SpaceWire/SpaceFibre Analyser Real-Time (SpaceART) system extension to the Wizardlink Protocol

This paper presents an extension of the SpaceART EGSE to support the WizardLink protocol, a high-speed data transfer protocol for space applications. SpaceART is a real-time analyser and EGSE developed by IngeniArs, which supports SpaceWire and SpaceFibre protocols and can now also be used to test systems based on WizardLink protocol. WizardLink is a basic protocol defined by Texas Instruments and implemented in the TLK2711 chip, which provides several features that make it suitable for space applications, i.e., high-speed serial communication up to 2.5 Gbps, low power consumption, radiation tolerance and basic error detection.In this paper, the SpaceART WizardLink extension is presented, focusing on the description of its new features, Graphical User Interface and Application Programming Interface.A typical WizardLink scenario is presented as use-case for the usage of SpaceART WizardLink, involving the Payload Data Transmission section of an Earth Observation satellite. In this context, SpaceART WizardLink was used to implement an emulator for the Mass Memory.