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Paper: Performance Analysis of the SO/PHI Software Framework for
On-board Data Reduction
Volume: 523, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII
Page: 151
Authors: Albert, K.; Hirzberger, J.; Busse, D.; Rodríguez, J. B.; Durán, J. S. C.; Carrascosa, J. P. C.; Fiethe, B.; Gandorfer, A.; Guan, Y.; Kolleck, M.; Lagg, A.; Lange, T.; Michalik, H.; Solanki, S. K.; Iniesta, J. C. d. T.; Woch, J.
Abstract: The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) is the first deep-space solar spectropolarimeter, on-board the Solar Orbiter (SO) space mission. It faces: stringent requirements on science data accuracy, a dynamic environment, and severe limitations on telemetry volume. SO/PHI overcomes these restrictions through on-board instrument calibration and science data reduction, using dedicated firmware in FPGAs. This contribution analyses the accuracy of a data processing pipeline by comparing the results obtained with SO/PHI hardware to a reference from a ground computer. The results show that for the analyzed pipeline the error introduced by the firmware implementation is well below the requirements of SO/PHI.
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