International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 27-30, 1997 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper addresses the development requirements for a digital recorder to be used for fighter environment and attack Helicopter applications. This development is focused on triservice requirements to allow for a common system to meet the needs of various test centers.

Sammanfattning: SAAB Communication i Linköping sysslar med konsultverksamhet mot ett flertal nationella och internationella företag inom både den civila och militära sektorn. Fokus ligger på flyget med uppdrag inom telesystem, radiosystem, signaturanpassning, EMC, atmosfärisk påverkan mm. I det sistnämnda ingår även kosmisk strålnings inverkan på elektronik. Den fortsatta miniatyriseringen av elektronik, speciellt minneselektronik leder till ökad känslighet mot den kosmiska partikelstrålningen som ständigt regnar ner på jorden, därför är det extra noga att minnen testas innan de sätts i bruk vid flygburna system. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att konstruera en provplattform som registrerar fel som uppkommer i ett DDR2 SDRAM minne vid påverkan av den ovannämnda strålningen. Detta examensarbete är en vidareutveckling av en provplattform baserad på en FPGA – lösning. Eftersom denna provplattform saknade stöd för den snabbare minnestypen DDR2 SDRAM, blev syftet med detta examensarbete att ta fram en ny plattform som stödjer denna typ av minne. Den nya provplattformen är en PowerPC baserad lösning från Freescale Semiconductor®. Provplattformen kommer att anslutas till en PC som kör ett program som analyserar antalet detekterade minnesfel, typ av fel samt hur många neutroner minnet har blivit utsatt för under testet. Mjukvaruutvecklingen implementeras i programmeringsspråken assembler samt C. Innan testet av minnet påbörjas, fylls minnet med ett förbestämt bitmönster, om förändringar av bitmönstret sker vid bestrålning av minnet kommer dessa ändringar att registreras tillsammans med den minnesadress där felet inträffade. Abstract: SAAB Communication in Linköping offers consulting toward several national and international companies, both within the civilian and the military market. Focus is in the field of avionics and deals with telecommunication system, radio system, signature adaption, EMC, atmospheric impact etc. The later also includes the influence of cosmic radiation in electronics. The oncoming miniaturisation of electronics, especially within the memory fields causes an increased susceptibility of cosmic radiation that constantly hits our planet, therefore it is of great importance that memories is to be tested before used in airborne systems. The purpose of this thesis is to construct a test platform in order to register faults that occur in a DDR2 SDRAM memory under influence of the mentioned radiation. This thesis is further development of a test platform previously based on a FPGA – solution. Since this test platform had not to support for the more rapidly type of memory as DDR2 SDRAM, the purpose of this thesis became to develop a new platform with support for this type of memory. This new test platform is based on PowerPC from Freescale Semiconductor® The test platform will be connected to a PC running a program that counts the number of detected memory faults, recognises a type of error and records the number of neutrons that the memory has been exposed to during the test. The software is implemented in the programming languages assembler and C. The tested memory will be loaded with a predetermined bit pattern before the test begins, if a change in the bit pattern is detected during exposure of radiation, these faulty bit patterns will be registered together with the memory address where the error has occurred. / Andreas Skoglund Gustav adolfsg. 4 58220 Linköping 0739-230620 ti00ask@student.bth.se, andreas.skoglund@gmail.com, andreas.skoglund@saabgroup.com

Este trabalho apresenta propostas de modelos computacionais para representar os principais esquemas de aterramento e equipamentos presentes na rede elétrica de serviço que é utilizada por foguetes de sondagem, com a meta de permitir a verificação operacional e viabilidade técnica no contexto da distribuição de energia elétrica. Nesses modelos são simuladas as condições de operação nominal e em falta, sendo que essa última é realizada em pontos estratégicos da rede elétrica com o propósito de determinar valores máximos de corrente alcançados pelo sistema nessas condições. Os valores de corrente obtidos nessas simulações são principalmente utilizados como referência na escolha do esquema de distribuição da energia elétrica mais adequada para ser utilizado pela rede embarcada em foguetes de sondagem e na determinação de características elétricas mínimas que os equipamentos de bordo devem possuir a fim de atenderem as condições nominais e suportar as possíveis faltas que podem acometer o sistema. Os resultados satisfatórios obtidos nas simulações dos modelos computacionais elaborados para representar os esquemas de aterramento e equipamentos pertencentes à rede elétrica de serviço que é utilizada por foguetes de sondagem, apresentados neste trabalho, indicam que os modelos são consistentes e adequados aos propósitos que se destinam. / This work presents the proposals for computational models to represent the main grounding schemes and equipment used in the service electrical network used by sounding rockets with the goal of enabling the operational verification and technical viability in the context of electrical power distribution. In these models are simulated the conditions of nominal operation and in fault, and the latter is carried out at strategic points in the electrical network with the purpose of determining maximum power achieved by the system under these conditions. The current values obtained in these simulations are mainly used as a guide in choosing the distribution of power best suited to be used by the service electrical network and the determination of electrical characteristics requirements that the equipment should possess in order to meet the nominal conditions and support the possible faults that can affect the system. The satisfactory results obtained in the simulations of the computer models designed to represent the grounding schemes and equipment belonging to the service electrical network used by sounding rockets, presented in this paper indicates that the models are consistent and appropriate to the purposes intended.