Flight Software Design STEREO/HET Data Formatting/PH Sampling

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Flight Software Design STEREO/HETData
Formatting/PH Sampling

• Donald Reames

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Rates and Sampled Particle PHs

• Wind/EPACT flight data

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Science Data Formatting

• Rate and PH compression formats
• Rate packets 16-bit compressed HW and SW rates
• PH event packets compressed PH events
• H1-only particles
• Stopping particle
• Penetrating particles
• PH stimulator events
• Table, beacon, and housekeeping packets
• PH sampling and queues and packet sampling

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Algorithm for RateCompression (24 bit-gt16 bit)

• / 32-bit -gt 16-bit compression for SW and HW
  rates /
• / usage rateoutpack_rate(ratein)
  /
• unsigned int pack_rate(int ratein)
• unsigned int rateout, power0
• while (ratein0xfffff000)
• power0x0800
• rateingtgt1
• rateoutratein
• if (power)
• rateoutpower0x0800((rateout0x0
  7ff))
• return rateout

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HET PH Event Formats

• PH events (except H1 singles) consist of a 16-bit
  header followed by the appropriate number of
  16-bit packed pulse heights. The bit pattern of
  the 16-bit header is as follows (listed in lsb to
  msb order)
• 3-bits Count of PHs in this event
• 8-bits Onboard SW bin this event was assigned
  to
• 1-bit Stimulator event flag
• 1-bit Current rate mode of the HET
• 3-bits PH category
• Each individual PH is compressed from the 24-bit
  value read from the ASIC to a 16-bit value with
  the following bit pattern (lsb to msb)
• 11-bits PH value
• 1-bit Overflow bit
• 1-bit High/low gain
• 3-bit PH number (H1i, H1o, H2, H6)

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A or Rates Packets
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B or Status and Single PH Packet
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C or Stopping-Particle PH Packets
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D or Penetrating-Particle PH Packet
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E or Table Listing Packet
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F or Beacon Packets
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G or Housekeeping Packets
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Sampling PH Events for Readout

• Nominal output packets 1-A, 1-B, 3-C, 1-D (1F
  1G)
• Stopping particles are queued as to H, He, and
  heavies
• Each species is allocated 1/3 of the telemetry
  space
• Any empty heavies space is filled with He
• Any remaining empty space is filled with H
• Empty C packets (after 1) are reassigned as D
  packets
• Penetrating particles are treated analogously
• E packets normally are dribbled out at about 1
  every 16 frames, but empty D packets are
  reassigned as E packets.