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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SIMPLE (Spacefibre IMPLementation design test Equipment)

Teaser

Summary

The forthcoming European missions both for earth observation and science (e.g. Euclid, Metop-SG) are more and more demanding very high-speed data transmission (above Gbps) especially within the different units in a payload. As SpaceWire standard (ECSS-E-ST-50-12C) is no longer capable to meet such stringent requirements, the European Space Agency is finalizing a new standard for high-speed data links called SpaceFibre.
The definition of a new standard for communication in space opens up a considerable business opportunity related to the implementation of IP cores and systems compliant with this standard. In order to guarantee highly reliable communication, SpaceFibre is rather complex, thus two main issues are expected to be faced by any developer: on one side the design and implementation of a system compliant with the standard and on the other side the need for a test equipment capable of validating such a design. The proposed innovation project has the ambitious goal to solve both the problems as on one hand it will provide an IP-core of a SpaceFibre point-to-point interface (SpaceFibre IP-core) to be used especially in payload design while on the other hand this IP will be the core of a test equipment (SpaceFibre Analyser) which will be capable of validating any implementation related to SpaceFibre. The final aim of the project is to provide the customer with a powerful instrument to simplify the development of its own system based on SpaceFibre technology, thus the acronym SIMPLE.

Work performed

Phase 1 has been fundamental to assess the feasibility of SIMPLE project and to enhance its impact. The technical feasibility of all the project parts was assessed, reaching TRL 6. The accurate project development plan was defined, supported by a realistic financial analysis and forecast. A solid network with partners and potential customers was built, for collaboration on critical implementation parts and commercial exploitation of SIMPLE. The potential market was exhaustively analysed and a clear commercialisation strategy was planned. Thanks to the market analysis and the discussion with key players in the sector, a third product was added to SIMPLE project, the SpaceFibre ASIC.

Final results

The successful implementation of the SIMPLE project would lead to the definition of three product lines, for the commercial exploitation and dissemination of the forthcoming European space standard, SpaceFibre, with both European and worldwide marketing opportunities.