial companies that develop the communication equipment. Current article gives a description of such kind of tester, which is developed to test the on-board devices that work in conformance to the STP-ISS transport protocol standard and SpaceWire networking standard. We give a brief description of the possible solutions for hardware testing; provide the description of STP-ISS protocol. Then we report on implementation of the Software-to-Hardware STP-ISS tester and fields of its application.