Fourteenth SpaceWire Working Group meeting

22^nd PM, 23^rd (all day) and 24^th (AM) of February 2010

The fourteenth SpaceWire Working Group meeting has been held on Monday the 22^nd (PM), Tuesday the 23^rd and Wednesday the 24^th (AM) of February 2010 at Estec, followed by a SpW WG Steering Committee meeting on Wednesday the 24^th (PM).

Scope - The meeting covered the following topics:

• SpaceWire networks used for C&C and High Throughput Data Transfers (Conveners Ph. Armbruster & S. Parkes)
• SpaceWire-PnP (Convenor G.Rakow, NASA/GSFC)

• SpaceFibre (Convenor, M.Suess, ESTEC)
• SpW Deployment and Handbook (Convenor, B. Cook, 4Links)
• SpW Test, Verification and “Certification” (Convenor Y. Sheynin, UoStPg)
• SpW Backplanes (Convenors A. Senior SEA and M.Nomachi, UoO)
• SpaceWire International Conference 2010 – St Petersburg RU – W25 June 2010 - (Pr. Sheynin)

Proceedings (D)

Day 1: Monday 22^nd of February PM

· Welcome and Introduction, ESA/Ph.Armbruster

· SpaceWire Roadmaps: debrief from SpW WG#13 Steering Committee Meeting, ESA/Ph.Armbruster

· Newly published standards, ESA/L.Balestra

o ECSS-E-ST-50-51C SpaceWire protocol identification (5 February 2010)

o ECSS-E-ST-50-52C SpaceWire - Remote memory access protocol (5 February 2010)

o ECSS-E-ST-50-53C SpaceWire CCSDS packet transfer protocol (5 February 2010)

Session 1: SpaceWire networks used for C&C and High Throughput Data Transfers (Conveners Ph.Armbruster & S. Parkes)

· SpaceWire and Determinism: concepts, ESA-UoD/A.Ferrer Florit

· Requirements for higher-layer protocols over SpaceWire to support spacecraft operations, Jaxa/T.Yamada

· SpW-RT & SpW-T Overview, UoD/S.Parkes

· SpW-D: Overview. (Support document: SpW-D Protocol Draft B) , UoD/S.Parkes

Day 2: Tuesday 23^rd of February (all day)

Session 2a: SpaceWire networks used for C&C and High Throughput Data Transfers – cont’d

• SpW-(R)T Implementations and return of experience

o PVS Phase 1: Feed-back on SpW-(R)T, implementation and experimentation: Teletel/A.Tavoularis & V. Kollias – Astrium/C. Honvault

o SpW-RT as SW on the SpW-Remote Terminal Controller – Demonstration ESA-UoD/A.Ferrer Florit

• SOIS Synchronisation Service and SpW-RT, ESA/C. Taylor & F.Torelli

Session 2b: SpaceWire Evolutions

• SpaceWire Evolution Introduction, ESA/M.Suess (CR template: Support document 1)
• Next release of the SpaceWire standard - some requests for change (UoStPg/Y. Sheynin)
• Low mass SpaceWire, ESA/J.Ilstad
• Optronic transceivers – Fibre Optics for SpW signals, DAS Photonics/J.Blasco Herreiz
• SpW Backplanes (Convenors A. Senior SEA & M.Nomachi, UoO)
• SpaceWire backplanes, SEA/A. Senior, (Specification: Support document 2)
• SpW Backplane, Osaka University/M. Nomachi (Pin assignment: Support document 3)
• Generic Avionics Backplane using Quadraxial Insert Connectors, NASA/A.Kisin & G.Rakow

Session 2c: Other Topics

§ TAI's Introduction & Satellite System Projects TAI/F. Boran

§ Topnet 2^nd Generation, ESA/R. Vitulli

§ SpW Test, Verification and “Certification” (Convenor Y. Sheynin, UoStPg)

o “TraffiController” technical presentation, SKYLAB/S.Davy

Day 3: Wednesday 24^th of February (AM)

Session 3: Other Topics – cont’d

• SpaceWire-PnP (Convenor G.Rakow, NASA/GSFC)
• SpaceWire-PnP: An Overview of Concepts and Directions, SciSys/Peter Mendham (Protocol Definition: Support document 4)
• Plug and play over SpaceWire in RASTA systems, Aeroflex Gaisler/Marko Isomaki
• Memory Map for pre-defined data readout scheme, UoO/M. nomachi
• SpaceFibre (Convenor, M.Suess, ESTEC)
• High Speed Serial Links on STM-DSM, ESA/M.Suess &L.Hili
• SpaceFiber in Japan, UoO/MN
• SpaceWire International Conference 2010 – St Petersburg RU – W25 June 2010, UoStPg/Pr. Sheynin, UoD/S. Parkes and ESA/M. Suess.
• Abstract Selection and preliminary agenda, UoD/S. Parkes
• Conference organisation, logistics and registration, UoStPb/Y. Sheynin

SpW WG Steering Committee Meeting, Wednesday 24^th of February (PM)

Next Meeting, ESA/ESTEC: 18^th PM, 19^th and 20^th (AM) of October 2010, StCoMtg on 20^{th (}PM)

Support Documents

1: ECSS-E-ST-50-12C Change Request template

2: SpaceWire Active Backplane Specification Draft 1.b

3: MELCO-JAXA - SpaceWire Backplane Pin assignment (XLS)

4: SpW-PnP Protocol Definition - v2.1

5: SpW-D Protocol Draft B

Attendance list: External Registration list (G)

Attendance list (B)

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ESA - ESTEC - Electrical Engineering Department - Data Systems Division - Ph. Armbruster – 01/04/2010 - PM