<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Complex systems - like SLR (Satellite Laser Ranging) systems - often need a large amount of cables to connect all remotely controllable add-on units, like flip mirrors, servo-motors, switches etc. on different groups (like mount / telescopes, laser, control PC, observer control station etc.). At the Graz kHz SLR station, more than fifty separate cables connecting these groups have been replaced now with a few single BNC cables, using a simple serial bus system. Each single BNC cable completely connects 2 units (e.g. the PC and the mount); there is no need for synchronization or handshake signals. Data transmission speed ranges from very low - down to a single transmit only on request, or on any change of bits - up to 10 MBits/s. This serial bus is flexible, easy to extent for future upgrades, and fast.</p></abstract>

Complex systems - like SLR (Satellite Laser Ranging) systems - often need a large amount of cables to connect all remotely controllable add-on units, like flip mirrors, servo-motors, switches etc. on different groups (like mount / telescopes, laser, control PC, observer control station etc.). At the Graz kHz SLR station, more than fifty separate cables connecting these groups have been replaced now with a few single BNC cables, using a simple serial bus system. Each single BNC cable completely connects 2 units (e.g. the PC and the mount); there is no need for synchronization or handshake signals. Data transmission speed ranges from very low - down to a single transmit only on request, or on any change of bits - up to 10 MBits/s. This serial bus is flexible, easy to extent for future upgrades, and fast.

A Simple and Efficient Bus System to Connect Single Units within a Satellite Laser Ranging System

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Space Research

Artificial Satellites

Complex systems - like SLR (Satellite Laser Ranging) systems - often need a large amount of cables to connect all remotely controllable add-on units, like flip...

A Simple and Efficient Bus System to Connect Single Units within a Satellite Laser Ranging System

Published Online: Jul 21, 2009

Page range: 91 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10018-009-0009-4

Keywords
Serial data bus, Single Line Connection, Satellite Laser Ranging

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A Simple and Efficient Bus System to Connect Single Units within a Satellite Laser Ranging System

Published Online: Jul 21, 2009

Page range: 91 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10018-009-0009-4

KeywordsSerial data bus, Single Line Connection, Satellite Laser Ranging

This content is open access.

Keywords
Serial data bus, Single Line Connection, Satellite Laser Ranging