Lion
KP Labs
Lion is a backplane-based DPU in ADHA 3U form factor designated to satellites up to 600 kg, designed for ESA Mission Class III and IV.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Power
- 30 W
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
- Processing Cores
- Kintex Ultrascale KU060
- Supervising Circuit
- Gaisler GR716B
- Memory
- 16 GiB DDR4 with ECC, 1 GB bitstream storage
- Backplane Interfaces
- ADHA Extended Peripheral module or ADHA Peripheral Module, 4x SpaceWire + 4x SpaceFiber on ADHA P4, 12x SpaceFiber on ADHA P6, 2x CAN on ADHA P1
- Front Panel Interfaces (Baseline)
- 4x SpaceWire + 8x SpaceFiber
- Supply voltage
- 12 V
- Power Consumption
- up to 30 W - depending on workload and specified processing speed
- Form-factor
- ADHA 3U module
About
Lion is an advanced data processing unit for satellites, utilizing a Kintex Ultrascale FPGA to deliver enhanced resilience and processing power for critical applications. It is designed to meet the rigorous demands of ESA Mission Class III and IV, making it suitable for satellites up to 600 kg. The core modules of Lion are highly recurrent, allowing them to be reused across various missions with different performance and interface requirements. This flexibility enables the integration of new functions and interfaces without the need to redesign core modules, leading to improved quality over time due to growing heritage. Lion supports key applications such as vision-based relative navigation for precise close-proximity tasks, multi-sensor data processing for advanced autonomous operations, and autonomous spacecraft operations for independent adaptation to changing mission conditions. It is compatible with the HyperScape100 hyperspectral camera by Simera Sense and integrated with Parsimoni’s SpaceOS for high-performance onboard data processing and secure software management.
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