POMELOS Platform

Platform to measure and prototype space applications

University of Brest, Lab-STICC UMR CNRS 6285

 

 

Summary

 

POMELOS description

Technical description

How to use this platform?

Funding

Contact points

 

 

 

 

1)     POMELOS description

 

The POMELOS platform is composed of two sets of equipment. The first set includes hardened used space hardware and software based on Leon processors and SpaceWire communication devices. These technologies are used to support critical software embedded on current spacecraft. These are hardened materials. The second set of equipment consists of FPGA (Field programmable Gate Array Architecture). This configurable hardware should be used to evaluate specific hardware architectures that can be embedded and used on future spacecraft such as technologies expected in the New space.

 

 

2)     Technical description

 

The current POMELOS platform is composed of:

-         2 GR740 CPCI boards (quadcore Leon4FT SoC), running RTEMS or bare metal applications.

-         4 GR740 Mini boards with Certus-Pro NX FPGA chips that can be configurated with the Lattice Radiant software.

-         A Spacewire switch and a traffic generator.

-         Gaisler tools to compile and run programs on the platform.

 

 

3)     How to use this platform?

 

The platform is intended for teaching and research activities.

It is expected to be open to research/teaching partners. Please contact platform maintainers for any question.

 

 

4)     Funding

 

POMELOS is part of the CPER SpaceTechDroneTech 2021/2027.

POMELOS is funded by DRARI (Délégation régionale académique à la recherche et à l’innovation) and FEDER (Fonds européen de développement regional).

 

 

 

5)     Contact points

 

Stéphane Rubini (rubini@univ-brest.fr)

Frank Singhoff (singhoff@univ-brest.fr)