Summary

The Alén Space TOTEM Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a flight-proven software defined radio system suitable for communication nanosatellites. TOTEM operates in commonly-used nanosatellite frequency bands using Xilinx's Zynq-7020 SoC with embedded Linux and programmable logic. It also includes a wide frequency range transceiver and can be reconfigured in orbit.

Key features

  • High-performance System-On-Chip (SoC) - Xilinx Zynq 7000 SoC
  • Wide frequency range RF transceiver (AD9364)
  • FSI-connector based interface
  • Option to combine in the same payload several applications (SDR, ADS-B, AIS, and SIGINT) with different frequency bands
  • SDR transceiver across several frequency bands: UHF, VHF, S-band, and L-band

Flight heritage

The system has achieved flight heritage.

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Last updated: 2024-04-09

TOTEM Software Defined Radio (SDR)

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Downloads

  • CAD model(59.13 MB)
  • Datasheet(5.14 MB)
  • ICD
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  • Option sheet(940.7 KB)
  • User manual
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Specs

lead time
12 wk
mass
< 150 g
width
93.30 mm
length
89.30 mm
height
13.61 mm
supply voltage
5 V
transmit power
5 to 7 dBm
transmit frequency
70 MHz to 6 GHz
receive frequency
70 MHz to 6 GHz
RAM
1 GB DDR3L (512 MB with ECC)
NAND flash
1 GB
data interface
UART
I2C
JTAG
Ethernet
CAN
operating temperature
-40 to 85 C
processor type
Zynq 7000 SoC

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