SWIFT Software-Defined Radio Family
Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (AMERGINT)
Modular, flight-proven software-defined radio platform from Tethers Unlimited (TUI), configurable across UHF, L, S, X and Ka bands for small-satellite telemetry, tracking and command.
Typed specifications59 values
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- Mass
- 400 g max · datasheet p.2
- Link protocols and waveforms
- CCSDS TM/TC/AOS/Security Packet datasheet p.2 CCSDS CCSDS TM/TC/AOS/Security Packet | proprietary Gryphon Framing
- Frequency range
- 1 700–2 300 MHz datasheet p.2
- Envelope (L×W×H)
- (L) 98 x (W) 94 x (H) 42 mm datasheet p.2 (L) 98 x (W) 94 x (H) 42 with connectors and mounting feet
- TX RF output power
- 2 W Finely Adjustable · datasheet p.2
- Data rate
- 5 000 000 kbps Rx · datasheet p.2 25 000 kbps Tx | 5 000 kbps max · Rx peak throughput | 25 000 kbps max · Tx peak throughput
- Modulation
- other AMFSK (Rx), SGLS, USB (Rx and Tx) · datasheet p.2 BPSK, AMFSK, SGLS, USB Rx | BPSK Rx and Tx | BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, SGLS, USB Tx | other BPSK, AMFSK, SGLS, USB +10
- Supply voltage
- 9–34.6 V datasheet p.2
- Power consumption
- 16 W Operating Power · datasheet p.2 4 W Standby Power | 16 W max · operating | 4 W max · standby
- Data interface
- LVDS for Data Transfer · datasheet p.2 RS-422 for TT&C (Prime and Redundant ports) | LVDS
- Operating temperature
- -30–60 °C datasheet p.2
- Radiation tolerance (TID)
- 40 krad datasheet p.2
- Design lifetime
- 3 years min · datasheet p.1
- Function
- SDR transceiver datasheet p.1
- Frequency band
- S datasheet p.1 L
- Instantaneous bandwidth
- 9 900 kHz Rx bandwidth · datasheet p.2 10 000 kHz Tx bandwidth
- RF connector
- SMA 1 Rx port · datasheet p.2 SMA 1 Tx port
- Connector
- SMA 1 Rx port · datasheet p.2 SMA 1 Tx port
- Random vibration
- 22.6 g RMS datasheet p.2
- Flight heritage
- Proven communications on several missions datasheet p.1 Units currently on-orbit supporting LEO & GEO missions
- Satellite class
- GEO units currently on-orbit supporting LEO & GEO missions · datasheet p.1
- Max RX input level
- -50 dBm operating dynamic range -120 to -50 dBm (upper end) · datasheet p.2
- Channel coding (FEC)
- convolutional (Viterbi) datasheet p.2 Reed-Solomon | LDPC | BCH
- Encryption
- optional / customer module compatible with KI-55, KI-103, Iron Fortress (KI-18 x 2) · datasheet p.2 AES-256 optional add-on, up & down | AES-256
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- Networks
- NEN/DSN: CCSDS TC/TM, Raw bit-sync; USN: SLGS, CCSDS; AFSCN: SGLS, USB; RBC, Atlas, SFN; Custom/commercial/private; Crypto units such as KI-55 and GNOME
- Electrical interfaces
- RS-232/422/485; LVDS; 3.3v CMOS/TTL; CAN/SPI/I2C; Ethernet 10/100; MIL-STD-1553
- Modulations
- TX: BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK; RX: BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK; PM, CPM; SGLS-Ternary
- Fec
- Reed-Solomon w/ interleaving; Convolutional w/ puncturing; Soft-Viterbi; BCH; Turbo/LDPC; CRC
- Protocols
- Sync. Clock+Data (200 Mbps); Dual SpaceWire (100 Mbps); Dual UART (10 Mbps); HDLC Framing; UDP/TCP/IP; GPIO for Rx IRQ/Tx Enable
- Support
- Idle/pilot insertion; Randomization; Bit-diff., Bi-Phase; NRZ-L/M/S; Coherent tone ranging; PN Ranging
- Swift-hb core
- Xilinx Zynq 7030 FPGA with dual ARM-9 Cortex processor access
- Swift-hb data rate
- > 1 GB per second
About
The SWIFT SDR family is TUI’s flight-heritage line of software-defined radios for small-satellite communications. All variants share a common modular SDR architecture that provides diverse software control of any RF parameter, letting operators reconfigure waveforms, modulation and protocol behavior without new hardware. Members of the family include SWIFT-SLX (L- and S-band transceiver), SWIFT-XTX (X-band transmitter), SWIFT-XTRX (X-band transceiver), SWIFT-XTS (L- and S-band transceiver with X-band transmitter), SWIFT-KTX (K-band transmitter), SWIFT-KTRX (K-band transceiver), SWIFT-UTX (UHF-band transmitter) and SWIFT-UTRX (UHF-band transceiver), plus the high-bandwidth SWIFT-HB variant (Zynq 7030 FPGA core, >1 Gbps). SWIFT radios are compatible with Type-1 encryption modules such as the KI-55 and GNOME, support native AES-256 encryption, have passed compatibility testing with multiple ground stations, and support IP-protocol mesh-network inter-satellite links via the SWIFT-LINQ software module.
Documentation
- SLX.pdf PDF source: web.archive.org ↗
- XTX.pdf PDF source: web.archive.org ↗
- XTRX.pdf PDF source: web.archive.org ↗
- XTS.pdf PDF source: web.archive.org ↗
- SWIFT-KTX.pdf PDF source: web.archive.org ↗
- SWIFT-X-KTRX.pdf PDF source: web.archive.org ↗
- SWIFT-UTX.pdf PDF source: web.archive.org ↗
- SWIFT-UTRX.pdf PDF source: web.archive.org ↗
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