Space Inventor Z7000
State of the art report 2025
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Z7000-P4

Versatile Payload and Onboard Computing Platform.

The Z7000 is a powerful system on a chip based payload computer with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MP-Core™ with NEON(tm) SIMD and integrated FPGA logic with 125K programmable cells.

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MSRP

€18.000

Specifications

Description

The Z7000 is a powerful system on a chip based payload computer with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MP-Core™ with NEON(tm) SIMD and integrated FPGA logic with 125K programmable cells. The Z7000 is a suitable choice as a payload computer with requirements for high data-rates and processing capabilities. The Z7000 offers a broad range of interfaces including LVDS/SpaceWire and up to 1Gb Ethernet. Furthermore traditional OBC interfaces such as CAN, RS-422, I2C etc are supported. 

For standard control interface for commanding and telemetry, Space Inventor recommends using the CAN bus.

For storage of payload generated data a mass storage memory system is included with a capacity up to 64 GB eMMC.

The processing platform consists of a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processing unit which is assisted with a NEON™ media-processing engine and a single and double precision Vector Floating Point Unit (VFPU). The supported operating system is FreeRTOS but Linux can also be implemented. The control software will enable the application to be reprogrammable in a secure environment with a fallback system in case of failure. This also includes reprogramming of the logical blocks in the FPGA.

 

Features

On-board computer based on Xilinx Zync 7030 SoC
Dual ARM® Cortex-A9 Main Processing Units capable of running up to 1 GHz
Memory
256KB on-chip memory, 1GB DDR RAM, 64 GB eMMC mass storage. 32 kB high endurance FRAM for persistent data
FPGA
125K programmable Logic Cells
Interfaces
28V unregulated supply CAN bus LVDS, SpaceWire RS-422 Ethernet
Power consumption
<1.5 W idle. Up to 20 W.

Mechanical drawing

z7000 Blueprint

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