SpaceWire Router 10X (AT7910E)

The AT7910E was designed by Austrian Aerospace (Austria) and the University of Dundee (Scotland). It comprises eight SpaceWire link interfaces and a routing switch. The routing switch enables packets arriving at one link interface to be transferred to and sent out of another link interface on the routing switch. The SpW-10X SpaceWire routing switch is capable of connecting many nodes, providing a means of routing packets between the nodes connected to it. The data rate of the SpaceWire link interfaces ranges from 2 to 200 Mbit/s, where LVDS I/Os integrated onto the chip are used. Its power consumption is at the maximum data rate about 4 W. The chip operates from a single supply voltage of 3.3V (±0.3V).