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FLATSAT KIT

Why wait for the flight model to bring everything together?

The NanoSat FlatSat Kit is a development and verification FlatSat, reflecting the same proven hardware architecture as the NanoSat Platform Kits. The FlatSat Kit provides a scalable system-level platform for development, testing, and operational readiness. Choose the representation level that fits your mission needs and focus on progress, not complexity.

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Built on the same proven hardware architecture as the
NanoSat Platform Kits, the NanoSat FlatSat Kit provides a realistic, flight-representative environment for software development, subsystem integration, and payload testing. With the exception of solar panels and electric propulsion systems, the platform is assembled using flight-ready hardware.

highlights

Protect valuable flight hardware

Keep development and troubleshooting activities off your flight model. Software development, electrical integration, interface verification and payload testing can be performed using representative hardware, preserving flight assets for the activities that truly require them.

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Essential kit

A streamlined platform for software bring-up, interface development and early payload integration.

Ideal for:

Flight software development
Payload interface verificatio
Payload operations validation
Cost-sensitive programmes

Key features

Key feature

Validate your assembly flow before flight hardware arrives:

The NanoSat FlatSat Kit closely mirrors the layout, interfaces and integration flow of the NanoSat Platform Kits. Using the supplied integration documentation, teams can gain hands-on experience, refine procedures and validate workflows before receiving flight hardware, reducing integration risk and improving readiness.

Additional contingency value:

Because the FlatSat Kit uses flight-ready components, it also creates an available pool of spare hardware that may provide an additional contingency option if urgent replacement of Platform Kits hardware becomes necessary.

Optional add-ons:

Tailor the FlatSat to your mission requirements:

Electric Propulsion Engineering Model (control board only
Star Tracker
Additional Battery Packs
Configurable Payload Power Channels

Technical insights

Processing:

SoC: Xilinx Zynq 7030/7045 Programmable SoC:
– Dual ARM Cortex A9 MPCore, clocked up to 650 MHz.
– Powerful FPGA module – 125K / 350K logic cells.
Volatile Memory: 1024MB DDR3 (512MB with ECC enabled).
Non-volatile memory: 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 3x 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.

Key RF Interfaces:

Transceiver support Up to 3 x NanoCom TR600 MK3 reconfigurable transceivers.
Transceiver I/O Each TR600 transceiver – 2RX and 2TX transceiver RF Inputs/Outputs.
Transceiver connectors SMPM RF connectors and Picoblade connector for Front End control.
Frequency Band 70 MHz to 6 GHz.
Tunable Channel bandwidth 200 KHz to 56 MHz.
Resolution 12-bit DACs and ADCS.

Support:

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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