Xiphos Q8RF Family
Xiphos Systems Corporation
Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC-based space processor family (Q8RF Gen 1 and Q8RFG3 Gen 3) combining direct RF sampling, FPGA logic, and ARM processing for onboard SDR.
Technical specifications
- Operating temperature
- -40 to +60 °C
- Size
- 100 mm x 100 mm x 20 mm
- Mass
- 200 g
- Power (Q8RF)
- 20-30 W typical @ 5-9 V
- Power (Q8RFG3)
- 25-35 W typical @ 5-15 V
- Memory
- 4 GB PS LPDDR4 DRAM (with EDAC); 4 GB PL DDR4 DRAM; 2x 256 MB QSPI Flash (NOR)
- Storage
- 2x 32 GB NAND Flash; 2x 128 GB eMMC
- MPSoC (Q8RF)
- ZU28DR
- MPSoC (Q8RFG3)
- ZU48DR
- Application Processing Unit
- Quad-core ARM Cortex A53 Application Processing Unit at up to 1.2 GHz
- Real-Time Processing Unit
- Dual-core ARM Cortex-R5 @ 500 MHz
- ADCs (Q8RF)
- 8, each 4.096 GSPS max; 12-bit
- ADCs (Q8RFG3)
- 8, each 5.0 GSPS max; 14-bit
- RF Input Frequency, max (Q8RF)
- 4 GHz
- RF Input Frequency, max (Q8RFG3)
- 6 GHz
- DACs (Q8RF)
- 8, each 6.5554 GSPS max; 14-bit
- DACs (Q8RFG3)
- 8, each 9.85 GSPS max; 14-bit
- Decimation/Interpolation (Q8RF)
- 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
- Decimation/Interpolation (Q8RFG3)
- 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 16x, 20x, 24x, 40x
- System Logic Cells
- 930,000
- CLB Flip Flops
- 850,000
- CLB LUTs
- 425,000
- DSP Slices
- 4,272
- Control FPGA
- Microchip ProASIC3
- Operating system
- Yocto Linux BSP (LTS distribution)
- Bottom RF Mezzanine Connector
- 8x Transmit + 8x Receive RF; Ext Ref Clock(s) In, Ref Clock Out
About
The Xiphos Q8RF family is based upon the well-regarded Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs (RF System-on-Chip) devices from AMD Xilinx, which combine high-speed RF-class ADCs and DACs, programmable FPGA logic, and embedded ARM processors on a single chip. This architecture enables direct RF sampling and real-time digital signal processing without external data converters or complex analog front ends, significantly reducing system size, weight, power, and latency for advanced RF applications requiring high channel density, wide bandwidth, and low-latency signal chain control. Xiphos has combined these RFSoC devices with its fault-tolerant space architecture, developed over more than two decades, to ensure trouble-free in-orbit operation. The new Q8RFG3 is based on the third generation of Xilinx RFSoC devices, adding upgrades to the digitization portion of the architecture, increased RF input bandwidth, and the ability to synchronize multiple Q8RFs together for applications such as digital beam forming.
Documentation
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