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Flight Software Architecture - Devices
1553The MIL-STD-1553 Bus is a military standard interface bus, used between the spacecraft and the LAT. DiscretesThe Discretes are digital Input/Output lines, set by the Spacecraft and the LAT Instrument. GASUThe GASU (GAS Unit) contains the Global Trigger Electronics Module (GEM, containing the Global Trigger logic), AEM (Anti-Coincidence Detector Electronics Module), EBM (Event Builder Module), and the CRU (Command/Response Unit). LAT InstrumentThe LAT Instrument delivers triggered events (in 18 fragments, assembled by the Event Builder module). Solid State RecorderThe Solid State Recorder is a serial recording device, located on the Spacecraft. It is used to store information for transmission to Earth. |