Q8 SDR Dock Daughterboard
Xiphos Technologies
The Xiphos Q8 SDR Dock is a daughterboard for the Q8 processor board that integrates an Analog Devices AD9361 RF agile transceiver module, enabling the Q8 to interface with high-bandwidth radio or RF streams. It allows customers to execute high-performance software-defined radio algorithms on either the Q8’s ARM processors or its programmable FPGA fabric. The […]
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Power
- 7.3 W
- Largest dimension
- 80 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
- RF Transceiver
- Analog Devices AD9361
- RF Outputs
- 2x
- RF Inputs
- 2x
- Other Interfaces
- CAN Bus, USB 2.0, PPS input, LVDS GPIO (SpaceWire capable)
- Dimensions
- 80 x 80 x 34.7 mm (with Q8 installed)
- Input Voltage
- 5 V and 12 V
- Power (Typical)
- 7.3 W (two RF transmitters active)
About
The Xiphos Q8 SDR Dock is a daughterboard for the Q8 processor board that integrates an Analog Devices AD9361 RF agile transceiver module, enabling the Q8 to interface with high-bandwidth radio or RF streams. It allows customers to execute high-performance software-defined radio algorithms on either the Q8’s ARM processors or its programmable FPGA fabric.
The SDR Dock provides two RF transmit and two RF receive ports, a CAN bus interface, USB 2.0, PPS timing input, and LVDS GPIO with SpaceWire protocol capability. The AD9361 transceiver covers a wide frequency range with programmable bandwidth, making the board suitable for satellite telemetry/command, inter-satellite links, Internet of Things connectivity, and RF sensing payloads.
The compact form factor and low power consumption make it practical for integration into SmallSats with constrained SWaP budgets.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.