• DocumentCode
    2919487
  • Title

    Injecting single event upsets in a digital signal processor by means of direct memory access requests: a new method for generating bit flips

  • Author

    Ferreyra, Pablo A. ; Marqués, Carlos A. ; Velazco, Raoul ; Calvo, Oscar

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    10-14 Sept. 2001
  • Firstpage
    248
  • Lastpage
    252
  • Abstract
    In this paper a novel approach for injecting Single Event Upsets, (SEU), by means of direct memory access, (DMA), mechanisms is presented. The system consists in a PC based control unit that generates DMA requests randomly in time to a board containing the processor under test, and a test unit. Experimentation performed on a digital signal processor intended to be used in a satellite project illustrates the potentialities of the proposed approach.
  • Keywords
    digital signal processing chips; file organisation; radiation hardening (electronics); PC based control unit; digital signal processor; direct memory access requests; generating bit flips; injecting single event upsets; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Digital signal processors; Field programmable gate arrays; Registers; Signal generators; Single event transient; Single event upset; Software tools; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems, 2001. 6th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7313-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RADECS.2001.1159288
  • Filename
    1159288