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NanoMind HP MK3 is a very powerful On-board computer and therefor High Performance, yet efficient, on-board processing and H/W acceleration functions, needed to meet the increasing demands of complex payloads.

The NanoMind MK3 has proven its reliability in flight as part of SDR MK3.

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The combination of dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 based processing system and Xilinx FPGA enables rapid software prototyping and accelerates customer programmable hardware development.

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Mission Applications

Typical customer applications include data reduction using compression algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Earth Observation and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data processing. If security and reliability are of concern, then the NanoMind HP MK3 is a perfect H/W acceleration platform for Encryption and Error Correction for Command and Data security.

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Flexibility and Customization:

With a wide range of interfaces, configurable I/O and support for in orbit updates, NanoMind HP MK3 is a highly flexible and customizable platform. It is used in a wide range of applications ranging from a general-purpose Onboard Computer (OBC) or Data Processing Unit (DPU) to a dedicated Payload Processor.

High-Performance Computer Platform:

This platform is high-performance, versatile space-graded compute platform based on Xilinx’s Zynq®-7000 System on a Chip SoC family.
The Zynq®-7030/45 parts integrate a dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 based processing system with a Xilinx FPGA in a single device.

Rapid Prototyping and Hardware Development:

This platform is high performance, versatile space-graded compute platform based on Xilinx’s Zynq®-7000 System on a Chip SoC family.
The Zynq®-7030/45 parts integrate a dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 based processing system with a Xilinx FPGA in a single device.

Development Kits for Accelerated Application Development:

GomSpace’s comprehensive development kits are specifically designed to speed up the time to market for custom application development. These kits can also be supplemented with training.

Flight-Proven Technology:

The NanoMind MK3 has proven its reliability in flight as part of SDR MK3.

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Performance:

SoC: Xilinx Zynq 7030/7045 Programmable SoC:
– Dual ARM Cortex A9 MPCore, clocked up to 800 MHz.
– Powerful FPGA module – 125K / 350K logic cells.
Volatile Memory: 1024MB DDR3 (512MB with ECC enabled).
Non-volatile memory:
– RAM, 256 MB NOR flash.
– 70GB eMMC (pSLC) and 233GB eMMC (MLC).
Mechanical dimensions: 95 mm x 95 mm x 31.5 mm (with 3 x TR600).
Mass: 240g.
Radiation: 20 kRad TID.

Key Interfaces:

SpaceWire: x3, data link/network layer.
USB: x1, host/device.
Fully Configurable FPGA I/O: 11 x LVDS pairs, 10 x I/O.
Conditionally Configurable FPGA I/O: 12 x LVDS pairs (or Spacewire), 8 x I/O (or RS-485).
Conditionally Configurable ARM I/O: 6 x I/O (or eMMC#2).
Others: CAN/SPI/RS422/RS485/PPS.

Support:

Free Software Development Kit (SDK): for the Zync 7000 Processing System (PS):
– Yocto environment centered around the bitbake/devtool utility (custom Linux BSP and distribution).
– Integrates GomSpace infrastructure SW components (parameter system, CSP etc.)
Free Platform Development Kit (PDK): Software Development kit for the Zync 7000 Processing System (PS) plus Xilinx Vivado tool for programmable logic (PL) design:
– 7030 – Free licence for Vivado.
– 7045 – Requires Vivado licence, please contact Xilinx directly.

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