PAC Pavilion

F Prime is a free, open-source and flight-proven flight software development ecosystem developed at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory that is tailored for small-scale systems such as CubeSats, SmallSats, and instruments. F Prime comprises several elements: (1) an architectural approach that decomposes flight software into discrete components with well-defined interfaces that communicate over ports; (2) a C++ framework providing core capabilities such as message queues and an OS abstraction layer; (3) a growing collection of generic components for basic features such as command dispatch, event logging, and memory management that can be incorporated without modification into new flight software projects; and (4) a suite of tools that streamline key phases of flight software development from design through integrated testing.

During the CubeSat Developers Workshop this year, members of the F Prime team at JPL will conduct a two-day onsite F Prime tutorial that will be offered on April 23-24. The tutorial will provide 8 hours total instruction that includes hands-on exercises covering the following:

• Software Modeling using the F Prime Prime (FPP) Domain Specific Language

• Component Implementation

• Deploying to hardware and using the F Prime ground system

Pre-registration for the F’ tutorial is closed. If you are interested in attending but didn’t pre-register visit the JPL/AMMOS booth or email fprime@jpl.nasa.gov to see if there is still space.