picoRTU system - Remote Terminal system

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Overview

The robust picoRTU modular system is designed to meet the space industry's demands for faster time to market while reducing non-recurrent costs and simplifying the integration and verification processes. The picoRTU system can function either as a standalone base unit or, through a stacked modular approach, as a collection of interconnected add-on units.

A variety of unit models are available, each offering different types of ECSS-compliant user interfaces. This flexibility allows the system to be efficiently tailored on a mission-by-mission basis, with minimal non-recurrent charges.

Distributed RTU system
• Enabled by PicoSkyFT technology
• Fault tolerant by design
• Unified firmware architecture
• Versatile ground supporting software
• SWaP optimized
• Interoperability through CAN (ISO 11898-2)

ECSS compliant user interfaces
• Analog: TSM, ASM, diff. ASM,
• SSDigital: BSM
• High power: HPC
• Comm: CAN, RS422, UART

Intelligent Features
• Thermal Control System
• Redundancy Management
• Optimized Housekeeping Telemetry

Targeting small satellite missions
• Modular & stackable design (95mm x 95mm)
• 4 different modules to fulfils any mission needs

KEY FEATURES

Fault tolerant by design
The picoRTU units incorporate radiation tolerant FPGA, with EDAC protected internal memories. System-on-Chip implementation incorporates SkyLabs’s PicoSkyFT Fault Tolerant processor core, which is Radiation Hardened by Design. The design is enhanced with 3-level FDIR hierarchical approach in order to increase robustness of COTS based components to single event effects. In addition, special countermeasures are considered in order to mitigate transient events or soft errors.

Unified firmware architecture
The picoRTU units shares a single, universal and qualified firmware, based on real-time OS. The firmware architecture follows SAVOIR RTU Functional and Operability Requirements (SAVOIR-GS-003). The units’ firmware is pre-configured in production (following well established approach in automotive industry) to support a dedicated hardware configuration.

Interoperability
The picoRTU interoperability via Remote Terminal Interface is provided by utilizing standardized redundant CAN (ISO 11898-2) interfaces, which are fully compliant with ECSS-E-ST-50-15C - CANbus extension protocol at the application layer. Its utilization on top of the CAN physical layer gains added value in terms of interoperability across picoRTUs or any other ECSS-E-ST-50-15C CAN based compliant equipment.

Standardised user interfaces
The picoRTU system provides discrete user interfaces that are compliant with ECSS-E-ST-50-14C specifications. In addition, picoRTU units also provide a variety of other interfaces which can be also tailored to customer specific requirements, as for an example digital or analog power control like control of BLDC or stepper motor.

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Overview

Name: picoRTU system - Remote Terminal system
Vendor: SkyLabs
Subsystem: CDH Subsystem
Component Type: CDH Other
Form Factor: SmallSat
Heritage: N/A

Vendor Details

Name: SkyLabs
Website: https://www.skylabs.si/
Founded: 2016
Summary: SkyLabs is a space-technology oriented company providing miniaturized on-board data handling solutions and innovative approach to space engineering. Our primary focus is on high-tech, tailor-made solution development, including fault-tolerant hardware and software development, digital signal processing, radiation-hardened-by-design IP core development, fast prototyping, and space/ground segment communication. We are a vibrant team of electrical, mechanical and computing engineers and scientists providing services and technology solutions for the most demanding terrestrial and aerospace applications. By following the latest technology trends we provide innovative solutions with a proactive and creative design approach. Expertise & Competences • Awareness of harsh space radiation environment effect. • RT electronics, FT IP cores and ASIC designs. • Hardware accelerated approach. • Fail safe software development. • RF systems and signal processing. • Mechanical structures and systems. NANOsky avionics • Highly miniaturized cost-efficient avionics with fault-tolerant features. • Radiation hardened by design. • Constant current monitoring and limiting. • SEE immunity. • Innovative error mitigation techniques. • Selective component technology with flight heritage. • Sophisticated three-level FDIR policy. • EDAC protected memories/registers. • Redundancy on all critical functions and thoughtful component selection ensure robustness, • High reliability and availability of the platform. • Compliant with NANOsky CMM™ Software Development Kit AI@Edge support Highly miniaturized cost-efficient avionics with fault-tolerant features. Implementation of superior AI embedded algorithms directly on sub-systems is enabling onboard data analysis, decision-making, and efficient utilization of resources. Solutions for the most demanding applications with very high-performance needs. skyEGSE solutions Turn-key EGSE solutions that enables faster “Time-to-Space”. Cost efficiency, compatibility with major ground station service providers and security features make this an ideal solution for constellation missions. Various options of advanced EGSE equipment and software are available.