@article{Oberschulte_2021,
  abstract = {Custom experiment setups in physics often require control electronics to execute actions and measurements on a small time scale. When further constraints limit the experiment's environment, for example when the experiment is inside a sounding rocket, conventional network systems will not suffice those constraints because of weight, heat or budget limitations. This paper proposes a network architecture with a time resolution of less than 1 ns over a pair of plastic fibers while using low-cost commercial hardware. The plastic fibers in comparison to copper fibers have a low weight and additionally can isolate parts of the setup galvanically. Data rates of 40 Mbit s-1 enable the network to transfer large amounts of measurements and configuration data over the network. Proof-of-concept implementations of network endpoints and switches on small FPGAs are analyzed in terms of synchronicity, data rate and resource usage. Using commercial parts the resolution of 1 ns is reached with a standard deviation of less than 100 ps. Compared to a copper wire implementation the weight is reduced by about one order of magnitude. With its low weight at a low cost, the network is useful in space or laboratory setups which require high time resolution.},
  added-at = {2022-02-23T17:38:50.000+0100},
  author = {Oberschulte, T. and Wendrich, T. and Blume, H.},
  biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b1db6421be2ecb09c8b2fb6ecbddd9d9/imsl3s},
  doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/p11016},
  interhash = {22dc194282a50994eac688784598b34a},
  intrahash = {b1db6421be2ecb09c8b2fb6ecbddd9d9},
  journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
  keywords = {2021 myown},
  month = nov,
  number = 11,
  pages = {P11016},
  publisher = {{IOP} Publishing},
  timestamp = {2022-02-23T17:38:50.000+0100},
  title = {{FPGA}-based low-cost synchronized fiber network for experimental setups in space},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/p11016},
  volume = 16,
  year = 2021
}