ccPMC-SpaceWire: SpaceWire with “Rad Hard” FLASH Option

Publication date on this website: Friday, May 08, 2009
Company: Dynamic Engineering
Category: Press Releases : Boards

Summary:
ccPMC-SpaceWire is the conduction cooled version of the popular Dynamic Engineering SpaceWire interface. The FLASH memory has an option to be populated with a Radiation Hardened device. The four independent channels have programmable IO rates with DMA support, and Time Code processing.

Full Text:
SpaceWire is available on multiple platforms with PMC, PCI, PC104p, PCI-104, and now ccPMC versions. Solutions for cPCI and VME are available using the PMC and ccPMC versions with a PMC carrier.

CcPMC-SpaceWire utilizes internal cooling planes along with thermal pads to provide conduction paths to the thermal rib interface. Industrial temperature parts are standard.

In some environments being “rad hard” is a plus. The FPGA FLASH has an option to be upgraded to a Rad Hard device to help in this area. While the entire board is not Rad Hard; the overall ability to handle radiation is greatly enhanced. NASA is currently doing testing with a Cyclotron to characterize the hybrid approach.

ccPMC-SpaceWire retains the standard features of the Dynamic Engineering SpaceWire interface with independent channels, programmable IO rates, independent DMA or direct access on each channel, time code distribution, and Windows, Linux and VxWorks support.

The SpaceWire software interface is retained for the ccPMC. Our clients can port between platforms without modification to their system software.

If you need something “just like but different” please contact Dynamic Engineering for your customerized version.

http://www.dyneng.com/ccPmcSpaceWire.html for more information.

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