Sensor electronics design framework with heterogeneous computing edge nodes

Hiroki Hihara; Daichi Imazato; Mitsuhisa Yamaji; Kuniyuki Omagari; Tadateru Takahashi; Kyosuke Kuze; Kazuyo Mizushima; Takeshi Takashima

doi:10.1117/12.2682131

20 October 2023 Sensor electronics design framework with heterogeneous computing edge nodes

Hiroki Hihara, Daichi Imazato, Mitsuhisa Yamaji, Kuniyuki Omagari, Tadateru Takahashi, Kyosuke Kuze, Kazuyo Mizushima, Takeshi Takashima

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Proceedings Volume 12686, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXXI; 126860D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2682131
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Onboard sensor electronics of satellites are hard real-time systems and exploit high performance of heterogeneous computing. This paper describes sensor electronics design framework with heterogeneous computing edge nodes based on onboard demonstration records of satellites. Dedicated functional processing elements (PEs) for specific purposes implemented on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Application Specific Integration Circuit (ASIC) are used in addition to conventional Micro-Processing Units (MPUs). Many core processors like General Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs) are also used for signal processing of sensor electronics in these days. Semiconductor process shrink is accelerating this technological trend. Because it reduces power consumption, size and mass while maintaining high processing performance. The applications of artificial intelligence, such as image recognition, became common for onboard sensor electronics. Dedicated PEs for image recognition implemented on FPGAs enables wire rate processing. Sensor signals are processed without interrupting data flow, and in-situ measurement results can be used for other purposes such as optical guidance and navigation. Heterogeneous computing edge nodes are often realized with distributed memory system. In addition to that the semantic gap between hardware and application software is widening. Despite these complexities, changes to the operation scripts of onboard sensor electronics are often needed on orbit. We have found that the layered architecture of heterogeneous PEs and the middle-out approach of system integration design are practical enough for onboard operation to aim at realizing user-centric command operation scripts. The design scheme is explained in this paper.

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Hiroki Hihara, Daichi Imazato, Mitsuhisa Yamaji, Kuniyuki Omagari, Tadateru Takahashi, Kyosuke Kuze, Kazuyo Mizushima, and Takeshi Takashima "Sensor electronics design framework with heterogeneous computing edge nodes", Proc. SPIE 12686, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXXI, 126860D (20 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2682131

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