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Mr Alberto Urbón Aguado (Telespazio for ESA), Lucana Santos Falcon (HE Space for European Space Agency)25/03/2025, 09:50
ESA presentation about
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- IP Core ESA portfolio
- New FPGA, ASIC, IP Cores development standard
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Mr Jerome SALLES25/03/2025, 10:15
SRAM-based FPGAs today need high-density configuration memories that are radiation-hardened for space applications. The MNEMOSYNE project aimed to design a radiation-hardened ASIC memory for boot and configuration.
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I. RAD-HARD DESIGN:
IMEC designed the analog blocks (LDO, PMU, OSC, IVref, voltage monitors, etc …) using the RH DARE22 platform.
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Mrs Melanie Berg (CEO Space R3 LLC)25/03/2025, 10:40
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Mr Edouard LEPAPE (Nanoxplore)25/03/2025, 11:35
NanoXplore will provide an overview and an update on the latest rad-hard FPGA NG-ULTRA and ULTRA300.
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The presentation will cover the following elements:
• Component overview and key technology differentiators
• Update on ESCC 9030 qualification
• New space industrialization
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Muhamamd Faisal (University of Wuerzburg, Germany)25/03/2025, 14:35
In this paper the architecture of a new generation router has been presented, It is reconfigurable as it is implemented on a mixed signal Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) platform. It is meant to be used in a decentralized structure of new space applications in order to get fast, efficient and reliable transfer of the network packets.
This project is related to a radiation tolerant...
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Nicolò Ghielmetti (CERN)25/03/2025, 14:35
The increasing demand for onboard data processing in space
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applications has led to the integration of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and Machine Learning (ML) on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
(FPGAs). This is particularly relevant for missions requiring
optimized data transmission, such as Earth observation
applications. AI-driven techniques can enhance onboard autonomy by
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Ms Benedetta De Flaviis (Università degli studi dell'Aquila), Mr Riccardo Prosperococco (Università degli studi dell'Aquila)25/03/2025, 14:35
At Thales Alenia Space Italia, implementation of FEC codecs on FPGA in collaboration with ESA and academic institutions dates back various decades [1],[2] and has contributed to CCSDS standards definition [3]. TAS-I has implemented PCCC (Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Codes) and SCCC (Serially Concatenated Convolutional Codes) codecs and, most recently, LDPC.
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While the FPGA technology... -
Michael Baron (deutsch), Moritz Thome (Fraunhofer IIS)25/03/2025, 14:35
In the New Space era, the challenge of determining the need for high-cost radiation-tolerant components versus the viability of using more affordable Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) parts is increasingly relevant. This decision-making process highlights the need for effective radiation monitoring within satellite payloads to ensure the reliability of systems operating in harsh...
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Mr Dario Lo Presti (GMV)25/03/2025, 14:35
Edge computing in space is revolutionizing on-board data processing for Earth Observation (EO) satellites, enabling real-time analysis of optical and SAR imagery. GMV has explored novel FPGA-based AI acceleration solutions using the rad-tolerant Xilinx Versal AI Edge, leveraging Vitis AI workflows to map deep learning models for vessel detection and fire hotspot identification. Various Xilinx...
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Michael Amon (Fraunhofer IIS)25/03/2025, 15:15
With 3GPP Release 17, satellites were incorporated in the 5G New Radio standard. This significantly strengthens the role of satellite connectivity for future mobile networks. 5G and 6G non-terrestrial networks bridge gaps in terrestrial network coverage, ensuring seamless connectivity in unconnected zones. Due to this, the ongoing project ESA 6G LINO focuses on creating an open experimental...
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Tommaso Bocchi (Università di Pisa)25/03/2025, 15:15
In recent years, the space community has shown a growing interest in the use of AI onboard satellites. FPGAs have emerged as competitive accelerators for these algorithms in the space harsh environment, and methods for automating their design have gained significant attention. Among the available frameworks, FPG-AI stands out as a promising solution for facilitating the deployment of AI in...
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Mr Raphael Wolf (German Aerospace Center)25/03/2025, 15:15
To address the growing demand for precise global positioning in commercial and scientific applications, the German Aerospace center (DLR) proposed the Kepler concept to increase the end-user performance of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) service. By utilizing optical links between satellites for precise time transfer and ranging Kepler enhances the performance, enabling down to...
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Inès Winandy (ENAC)25/03/2025, 15:15
Model-based approaches are widely adopted in the aerospace industry to streamline the implementation of command laws. In this context, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) play a crucial role in deploying Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) algorithms for aerospace systems, offering the benefits of massively parallel computational capabilities and predictable execution times....
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Mr Matías López Lovera (Universidad de Málaga)25/03/2025, 15:15
The growing significance of small satellites in space missions motivates the definition of streamlined CubeSat platforms that emphasizes cost-effective and flexible communication solutions. Central to this effort is the use of FPGAs, chosen for their capacity to integrate commercial off-the-shelf components while meeting stringent performance and reliability demands. By capitalizing on...
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Silvia Romero Azpitarte (UC3M - GMV)25/03/2025, 15:50
Spacecraft in-orbit servicing is a vital technology for extending satellite lifespans by enabling repairs, upgrades, and refueling. Accurate pose estimation, which determines the relative position and orientation of spacecraft, is crucial for such missions but poses challenges in space environments due to varying lighting, shadows, and high precision requirements. Traditional computer vision...
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Dr Andrea Stanco (University of Padova)25/03/2025, 15:50
We present a Time-to-digital Converter (TDC) implemented on Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology that exploits the statistics of single-photon detection to provide the proper input distribution to guarantee bin calibrations during the signal acquisition without any TDC stop or data loss. As a standard solution, TDCs usually integrate a ring-oscillator to provide the input statistics...
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Simone Vagaggini25/03/2025, 15:50
The data volume in satellite missions has expanded rapidly due to advancements in sensor technology, higher resolution imaging, and the growing number of satellites. This surge in data demands high-performance on-board processing solutions that offer both flexibility and computational power while being resistant to radiation.
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IngeniArs is addressing this challenge by developing HPCEX, a... -
Luis Alberto Aranda (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)25/03/2025, 15:50
In space applications, SRAM-based FPGA devices are vulnerable to radiation-induced soft errors such as single event upsets (SEUs) and multiple bit upsets (MBUs), which can lead to system malfunctions. We have developed an experimental setup to perform fault injection campaigns in the configuration memory using the AMD Soft Error Mitigation (SEM) IP Core, emulating SEUs and MBUs in commercial...
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Paolo Ritirato (Politecnico di Milano)25/03/2025, 15:50
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are emerging as a disruptive technology in artificial intelligence, offering a biologically inspired approach that enables energy-efficient and event-driven computation. Their potential impact on spatial applications, particularly for anomaly detection in satellite data, is significant. Traditional deep learning models often require extensive computational...
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Dr José Miguel Morales Fernández (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) and Spanish Space Solar Physics Consortium), Mr Eduardo Bailón Martínez (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) and Spanish Space Solar Physics Consortium), Ms Beatriz Aparicio del Moral (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) and Spanish Space Solar Physics Consortium), Mr Antonio Moreno Mantas (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) and Spanish Space Solar Physics Consortium)25/03/2025, 16:25
The Photospheric Magnetic Field Imager (PMI) will be one of the payload instruments on board the European Space Agency (ESA) VIGIL mission. It will provide vector magnetograms and tachograms of the solar photospheric plasma as valuable information for being used in space weather diagnostics.
The PMI instrument consists of an Electronics Unit and an Optics Unit, which are connected through a...
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Corrado De Sio (Politecnico di Torino)25/03/2025, 16:25
Single Event Upsets (SEUs) affecting configuration memory (CRAM) of programmable logic are a main source of faults that eventually lead to the system's failure due to hardware design corruption. The lack of information on how resources are programmed in CRAM significantly limits the ability to develop accurate reliability evaluation methodologies and tailored mitigation strategies, which could...
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Roberto Capezzali25/03/2025, 16:25
A common situation in hardware design for complex space systems is the need for simplification, driven by requirements related to weight, volume, power consumption, and cost. This often leads to resource limitations that pose significant challenges for designers.
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Modern FPGAs can provide resources that help address these challenges through less traditional approaches. It is crucial for... -
Tijmen T. Smit (University of Twente)25/03/2025, 16:25
In an era where technology underpins nearly every aspect of our lives, the importance of dependable hardware and software has never been more critical to ensure safety and security. The rapid pace of technological advancement often outstrips the ability to implement rigorous testing and validation processes, making it difficult to ensure that systems are both reliable and secure. At the...
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Ken O'Neill (AMD), Dr Pierre Maillard (AMD)26/03/2025, 09:10
AMD Versal adaptive SoCs offer a combination of scalar and vector processing resources along with traditional FPGA logic gates, memory and DSP resources, providing highly capable platforms for integration of dense signal processing and AI inferencing in space-flight applications. In this presentation we review the latest qualification and radiation data for the AMD XQR Versal adaptive SoC...
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Mr David Dolman (Alpha Data Parallel Systems Ltd.)26/03/2025, 10:10
In this presentation the use of Open Standards Based Modules to accelerate the development cycle of Space Applications using AMD Versal devices will be discussed. The presentation starts with a success story: a currently in-orbit hyperspectral sensor on a now extended mission on the ISS (International Space Station), based on SpaceVPX and AMD Zynq7 technology. Following this, future steps...
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Helmut Puchner (Infineon Technologies)26/03/2025, 10:35
We will present the latest space grade power architecture supporting an AMD/Versal ACAP FPGA featuring a PMBus based power management infrastructure. Radiation performance data will be presented for all utilized PMICs as well as for the PMBus controller targeting new space applications for low earth orbit employment. Our modular architecture approach consists of a main FPGA board and an...
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Marko Mamić (Protostar Labs), Mr Filip Gembec (Protostar Labs)26/03/2025, 11:45
ProtoSDK is a low-code software development kit (SDK) aimed at simplifying the deployment of deep learning (DL) models on FPGA-based devices for space-related applications. By removing the necessity for specialized programming knowledge, ProtoSDK enhances accessibility and facilitates seamless workflows from selecting a model to deploying it on an FPGA.
The SDK enables an end user to select...
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Albert Ferrer (Star Dundee)26/03/2025, 11:45
The AMD Versal radiation-tolerant FPGA family represents a cutting-edge platform for high-performance applications. Versal offers unparalleled capabilities on space-qualified devices, featuring integrated GTY transceivers that support lane speeds of up to 25 Gbit/s. These attributes make them ideal for implementing advanced spacecraft communication protocols such as SpaceFibre (SpFi)....
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Mr Daniel Fortun (GMV GmbH)26/03/2025, 12:10
The space ecosystem is rapidly evolving, driven by the New Space paradigm, which emphasizes the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and more powerful, reconfigurable payloads. This shift enables missions to dynamically adapt and enhance their capabilities in orbit. However, reconfigurable architectures based on SRAM-based FPGAs introduce security challenges, particularly...
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Eleonora Vacca (Politecnico di Torino)26/03/2025, 12:10
The increasing complexity of deep learning models has created a demand for high-performance computing platforms that can efficiently execute inference tasks. FPGA's flexibility made them an appealing choice for accelerating such tasks. Recently, we also witnessed a growing interest in RISC-V-based solutions combined with dedicated AI accelerators to enhance computational capabilities. While...
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Salma Achaq (ONERA/IES)26/03/2025, 12:35
Hardware acceleration for an edge-AI application utilizing a convolutional neural network (CNN) typically involves distributing intensive computational tasks, such as matrix convolutions or multiplications, across multiple cores running in parallel. This can be achieved using a static GPU-like (Graphical Processing Unit) architecture or a configurable array of cores like the one available in...
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Mr Matteo Monopoli (University of Pisa), Ms Gabriela Mystkowska (University of Pisa)26/03/2025, 12:35
In recent years, the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become increasingly prominent in the space industry. Its ability to perform better than traditional methods, in particular for image processing, has further accelerated its development within the sector. In this context, the architecture of a spacecraft’s processing system is crucial in determining both the efficiency of inference...
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Mr Etienne Janssen26/03/2025, 14:30
We will present the latest full stack solutions for sensor processing and machine learning based on native hardware and software purpose built for Lattice FPGAs. Computers are not build to sense directly. Intermediate interfacing, preprocessing and contextual AI enable easy adoption of sensors to the large compute. While the industry has benefitted from built in features of FPGA for machine...
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Espen Tallaksen (EmLogic AS)26/03/2025, 16:00
Requirements Tracking (aka Specification coverage) is getting more and more attention, and is critical for space projects. Unfortunately, tracking Verification vs Requirements is often handled manually, which is very time-consuming, error-prone and boring.
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**UVVM’s Specification coverage was developed in cooperation with ESA to provide a really efficient solution
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Brian Baranski (Frontgrade)26/03/2025, 16:00
Frontgrade (formerly CAES, Cobham, Aeroflex, UTMC) pioneers the future and underpins many of the world’s most critical missions. Our radhard/radtolerant microelectronics empower the world’s leading spacecraft: from leading high throughput commercial communications satellites, earth observation satellites, manned space, deep space exploration, and the latest new space constellations.
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Antonio J. Sanchez (Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria)26/03/2025, 16:25
Hyperspectral sensors are playing an increasingly relevant role as part of the space missions payload. They acquire vast amounts of data, which are useful in multiple applications but at the same time are difficult to manage because of the limited capacity of both communication channels and on-board storage. Data compression thus becomes mandatory to reduce raw data volume. And with the latest...
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Prof. Hipólito Guzmán-Miranda (Universidad de Sevilla)26/03/2025, 16:25
With the ever-increasing complexity of digital designs targeting both ASIC and FPGA technologies, the verification gap is not-so-slowly reaching the space sector. Although the space sector has been traditionally driven by rad-hard designs and devices that traded design capabilities and performance for radiation tolerance, recent advances in both microelectronics technology and usage of...
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Martin Danek (daiteq s.r.o.)26/03/2025, 16:50
AGGA - Advanced GPS / Galileo ASIC denotes a family of ASICs for processing satellite navigation signals. The development started with AGGA-2 already before the year 2000, and continued with AGGA-3 in 2004 and AGGA-4 in 2010. In 2022 ESA initiated an activity to convert the AGGA-4 ASIC RTL sources to an IP core for a range of FPGAs used in ESA space missions; this work was implemented...
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Jim Lewis (SynthWorks Design Inc.)26/03/2025, 16:50
Abstract
Developing and deploying a verification methodology can be costly and time consuming. Going without one will be even more costly due to bugs escaping into production hardware systems.Open Source VHDL Verification Methodology (OSVVM) provides the VHDL community with an already developed, open-source solution. OSVVM implements all of the capabilities of a modern...
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Mr Joe Mallett (Microchip)27/03/2025, 09:10
Space applications are increasingly incorporating analysis and decision-making capabilities to derive insights from data flows. This requires designers to adopt advanced technology that accelerates design, verification, and debugging of system designs.
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• Hardware: Architectural investigation, IP integration, advanced verification, fast debug, and efficiently using the integrated hard blocks... -
Henrique Pires de Almeida Nobre (Microchip Technology Germany II GmbH & C)27/03/2025, 09:40
The RT PolarFire® family of SoC FPGAs represents a new generation of radiation-tolerant embedded systems. Built on Microchip's flight-proven RT PolarFire FPGA fabric, these devices offer outstanding power efficiency, high reliability, best-in-class security and enhanced radiation performance, making them ideal for deployment in demanding environments with broad offerings for Low Earth Orbit...
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Stephan van Beek (MathWorks)27/03/2025, 10:10
The increasing complexity of space missions demands sophisticated hardware solutions, with Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) serving as a cornerstone. However, the intricate nature of FPGA development necessitates structured engineering approaches to guarantee reliability and performance in the harsh space environment. Systems engineering principles are paramount for:
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Mr Mark Handover (SIEMENS EDA)27/03/2025, 10:35
The increasing complexity of space-grade FPGAs and the growing demand for reliable and efficient radiation mitigation strategies pose significant challenges for development teams. Traditional approaches to selective radiation mitigation, such as expert-driven analysis and verification, are no longer scalable or repeatable for the new breed of devices being sent into space. The challenges...
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Mr Tomasz Rybak (AROBS Polska)27/03/2025, 11:45
The main objective of this activity was to perform a technology assessment of Achronix FPGA-based solution for Ethernet layer 2 switch, targeting to meet a data rate up to 100 Gbps per single channel. Assessment consisted of implementation, simulation and breadboard validation using commercially available BittWare VectorPath S7t-VG6 accelerator card, with the Achronix Speedster AC7t1500 FPGA,...
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Dr Guy Bois (Space Codesign Systems)27/03/2025, 11:45
Higher-level methodologies, such as model-based design, enable the faster development of complex hardware-software FPGA designs while maintaining a reasonable quality of results compared to lower-level approaches.
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In this presentation, we introduce the SpaceStudio virtual platform, which includes a specialized space toolkit to complement its ecosystem. This toolkit integrates the RTEMS... -
Francesco Zanaboni27/03/2025, 12:10
Lunar Gateway is central to the Artemis missions for returning to the Moon for scientific discovery and chart a path for the first human missions to Mars.
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This space station will be a multi-purpose outpost supporting lunar surface missions, science in lunar orbit and human exploration further into the cosmos.
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to... -
Miodrag Milanović (YosysHQ), Dr Nina Engelhardt (YosysHQ)27/03/2025, 12:10
The design and verification of FPGA-based systems for space applications rely on complex toolchains that translate high-level logic into hardware implementations. Typically, only a single synthesis, placement, and routing tool is available for a given FPGA, making it difficult to assess how design choices and toolchain behavior interact. The availability of multiple toolchains allows...
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Simone Vagaggini27/03/2025, 12:35
In recent years, the aerospace industry has increasingly focused on reducing satellite costs and, notably, minimizing Time-To-Market (TTM). IP cores offer an ideal solution by providing pre-validated, reusable modules that simplify the design and development process. By leveraging these ready-made components, engineers can concentrate on system integration and customization, accelerating the...
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Fabrizio Ferrandi (Politecnico di Milano)27/03/2025, 12:35
TASTE is an open-source framework for Model-Based development of accelerators used in space applications. It provides a seamless workflow that integrates design, development, and deployment while bridging multiple existing technologies instead of introducing a new modeling language.
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This presentation explores the integration of ONNX-based machine learning (ML) models into the TASTE toolchain... -
Mr Petri Jehkonen (Xiphera)27/03/2025, 14:30
Establising digital trust on a computing platform benefits from hardware root-of-trust (HW-RoT) situated on the computing platform itself. Examples of HW-RoT solutions include TPM, DICE, OpenTitan and Caliptra. These offer a wide range of security and cryptography services for a host system. However, the verification and validation of these solutions may prove challenging, especially when...
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Mrs Isabel Hidalgo (AIRBUS CRISA)27/03/2025, 14:55
The evolving landscape of space system applications demands flexibility, high-performance, and robustness, particularly in high rate data acquisition, processing and transfer. Traditional FPGA families struggle to meet these demanding requirements due to the limitation of internal resources and the fixed nature of one-time programmable FPGAs.
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Microchip's RTG4 FPGAs offer a solution to these... -
Jānis Šate (Bitlake Technologies SIA)27/03/2025, 15:20
The Comet Interceptor mission, part of ESA’s F-class portfolio, aims to visit a long-period comet, originating from the Oort Cloud and entering the Solar System for the first time. The mission consists of three spacecraft—main spacecraft A and two ‘sub-spacecraft,’ B1 and B2. Spacecraft B2 is equipped with the Optical Periscopic Imager for Comets (OPIC), developed by the University of Tartu,...
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Aloïs Wolff (Watt&Well), Maëlle Le Magoarou (Watt&Well)27/03/2025, 15:45
This presentation details our development of an actuator controller for new space launcher applications using the Microchip Polarfire FPGA. We showcase how adopting open-source hardware specifications and tooling—specifically the Wishbone bus infrastructure and AGWB interconnect generator—enabled us to limit vendor dependency while maintaining acceptable quality standards. A key technical...
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Mr Sébastien RUFFAT (LGM group)
The LGM Group has been developing IP cores for nearly four years, focusing on sovereign Nanoxplore FPGAs. This presentation will introduce our IP cores designed for DDR2 memory interfacing on NG-MEDIUM and NG-LARGE devices, which are freely available through Nanoxplore’s tools. We will also showcase our research and technological achievements in developing radiation-hardened, “space-ready”...
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