Microsemi RTG4 FPGA Archives

STAR-Dundee at Microsemi India 2017

17 July 2017

STAR-Dundee at Microsemi India 2017

This week STAR-Dundee is attending Microsemi Space Forum India in Bangalore on the 25th of July and Ahmedabad on the 27th of July 2017.

Here we will be demonstrating several of our IP Cores running in the radiation-tolerant RTG4 FPGA including:

SpaceFibre Single-Lane operating at 3.125 Gbps
SpaceFibre Multi-Lane operating at 6.25 Gbps
SpaceWire
SpaceWire-to-SpaceFibre Bridge

The demo will also include the SpaceFibre Routing Switch.

This will demonstrate the RTG4 FPGA integrated with several of STAR-Dundee’s equipment to recreate a generic model of the network onboard a spacecraft.

Find out more about our SpaceFibre Multi-lane IP cores here: https://www.star-dundee.com/knowledge-base/spacefibre-ip-cores or get in touch.

For more informaton on the forum visit: https://www.microsemi.com/spaceforum/space-forum#overview

The archive from Microsemi Space Forum North American online event is now availible here: http://www.microsemispaceforum.com/#/events. You can also view the STAR-Dundee Microsemi demo video as part of the Space Forum 2017 archive here: http://www.microsemispaceforum.com/#/page/2/2017_Demo_Videos

STAR-Dundee at Microsemi Europe

16 June 2017

On the 20th of June 2017, STAR-Dundee is attending Microsemi Space Forum, Europe. Here we will be demonstrating the Multi-Lane interface implemented in the radiation-tolerant RTG4 FPGA. This demo will include two of our IP cores; SpaceFibre multi-laning and the SpaceFibre router . Alongside this we will demonstrate the RTG4 FPGA integrated within the generic model of a network on-board a spacecraft.

Find out more about our SpaceFibre Multi-lane IP cores here: https://www.star-dundee.com/knowledge-base/spacefibre-ip-cores or get in touch.

For more information on the forum visit: https://www.microsemi.com/spaceforum/space-forum#overview

To access the online North American event visit the Archive page here: http://www.microsemispaceforum.com/#/events

An outline of the agenda can be seen below, look out for our Microsemi video and make sure to visit us in the Demo Room.

Start Time	Session Title	Presenter
9:00	Introduction and Welcome Address	Ken O’Neill
9:15	RT FPGA Product Update	Minh Nguyen
10:00	High Precision Frequency and Timing Solutions for Space	Peter Cash
10:30	Break / Demo Room – visit us!	Microsemi & Partners including STAR-Dundee
11:00	Space Power and Point of Load Solutions Product Overview	Chris Hart
11:45	RTG4 Power Hardware Reference Design	Brian Wilkinson
12:15	Lunch / Demo Room– visit us!	Microsemi & Partners including STAR-Dundee
13:15	RT FPGA Radiation Characterization	J.J. Wang
13:45	Mixed Signal Solutions for Space	Dorian Johnson
14:30	Achieving Timing Closure for Maximum Performance in RTG4 FPGAs	Hichem Belhadj
15:00	Break / Demo Room	Microsemi & Partners including STAR-Dundee
15:30	Using DirectC and RISC-V to Reprogram RTG4 FPGAs	Ken O’Neill
15:45	Next Generation Power Discretes	Chris Hart
16:15	Space Application Focus	Hichem Belhadj
16:45	Q&A session and Wrap up	All
17:00	End of Conference	All

STAR-Dundee at DASIA and UK Space Conference 2017

29 May 2017

This week STAR-Dundee will be attending Data Systems in Aerospace (DASIA), Gothenburg and the UK Space Conference, Manchester.

STAR-Dundee at DASIA

STAR-Dundee are attending DASIA from the 30^th May to the 1^st June, where we will be demonstrating the SpaceFibre Multi-Lane interface implemented in the radiation-tolerant Microsemi RTG4 FPGA as well as the SpaceFibre Router PXI card. We’ll also be demonstrating the new STAR Fire Mk3 hardware and SpaceFibre link analysis software.

Our CEO Steve Parkes will present on SpaceFibre: Capabilities, Components and Kit on Wednesday the 31^stof May at 10:30 (CEST) in room B.

For the full programme please visit: http://eurospace.org/dasia-2017.aspx

STAR-Dundee at the UK Space Conference

STAR-Dundee are attending the UK Space Conference 2017 from the 30^th May to the 1^st June, where we will be available at booth B15 in the exhibition area. From here we will be demonstrating our SpaceWire and SpaceFibre equipment including our new STAR Fire Mk3 unit.

The STAR Fire Mk3 can transmit and receive SpaceWire and SpaceFibre traffic and is also a SpaceFibre Link Analyser. SpaceFibre traffic can be transmitted and received either from a host PC or using built-in advanced data generators and checkers. Powerful software allows SpaceFibre traffic captured by the STAR Fire Mk3 to be displayed in multiple views with varying levels of detail. As SpaceFibre is compatible with SpaceWire at the network level, the STAR Fire Mk3 can also be used to transmit and receive SpaceWire traffic over a SpaceFibre link.

More information on the UK Space Conference 2017 is available here: www.ukspace.org/event/uk-space-conference-2017

PANGU at GNC 2017

The University of Dundee will be exhibiting PANGU – Planet and Asteroid Natural Scene Generation Utility at the 10th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems between 29th May to the 2nd June 2017 in Salzburg, Austria.

Find out more about PANGU here: https://www.star-dundee.com/products/pangu-planet-and-asteroid-natural-scene-generation-utility

STAR-Dundee demonstration at SEE/MAPLD

22 May 2017

This week STAR-Dundee are attending the 26th annual Single Event Effects (SEE) coupled with Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD) workshop in San Diego.

We are demonstrating the latest designs using SpaceFibre and SpaceWire technology, including the capabilities of the SpaceFibre Multi-Lane interface, the STAR Fire Mk3 and the SpaceFibre 9-port router.

You can also hear from our CEO Steve Parkes at two sessions:

A Versatile SpaceWire and SpaceFibre Development Board for the Microsemi RTG4 FPGA
Wednesday 24th of May at 14:30 (all times in PST)

A SpaceVPX-Lite Demonstration System Using SpaceFibre as the Data and Control Plane
Thursday the 25th of May at 14:30 (all times in PST)

For the event agenda please visit: www.seemapld.org/agenda.php