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Key highlights

Featuring a state-of-the-art AMD Versal adaptive SoC, NOVI’s AI-enabled SP240 (Formally GEN 2) OBC is a highly-optimized edge processor that offers un-paralleled machine-learning performance in a power efficient CubeSat form factor, while being powerful enough to operate larger payloads and satellite missions. The AMD Versal is a complex radiation tolerant and latch-up immune SoC that has high performance and real time application processor cores, AI Engine tiles for machine learning workloads, and highly configurable programmable logic for flexible IO. NOVI’s SP240 OBC also features a radiation-hardened Vorago MCU which can either be used as the primary computer, or as a supervisor for the main processor and other spacecraft systems.

Key features

Performance: AMD/Xilinx Versal (AI Edge Series)
- Application Processor: Dual-core ARM® Cortex®-A72
- Real-time Processor: Dual-core ARM® Cortex®-R5F
- Programmable Logic (FPGA)
- AI Engines: High-performance parallel compute cores
- 12 TOPS ML performance
- 8 GB DDR4 Vorago ARM MCU
- Low-power ARM® Cortex®-M4
- Embedded rad-hard FRAM
Software Support: AMD/Xilinx Versal
- Embedded Linux
Vorago ARM MCU
- FreeRTOS™
Flexible IO: Highly customizable and reconfigurable with:
- Low speed interfaces: (RS-422, UART, CAN, I2C, SPI)
- Dual gigabit ethernet interfaces
- High-speed serial: (PCIe, JESD204B, SLVS-EC, SpaceWire)
- High-speed parallel interfaces: (LVDS, MIPI, Camera Link)
- Up to 8 analog inputs
- 6 high side switches: (heaters/aux power)
- Optional PC-104/CubeSatKit™ Header
- Optional integrated GNSS
- Optional Iridium modem
- Other custom IO upon request
Radiation Tolerance:
- Radiation-hardened Vorago ARM MCU
- SEL immune Xilinx processor
- Available with radiation-hardened memory
- Built in SEU/SEFI mitigation
- ECC protection on all memory interfaces
- Redundant storage for boot images and data
Power:
- Single wide input range power supply (5-13V)
- Low-power mode: < 750 mW
- High-performance modes: 5-50W (application dependent)
Mechanical:
- Housing Dimensions: 93 mm x 93 mm x 25 mm
- Mounting: 6x M3 screw-locking keyed inserts or PC-104 holes
- Customizable mounting options and form factors
- Customizable connector types

Flight heritage

A SP240 OBC was launched on Transporter 12 (January 14th, 2024) to power NOVI's LIME Cubesat.

Export control

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Last updated: 2025-07-23

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