STAR-Dundee

STAR-Dundee is an aerospace engineering company. It focuses on spacecraft on board data handling and processing technology. It supports users and developers of SpaceWire and SpaceFibre, two data network standards for satellites and spacecraft.

The company supplies test and development equipment, chip designs and IP cores. Its customers include the world's space agencies and the international aerospace industry. It also sells EGSE products, which are used to test spacecraft electronics on the ground.

SpaceWire is an on board network that links instruments to mass memory, data processors and control processors. The company says SpaceWire is simple to implement and suits space missions because of its speed, low power use and flexibility. SpaceFibre is a multi gigabit network for spaceflight. It runs over electrical or fibre optic cables and complements SpaceWire.

The product line includes SpaceWire and SpaceFibre interface cards, routers, recorders, link analysers, conformance testers, EGSE and device simulators, and SpaceFibre IP cores. The company also sells STAR-Ultra PCIe products and a SpaceWire Isolator Mk2, which provides galvanic isolation for two SpaceWire links.

STAR-Dundee started in 2002. It grew out of the Space Technology Centre at the University of Dundee, which led the technical work on the SpaceWire standard. The company says its staff have been involved in that work for more than 15 years.

The company offers technical support, consultancy, training and design services. Registered product owners can download software and documentation, along with firmware updates. The website also offers a pricing enquiry form and a quote cart for product combinations.

Services

• SpaceWire products
• SpaceFibre products
• SpaceWire and SpaceFibre IP cores
• Test and development equipment
• EGSE and device simulators
• Technical support
• Consultancy
• Training
• Design services
• Software tools