SPRINT III: Serial/Parallel Remote Interface System Development Report

摘要

This development report/reference manual describes a high-speed digital Serial/Parallel Remote Interface System (SPRINT), which was developed to function as a primary data interface in the Remote Digitizing/High-Density Digital Recording system currently under development to interface the Remote Complex Wave Vibration Test Facility (Bldg. 6610) with the Central Vibration Test Control Facility (Bldg. 6650) at SNLA/AIII. The SPRINT system described in this report provides serial transmission of high-speed parallel data originating in Bldg. 6610 via synchronous fiber-optic links to Bldg. 6650, where the incoming serial data is converted back to parallel form and transferred to disc media for subsequent processing/reduction. From an input/output standpoint, the SPRINT system is electrically transparent, capable of providing parallel data through rates of up to 1 megaword/sec for 22-bit parallel input data while maintaining a serial bit-error rate of less than 10 sup -15 with virtual immunity to EMI/RFI associated noise. This report will discuss the electrical characteristics and operation of the SPRINT system from both system and component-level viewpoints. 22 figs., 5 tabs. (ERA citation 11:041330)