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Published September 2015 | public
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Designing a SoC to Control the Next-Generation Space Exploration Flight Science Instruments

Abstract

SoC technology permits to integrate all the computational power required by next-generation space exploration flight science instruments on a single chip. This paper describes the Xilinx Zynq-based Advanced Processor for space EXploration SoC (APEX-SoC) that has been developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in collaboration with ARM. The paper discusses the APEX-SoC architecture and demonstrates its main capabilities when used to control JPL's Compositional InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (CIRIS). As the CIRIS instrument is intended to explore harsh space environments, the paper also deals with the Radiation Hardened By Design (RHBD) features that have been implemented in the APEX-SoC.

Additional Information

© 2015 by IEEE. The research described in this paper was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Xabier Iturbe is funded by the European Commision's FP7 Marie-Curie International Outgoing Fellowship Program with "Project No. 627579".

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