ODALCOM
Emxys
ODALCOM is a Free-Space C Band laser transceiver designed for small satellite platforms, enabling high-performance optical space-to-ground communication links with high data rates and increased security.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 1.5 kg
- Power
- 3 W
- Largest dimension
- 87 mm
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Tx rate
- 500 Mbps
- Volume
- 1U
- Mass
- <1.5Kg
- Power consumption
- lower than 3 W
- Optical power
- up to 1 W (100 mw nominal)
- Logic interface
- SPI, Ethernet, I2C
- Nominal optical power transmission
- 200 mW (23 dBm)
- Maximum optical transmission power
- 1 W (30 dBm)
- Coarse pointing angular beam steering range
- 15º (±7.5º)
- Fine pointing angular range
- 5.93º (±2.97º)
- Wavelength
- 1550 nm
- Optical modulation
- Unipolar NRZ
- FPGA
- Microchip PolarFire FPGA
- FPGA logic cell size
- 109K logic elements
- Ddr3 ram
- 512 MiB
- Emmc memory
- 4GiB
- Serdes lanes
- 8
- Serdes lane speed
- 250 Mbps to 12.5 Gbps
- Power consumption (2)
- 2.6 W
- Standard logic interfaces
- Three UART, RS-485, I2C, Ethernet, USB port
- Inputs
- Six open-drain
- Outputs
- Six open-drain
- Dimensions
- 87 mm x 87 mm x 15 mm
- Mass (2)
- 60 grams
About
ODALCOM is a Free-Space C Band laser transceiver specifically designed to provide small satellite platforms with high-performance optical space-to-ground communication links. It offers increased security due to highly spatial directivity, making eavesdropping and jamming difficult. The system features simple and compact radiating elements with low mechanical complexity, and the communications hardware is small and compact. It is capable of very high data rates with higher power efficiency. Key features include mechanisms-free beam steering and forming, a 500 Mbps Tx rate, and a compact design without optomechanical elements. It has a volume of 1U, mass less than 1.5Kg, and power consumption lower than 3W. The optical power can reach up to 1W (100 mW nominal). It provides a rich and seamless logic interface including SPI, Ethernet, and I2C. The system utilizes a Microchip PolarFire FPGA with 109K logic elements, 512 MiB DDR3 RAM, 4GiB eMMC memory, and 8 SERDES Lanes ranging from 250Mbps to 12.5Gbps. It includes power supply protections such as overcurrent, overvoltage, undervoltage, and reverse connection. Standard logic interfaces include three UART, RS-485, I2C, Ethernet, and a USB port, along with six open-drain inputs and six open-drain outputs. The device has a size of 87mm x 87mm x 15mm and a weight of 60 grams.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.