Electrical Specification

Space Wire

Domain(s)

Space

System(s)

Satellite

Specialty

ELEC

Profile(s)

CH, COMM, EXP, PS, RP, SMAC

Specification Type

Recommendation

Citation(s)

SpW

SpaceWire is a full-duplex, point-to-point, serial data communications protocol in which the data is encoded on two differential signal pairs in each direction. This is the preferred JAS communication protocol for data rate below 200 Mbps. The electrical specifications for SpaceWire communications are described in the European Cooperation for Space Standardization

SpW

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