Mission Critical Software in LISA Pathfinder
J. A. Ortega-Ruiz, A Conchillo, X. Xirgu, Cesar Boatella · AIP conference proceedings · 2006
We provide a quick overview of the challenges faced during the engineering of LISA Pathfinder’s Data Management Unit from the perspective of software development. Data collection and system monitoring is coordinated by the DMU via a software system that faces many a design and implementation challenge in the form of performance and reliability requirements. This paper introduces these challenges, their origin, and the software techniques used to overcome them.