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Reconfigurable Environmentally Aware Computing Technology for Earth Observing Systems (7284-060)

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNA04CB32C
Agency Tracking Number: 034019
Amount: $69,916.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: E3.02
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2003
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-01-16
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2004-07-19
Small Business Information
20 New England Business Ctr
Andover, MA 01810-1077
United States
DUNS: 073800062
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Robin Coxe
 Principal Investigator
 (978) 689-0003
 coxe@psicorp.com
Business Contact
 B. David B. David Green
Title: Executive VP, R&D Operations
Phone: (978) 689-0003
Email: green@psicorp.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Over the past decade, many research groups have developed reconfigurable computing systems built from Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for on-board processing of remote sensing data. Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to exploit the run-time reconfiguration capabilities of SRAM-based FPGAs to demonstrate an innovative extension to the current state-of-the-art -- an autonomous, adaptive digital signal processor. PSI?s Reconfigurable Environmentally Aware Computing Technology (REACT) will automatically customize applications executing on a reconfigurable FPGA processing system based on external inputs. In Phase I, we will validate the REACT concept by processing images from a digital video camera with a variable-precision 2D integer wavelet transform in a Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA. Wavelet transforms enable image data compression with dynamically tunable compression ratios. Quantization of the filter coefficients will be controlled by a master state machine with inputs from a GPS receiver and PSI?s SEU Alarm, a compact sensor that monitors the surrounding environment for radiation hazards. Furthermore, PSI will develop a Phase II system design capable of performing a full-scale demonstration using hyperspectral imagery.

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