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Spw-10x spacewire router, User manual, Preliminary – Atmel SpaceWire Router SpW-10X User Manual

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UserManual

Issue: 3.4

SpW-10X

SpaceWire Router

User Manual

Date: 11

th

July 2008

Preliminary

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SpW‐10X

Router

SpW‐10X

Router

SpaceWire

Ports

Figure 2-4 Expanding the number of SpaceWire Ports (1)

Figure 2-4 shows a pair of SpW-10X routers connected together using the external FIFO ports to
provide a 16 port router. A small amount of external logic is required to connect the external FIFO
ports in this way. Note that the bandwidth between the two SpW-10X devices is limited by the two
external FIFO ports used to interconnect them. Each FIFO port can handle one SpaceWire packet at a
time in each direction.

SpW‐10X

Router

SpW‐10X

Router

SpaceWire

Ports

User FPGA

or

Processor