Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: FPGA-based low-cost synchronized fiber network for experimental setups
  in space   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 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.

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The categories of this paper are: chem-ph
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The categories of this paper are: cond-mat
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc
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The categories of this paper are: alg-geom
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The categories of this paper are: hep-th
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The categories of this paper are: funct-an
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The categories of this paper are: solv-int
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: supr-con
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The categories of this paper are: astro-ph
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The categories of this paper are: patt-sol
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The categories of this paper are: stat
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The categories of this paper are: atom-ph
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The categories of this paper are: acc-phys
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The categories of this paper are: chao-dyn
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The categories of this paper are: cs