Eleventh SpaceWire Working Group meeting

10^th and 11^th of June 2008

Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre, Noordwijkerhout

Scope

The eleventh SpaceWire Working Group meeting took place on the 10^th and 11^th of June 2008 at the Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre in Noordwijkerhout.

The meeting focussed on the following topics:

• SpaceWire-RT: Review of the Initial protocol definition
• Review of the final draft of ECSS-E50-11(RMAP + CCSDS encapsulation protocols).
• SpW electrical interface, LVDS, cross-strapping and inter-compatibility issues

• SpaceFibre (Convenor, M.Suess, ESTEC)
• SpW Deployment and Handbook (Convenor, B. Cook, 4Links)
• SpW Test, Verification and “Certification” (Convenor Y. Sheynin, UoStPg)
• SpW Backplanes (Convenor M.Nomachi, UoO)
• SpW and Plug and Play (Convenor G.Rakow, NASA/GSFC)
• SpaceWire International Conference 2008 – Osaka/Nara 4-5-6 of November 2008 - (M. Nomachi)

Proceedings (A)

Day 1: Tuesday 10^th of June

Welcome and Introduction, Ph. Armbruster, ESA

Session 1: SpaceWire Real Time

• Review and discussion on services and protocols architecture and initial definition

Document: SpW-RT Initial Protocol Definition-v1.1 (UoD/S. Parkes)

Comments received so far:

a) Comments from ESTEC/F.Torelli

b) Comments from ESTEC/C.Taylor

c) Comments/JAXA/T.Yamada

• Presentation SpW-RT Initial Protocol Definition (UoD/S. Parkes)
• Notes taken during the meeting (UoD)

Session 2: ECSS-E50-11

• Review of the standard document ECSS-E50-11 submitted by the ECSS WG to the SpW WG for endorsement. (After this stage the standard will be subject to the formal ECSS public review and subsequent publication). ECSS-E50-11 covers the PID definition and RMAP and CCSDS Encapsulation protocols

ECSS-E50-11 Status, ESA/M. Suess

Document: ECSS SpaceWire Protocols v0.8 Note: To express comments, please use the following

template and forward it to M. Suess before the meeting:Draft ECSS-E-50-11v0.8 Comments by XXX.doc

Comments received so far: Comments from ESTEC/J.Noyes

• “Bepi Colombo MMO Data Handling System SpaceWire-RMAP Interface”, S. Davy

Wrap-Up (to be finalised) ESA/Ph. Armbruster

Day 2: Wednesday 11^th of June

Other topics

• SpaceWire Link interface: LVDS, Power & Cross-strapping Aspects, ESTEC/W.Gasti&S.Landstroem
• SpaceFibre (Convenor, M.Suess, ESTEC): SpaceFibre Status Update , ESTEC/M.Suess
• SpW Deployment and Handbook (Convenor, B. Cook, 4Links)
• SpW Test, Verification and “Certification” (Convenor Y. Sheynin, UoStPg): Some Methodology and Tools for Test and Verification
• SpW Backplanes (Convenor M.Nomachi, UoO)
• Introduction UoO/M. Nomachi
• SpaceWire Active Backplanes & Backplanes-Hypertac-Connectors, SEA/A.Senior
• SpW and Plug and Play (Convenor G.Rakow, NASA/GSFC)
• SOIS Plug-and-Play, SciSys/S.Fowell
• SpaceWire International Conference 2008 – Osaka/Nara 4-5-6 of November 2008 - (M. Nomachi)

Wrap-Up (to be finalised), ESA/Ph. Armbruster

Inter-Agency Meeting, Thursday 12^th of June (AM)

InterAgency meeting proceedings (to be finalised)

List of Participants Mtg#11

Support Documents (as supplied for WG Mtg 10):

SpaceWire-RT Requirements Summary discussion SpW-RT in Mtg#10

SpaceFibre Outline Specification

PID Application: PID for CCSDS Packet Transfer

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ESA - ESTEC - Electrical Engineering Department - Data Systems Division - Ph. Armbruster – 20/06/2008 (AM)