Atmel SpaceWire Router SpW-10X - Manual (Page 16)

Ref.: UoD_SpW-10X_
UserManual
Issue: 3.4
SpW-10X
SpaceWire Router
User Manual Date: 11 th
July 2008
Preliminary
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2. USER APPLICATIONS
The SpW-10X SpaceWire router device may be used in several different ways as described in the
following sub-sections.
Note: SpW-10X is pronounced “SpaceWire Ten X”. This name derives from the abbreviation for
SpaceWire (SpW), the fact that the router has eight SpaceWire ports and two external ports giving ten
ports in total, and the used of “X” to represent a cross-bar switch.
2.1 STAND-ALONE ROUTER
The SpaceWire Router may be used as a stand-alone router with up to eight SpaceWire links
connected to it. Configuration of the routing tables etc. may be done by sending SpaceWire packets
containing configuration commands to the router.
Instrument
1
Instrument
2
Instrument
3
Instrument
4
Memory
Unit
Processor
SpW‐10X
Router
SpaceWire Links
Figure 2-1 Stand-Alone Router
In Figure 2-1 an example of use of the SpW-10X device as a stand-alone router is illustrated. There
are four instruments connected to the SpW-10X device along with a memory unit and processor. The
processor can communicate with all the instruments and memory unit to control them and is also able
to configure the SpW-10X device. The instruments can send data to the memory unit for storage or to
the processor for immediate processing. The processor can also read data from the memory for later
processing, writing the processed data back into memory. A pair of SpW-10X devices can be used to
provide a redundant configuration.