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Software Defined Radio

Our Software Defined Radio, NanoCom SDR MK3 is a SDR platform that stands out for its unique modularity and compact design, supporting custom RF applications. Featuring a powerful Zynq®7030/45 System on a Chip (SoC) at its core, its small form factor can incorporate up to three NanoCom TR600 MK3 Transceivers, each offering 2xRX and 2xTX Channels, making it a truly flexible, versatile, and cost-effective solution.

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Equipped with hardware prepared for Store and Forward, NanoCom SDR MK3 serves as an ideal choice for custom intersatellite link/crosslink solutions in constellations or Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) data relay applications.

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Mission Applications

The flexibility of NanoCom SDR MK3 opens up a broad spectrum of mission applications, including but not limited to:
– High data rate intensive applications such as SIGINT/Spectrum Monitoring.
– Custom broadband and multiband communications.
– Narrowband IoT and tracking solutions.

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Key features

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Configurability and Integration:

NanoCom SDR MK3 offers a wealth of configurable I/O options, complemented by GomSpace’s extensive portfolio of antenna solutions. This ensures a quick, efficient, and flexible integration integration process. For those seeking to develop custom SDR applications, Gomspace provides a comprehensive development kit as well as an optional, in depth, SDR standard training course which includes time for customer specific topics.

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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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