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ADK-VA601 is a system-on-module for (SoM) capable of OBP (on-board processing) and on-orbit reconfiguration, to be available in the first quarter of 2024.
It was designed in collaboration with AMD, Texas Instruments, EPC Space and Teledyne e2v.
“It builds on the ADK-VA600 which began shipping earlier this year and introduced the AMD XQR Versal AI Core VC1902 Adaptive System-on-Chip to the Space community,” said Alpha. “ADK-VA601 provides a fully radiation tolerant reference design in 220mm 6U Space VPX format.”
At its heart is the AMD Versal Adaptive SoC and a 160A power supply from Texas Instruments and EPC Space. Teledyne e2v provides the DDR4 memory.
The front panel has a VITA 57.4 FMC+ interface for expansion, and there is a VPX rear transition module for IO.
Applications are foreseen in optical imagery, radar imagery, machine learning, artificial intelligence and multi-sensor data fusion.
Based in Edinburgh Scotland, Alpha Data is a maker of FPGA-based acceleration boards for data centers, high-performance computing and rugged embedded computing.
