Computing hardware for control, data collection, and other purposes will prove many times over crucial resources in NASA's upcoming space missions. Ability to provide these resources within mission payload requirements, with the hardiness to operate for extended periods under potentially harsh conditions in off-World environments, is daunting enough without considering the possibility of doing so with conventional electronics. This paper examines some ideas and options, and proposes some initial approaches, for logical design of reconfigurable computing resources offering true modularity, universal compatibility, and unprecedented flexibility to service all forms and needs of mission infrastructure.
Reconfigurable Computing Concepts for Space Missions: Universal Modular Spares
2007
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Computers, Control & Information Theory , Space Technology , Avionics , Modularity , Space missions , Reconfigurable hardware , Autonomy , Central processing units , Unmanned spacecraft , Flight operations , Field-programmable gate arrays , Algorithms , Radiation tolerance , Extraterrestrial radiation , Payloads , Systems engineering
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