Leopard – Edge Processing for Nano and Micro Satellites
Leopard is a Flight-proven Data Processing Unit supporting the full payload data handling chain on-board. CPU + FPGA architecture with redundant mass memory and industry-standard interfaces in a low SWaP solution. Off-the-shelf and custom Interface Boards enable integration with various spacecraft platforms and payload components.
Advantages:
Compute Power - High performance I/O and flexible CPU and FPGA
Algorithms - Supports classical and AI workloads directly on-board
Integration-Ready - PC/104 form factor with industry-standard interfaces
Key applications
Earth Observation
Space Situational Awareness
Autonomous Rendezvous & Docking
Lunar Missions
Leopard DPU is a flight-proven Data Processing Unit supporting the full payload data handling chain on-board. Its CPU + FPGA architecture, redundant mass memory and industry-standard interfaces enable integration with various spacecraft platforms and payload components.
A library of pre-integrated software, programmable logic components and algorithms is available for payload interfacing, including SpaceWire and PUS-C, as well as on-board data processing, including image pre-processing, cloud screening and hyperspectral compression. All listed solutions are available on request.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Peak Power Consumption | 20 W |
| Typical Power Consumption | 5 to 20 W, depending on workload |
| Operating System | 64-bit Linux, Yocto based |
| Supply Voltage | 7 to 14 V |
| SoC | AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZU6EG / ZU9EG / ZU15EG |
| Processing Cores | Quad ARM Cortex-A53 CPU 1.2 GHz, Dual ARM Cortex-R5 lock-step, FPGA for custom function implementation |
| Memory | 16 GiB PS-DDR4 with ECC |
| Memory | 64 MB Boot flash NOR with TMR |
| Memory | 4 GiB SLC NAND flash memory with EDAC |
| Memory | 2 x 320 GB pSLC flash-based mass data storage, redundant |
| Dimensions | 95.89 x 90.17 x 47.2 mm |
| Mass | 725 g |
| Form Factor | PC/104 form-factor with efficient thermal interface |
| Type | Document Name | Action & Size |
|---|---|---|
| No public documentation available. Please inquire for details. | ||