Nineteenth SpaceWire Working Group meeting

2nd (all day) and 3rd (all day) of October 2012

The nineteenth SpaceWire Working Group meeting was held on Tuesday the 2nd and Wednesday the 3rd of October 2012 at ESA HQ, Paris (FRANCE), followed by a SpW WG Steering Committee meeting on Thursday the 4th (AM).

The meeting focused on SpaceFibre

In addition, the following topics were addressed as well:

SpW Evolutions (Convener D. Jameux, ESA/ESTEC), including ECSS-ST-50-12C Rev.1, and SpW 2

SpW Network Management (Conveners G. Rakow, NASA/GSFC, P. Mendham, Bright Ascension)

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

SpW Components (Convener J. Ilstad, ESA/ESTEC)

SpW International SpaceWire Conferences (Convener M. Suess, ESA/ESTEC)

Proceedings (B)

Day 1: Tuesday 2nd April (all day)

Welcome and Introduction (Philippe Armbruster, ESA/ESTEC)

Session 1: SpaceFibre (Convener M. Suess, ESA/ESTEC and S. Parkes, UoD)

This session was dedicated to various aspects of the development of the SpaceFibre protocol.

• Revised SpaceFibre specification, Steve Parkes, UoDundee

• SpaceFibre IP core beta-test opportunity, Steve Parkes, UoDundee

• SpaceFibre implementation and demonstration, Steve Parkes, UoDundee

• Status report regarding SpaceFibre implementation activities, Hiroki Hihara, NEC

• Status report regarding SpaceFibre implementation activities, Masaharu Nomachi for Mitsubishi Electric

Support documents:

Updated SpaceFibre ECSS draft standard draft version E.1

Draft ESCC standard for SpaceFibre flight connectors and cable assemblies

Session 2: PR presentations (Convener B. Sinka, ESA/ESTEC)

This session was dedicated to PR presentations on the role of the two ESA establishments in Paris.

• PR presentation on ESA HQ (corporate matters)

• PR presentation on ESA Launchers

Session 3: SpW Evolutions – part I: SpW2 (Convener D. Jameux, ESA/ESTEC)

This session was dedicated to medium term disruptive evolutions of the SpaceWire technology in preparation for the development of the SpaceWire 2 standard.

• Status on the FP7/SPWRT activity, Steve Parkes, UoDundee

• TE Overview and NGSIS for ESA, Gregory Powers, TE Connectivity

Mini-workshop: Lessons learned from 19 Working Group meetings – improvements and way forward (Moderator P. Armbruster, ESA/ESTEC)

Day 2: Wednesday 3rd October (all day)

Session 3: SpW Evolutions – part II: ECSS-ST-E-50-12C Rev.1 (Convener D. Jameux, ESA/ESTEC)

This session was dedicated to the revision of the current SpaceWire standard in preparation for the work of the ECSS Working Group.

• Status of the ECSS-ST-50-12C Rev.1 standardisation process, D.Jameux, ESA/ESTEC

• Status of the “SpaceWire Evolutions” TRP activity, Antonis Tavoularis, Teletel

• SpW Deployment and Handbook, B. Cook, 4Links

Support documents:

Updated SpaceWire ECSS draft handbook SVN version 45

Session 4: SpW Simulation, Test, and Verification (Convener Y. Sheynin, UoStPg)

This session was dedicated to the test, verification and simulation tools and requirements.

• SpaceWire EGSE: Real-time instrument simulation in a day, Stephen Mudie, Star Dundee

• Presentation of and discussion around prototype of SpaceWire Decoder on Oscilloscope, Roland Gamper, Lahniss

• Versatile test system for varying hardware configurations, Dirk Thurnes, ESA/ESTEC

• Status of MOST (SpW traffic simulator), Brice Dellandrea, TAS

• Status of the “PVS-II” TRP activity, Antonis Tavoularis, Teletel

Session 5: SpaceWire Network Management and Protocol Stacks (Conveners G. Rakow, NASA/GSFC, P. Mendham, Bright Ascension)

This session was dedicated to SpaceWire network management features and protocols such as network discovery and configuration, Electronic Data Sheets, FDIR, and SpaceWire related protocol stacks.

• SpaceWire protocol stack, David Jameux, ESA/ESTEC

Session 6: SpW component developments (Convener Jørgen Ilstad, ESA/ESTEC)

This session was dedicated to SpaceWire component development activities.

• Extended Common Mode LVDS Solutions, Volodymyr Burkhay, TELEFUNKEN Semiconductors

• SpaceWire Link Isolation – Update on Product Development, Gil Baterina, Silanna

• Isolation and common mode tests on prototype SpW galvanic isolators, Alan Senior, SEA

Session 7: SpaceWire Conferences (Conveners B. Sinka and M. Suess, ESA/ESTEC)

This session was dedicated to the announcement of SpaceWire-related events in general and to the International SpaceWire Conference in particular.

• Next SpW conference, Martin Suess, ESA/ESTEC

Meeting close-out (Martin Suess, ESA/ESTEC)

• Next SpW WG meeting

Day 3: Thursday 4th October (AM)

SpW WG Steering Committee Meeting

List of attendance # 19 SpaceWire Working Group Meeting

Contact Person: Bertilla Sinka Tel : +31 71 565 8559 Email : spacewire.secretary@esa.int

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ESA - ESTEC - Electrical Engineering Department - Data Systems Division – D. Jameux – 25/10/2012