Pluggable Processor Module B1 (PPM B1)
Pumpkin, Inc.
Flight-qualified, space-proven pluggable command-and-data-handling processor module built around Silicon Labs' C8051F120 8-bit MCU, for use with the CubeSat-compatible Motherboard Module (MBM).
Technical specifications
- SKU
- 710-00487
- MCU
- Silicon Labs C8051F120, 8-bit, soldered in place
- Internal Flash Memory
- 128KB
- Internal RAM
- 8,848B
- Max Clock Speed
- 100MHz
- External XRAM
- 128KB static RAM (on-board)
- Hardware Class
- Flight Hardware | Flight Qualified | Space Proven
- Compatible With
- Development Board (DB); Motherboard Module (MBM); Silicon Labs C8051F120; Silicon Labs USB Debug Adapter
- Included In
- CubeSat Kit /C8051 (PSPM B + PPM B1); CubeSat Kit Upgrade to C8051
- Purchase Restriction
- Available only as an add-on to customers who have already purchased a complete CubeSat Kit /C8051
About
PPM B1 is a pluggable processor module (PPM) for use with the CubeSat-compatible Motherboard Module (MBM), and is designated as flight hardware (blue). By adding a PPM B1 to an MBM, a user creates a CubeSat-compatible command-and-data-handling (C&DH) module built around Silicon Labs’ 8-bit C8051F120 low-power microcontroller (MCU). PPM B1 carries a C8051F120 with 128KB of internal Flash memory and 8,848B of internal RAM, and runs at speeds up to 100MHz. It also has an on-board, external 128KB static RAM used as XRAM. Pumpkin markets this product as Flight Hardware that is Flight Qualified and Space Proven.
A fully tested PPM B1 unit is supplied with a Silicon Labs C8051F120 MCU soldered permanently in place (as opposed to the socketed PSPM B development version). PPM B1 is part of Pumpkin’s CubeSat Kit flight hardware line and is used on flight hardware to run fully debugged C8051 software and control fully debugged hardware. PPM B1 is electrically identical to PSPM B, so software developed and run on PSPM B in a development environment runs identically on PPM B1 in a flight environment.
PPM B1 is compatible with the Development Board (DB), the Motherboard Module (MBM), the Silicon Labs C8051F120, and the Silicon Labs USB Debug Adapter, and is included in the CubeSat Kit /C8051 (which bundles PSPM B and PPM B1) as well as the CubeSat Kit Upgrade to C8051. Purchasing restrictions apply: prospective customers must first purchase an entire C8051-based CubeSat Kit before this component can be ordered separately (“a la carte”), since supplemental information such as schematics and the required software are provided only with a full CubeSat Kit purchase.
Documentation
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