AROBS Polska specializes in providing solutions in the fields of electronics, FPGA systems and software for space applications. Since 2016, the company located in Gdansk has been implementing projects for ESA and leading companies in the European space industry. Our experience and dedicated team guarantee that we can meet the rigorous requirements of each project.
Control electronics for instruments and mechanisms:
• Stepper motor controllers, e.g., for antenna pointing mechanisms,
• Control units dedicated to scientific instruments,
• PAT systems (Pointing, Acquisition & Tracking).
Mass memory modules:
• Application of non-volatile Flash memory technology for Earth observation satellites and scientific missions,
• Scalable architecture, fast data reading and writing,
• Use of proven error correction methods as protection against radiation effects.
Quantum and optical communication:
• Development of optical communication protocol technology,
• Detection of single photons with time of arrival determination with accuracy below 5 picoseconds,
• Entanglement source controller.
Data processing units:
• Processing data from e.g., LiDAR cameras and sensors, handling communication with the on-board computer,
• Use of the New Space philosophy to reduce costs,
• Use in Active Debris Removal and In Orbit Servicing missions or landers.
EGSE (Electrical Ground Support Equipment):
• Test racks used during the integration and testing process of satellites.
Services:
• Electronic circuit design,
• Systems design based on FPGA circuits,
• On-board software development,
• System engineering for electronic units.
Products:
• IP Core modules for FPGA circuits:
– for applications in optical and quantum communication,
– for controlling stepper motors,
– interface for the MODBUS protocol,
• Software library for the PUS-C standard,
• Module for detecting single photon coincidences.
Projects:
- EUCLID ADPME – design of modules for FPGA device and test software for the antenna deployment and pointing mechanism controller – a flight unit operating in space from 2023.
- FLORIS ICU – design of electronic modules: power supply and management, development and verification of FPGA code and software for supporting the Packet Utilisation Standard for the optical Instrument Control Unit on board the FLEX mission.
- Self-calibrating Electronic Controller Satellite Quantum Entanglement Source – a unit controlling the source of quantum entanglement developed for the needs of the satellite quantum key distribution market (project co-financed by NCBiR).
- Flash Memory Module – development of code for an FPGA controlling Flash-based mass memory.
- Demonstration of SpaceFibre Technology Usage for Image Processing Applications (SFIC) – demonstration of parallel operation of IP Core image compression modules on a high-performance FPGA with data transfer using the SpaceFibre protocol at a speed of 3.125 Gbps for immediate processing of Earth observation data.
- ClearSpace-1 RendezVous Sensor Processing Unit (RVSPU) and Close Proximity Operations Control Unit Development and Qualification (CRIMSON) – electronic units processing data from cameras and LiDAR sensors for Active Debris Removal and In Orbit Servicing missions.
- COTS FPGA technology for On-Board Switching – Evaluation of high-performance COTS FPGAs for use as a layer-2 router.
- High-rate Single Photon Detector Pre-development – development of single photon detector technology for the SAGA mission.
- Standardised Stepper Motor Controller with special Emphasis on APME – qualification of a stepper motor controller for ESA missions, with particular emphasis on usage in antenna directional mechanisms.
Our clients:
European Space Agency, DLR, Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space, Beyond Gravity, Leonardo, WORK Microwave, Bradford Engineering, ClearSpace, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, University of Gdansk, University of Warsaw, Military University
of Technology, Politecnico di Milano, New Space companies.
