Aethero, Antmicro team on open source space edge AI design
Aethero has teamed up with Antmicro to use open source tools to develop edge AI hardware for space applications.
Aethero and Antmicro are working on the rapid development of flight-ready modular edge computers handling space AI and data processing on satellites.
Aethero has developed the space-qualified NxN Edge Computing Module which will launch on the SpaceX Falcon-9 Transporter-11 rideshare from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This was developd in less than year using the Antmicro product design services based on open source tools and commercially available Nvidia Jetson platforms.
The Aethero NxN Edge Computing Module is a radiation hardened and versatile compute platform which has its roots in Antmicro’s open source Jetson Orin Baseboard. This was designed using a rapid turnaround open hardware flow including KiCad and Blender to target the smallest CubeSat space platform while being compatible across a range of larger space platforms.
Antmicro provided the basis of both the Linux and Zephyr RTOS software controlling the payload, and implemented their open source RDFM framework for modular, configurable, multi-OS device OTA updates and fleet management on Aethero’s user portal to easily test, update and deploy software across the company’s platforms in a bandwidth-constrained space environment.
The complete software stack for the on-board system was built and tested with Renode, Antmicro’s open source simulator, to parallelize the development process and increase testing coverage across a range of scenarios.
The vertically-integrated software and hardware co-development workflows use open source software and an automation-driven approach to all parts of the stack to cut design and development time.
www.aethero.com; www.antmicro.com
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