A very High Performance Multi Purpose Computing Card for TM/TC and Control Systems

Abstract

For future sounding rocket and balloon missions, a powerful processing system is needed for ambitious rate and attitude control algorithms as well as data acquisition for telemetry with high data rates (e.g. digital video). The card comprises a dual core DSP together with a large FPGA to collect and process experiment data, build telemetry data streams and decode commands for the onboard experiment module network. Due to the use of FPGA controlled periphery the Euro sized card offers the flexibility to meet the various requirements on sounding rockets and balloons. This paper describes the requirements for on board computing in service modules and how a multi function card can solve them.