NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

59 -- REAL TIME CONTROLLER SYSTEM SOL 8-P-16-B2249 POC Contact, GP22-J/Kenneth R. Smith, 205-544-0327 or GP24-A/Bill Keith/ Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for 20 slot box w/PC bus interface, dSPACE Model PX20, brand name or equal, with the following salient characteristics: Interface electronics for PC/AT bus expansion with: (a.) Box and host-side interface boards with 1m cable (b.) switches for setup configuration -- setups with: (a.) Memory bank up to 14.5 MB (b.) DMA channel select -- Power Supply with: (a.) 190-260V, 47-63 Hz (b.) 325W -- External dimensions: (a.) Capable of installation in standard 19'' instrument racks -- 19'' break-out rack mount kit, dSPACE Model CP-Rack, or equal, with the following salient features: External dimensions: (a.) Capable of installation in standard 19'' racks -- Interface: (a.) Self contained connector panels for standard I/O boards and controller boards -- C cross compiler/assembler/linker PC, dSPACE Model TICASM, or equal, with the following salient features: Interface: (a.) Capable of interfacing with standard floating point Digital Signal Processing (DSP) systems for controller or hardware-in-the-loop simulations (b.) Capable of interfacing with real-time DSP and I/O initialization, timer interrupt control, and I/O functions. -- Total Development Package, dSPACE Model TDE-PACKAGE40, or equal, with the following salient features: Interface: Capable of interfacing with MATLAB MEX file commands to read/write data from or to DSP memory and control DSP operations -- C language host-DSP interface library, dSPACE Model CLIB, or equal, with the following salient features:Operating System: (a.) System is to function as a virtual device driver under Microsoft Windows to allow access to the DSP by various stand-alone programs and user-written host programs. -- Screen and Keyboard I/O, dSpace Model TextIO40, or equal, with the following salient features: Functions: (a.) Provide standard C functions for formatted input and output of data and basic functions for simple character and string I/O. -- Parallel DSP Board dSPACE Model DS1003-768, or equal, with the following salient features: Processor: (a.) Texan Instruments TMS320C40 parallel processor with 50 Mhz clock rate and 768K SRAM (b.) Operation in a standard IBM-PC/AT environment 32 Channel 16 bit MUX ADC w/simultaneous S&H, dSPACE Model DS2003 brand name or equal, with the following salient features: A/D converters: (a.) At least two separate 16 bit A/D converters -- (b.) At least two channel multiplexers with sample and hold for each channel -- 32 Channel 14 bit DAC, dSPACE Model DS2103, brand name or equal with the following salient features: DAC channels: 32 channels with 14 bit resolution and 2.0 micro second full scale setting time with activated deglitcher -- Digital input: Straight binary with 0.0 to 10.0V analog range PHS-bus interface (a.) 32 bit I/O-bus to DSP board (b.) At least a 25 MB/sec transfer speed -- 32 channel digital I/O,dSpace Model DS4001 brand name or equal, with the following salient features: I/O lines: (a.) At least 32 digital I/O lines (TTL) that can be configurable as inputs or outputs in groups of 8 lines -- (b.) At least 4 8- bit custom plug-on connector fields -- Interrupts: (a.) Programmable interrupt control unit with selectable master interrupt master -- Connector panel for DS2003, dSPACE Model CP2003, or equal, with the following salient features: Functions (a.) Provide access to all input and output signals on I/O boards 1. Analog signals are to be accessed via BNC connectors 2. Digital and TTL signals are to be accessed via SUB-D connectors -- Connector panel for DS2103 dSPACE Model CP2103, brand name or equal, with the following features:Functions (a.) Provide access to all input and output signals on I/O boards -- Connector panel for DS4001, dSPACE Model CP4001, or equal with the following salient features: Functions - Provide access to all input and output signals on I/O boards -- Interface (a.) Provision for installation in dSPACE Model CP-Rack 19 inch rack (b.) Provisions for connections to dSPACE Model DS4001 I/O board Peripheral bus cable with 17 connectors and terminator, dSPACE Model PHS-CAB17, or equal, with the following salient features: Interface (a.) Provide compatible connections between any dSPACE manufactured I/O board, DAC board, ADC board, DSP controller board, and any host PC or workstation -- Complete specifications will be contained in the RFQ. NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from dSpace Inc., Southfield, MI the following items: A Real Time Controller System -- This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) portion of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) -- Note: This procurement is sole-source based on, system compatibility requirements, -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit in writing their qualifications/capabilities in the critical areas mentioned above -- Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis -- Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government -- See Numbered Note 22 -- Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice -- Responses must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9081 or by Internet e-mail to ken.smith@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- The solicitation and any related documents to this procurement will be available over the Internet -- These documents will be in ASCII format and reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC -- The WWW address, or URL, of the MSFC Procurement home page is: ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov''. 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