Introduction

The GR740 has been designed as the European Space Agency's Next Generation Microprocessor (NGMP) and is part of the ESA roadmap for standard microprocessor components. The GR740 is the first rad-hard implementation of the NGMP system-on-chip architecture.

Quick Links

- Evaluation boards

- Software Support

- GR740 SBC Reference Design

- Documentation

- Availability

Specification

• System frequency: 250 MHz
• Main memory interface: PC100 SDRAM
• SpaceWire router with SpaceWire links: 300 Mbit/s
  
• 33 MHz  PCI 2.3 initiator/target interface
• Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbit MACs
• CCGA625 / CLGA625 / PBGA625 package

Software Support

We provide development tools such as the GRMON software debugger and various compilers and operating systems and a qualified boot loader for flight.
Moreover, also other flight-qualified software solutions support the GR740: see the dedicated webpage.

The GR740 is also supported by an array of third-party software developed specifically to support its advanced features. You can find more information here.

Availability

The GR740 in ceramic package is available with QML-Q and QML-V qualifications.
The GR740 in plastic package is available with ECSS Q ST 60 13C class 2 qualification.
Detailed ordering information is described in the GR740-UM-DS.

Features

• Fault-tolerant quad-core LEON4 SPARC V8 integer unit with 7-stage pipeline, 8 register windows, 4x4 KiB instruction and 4x4 KiB data caches.
• Double-precision IEEE-754 floating point units
• 2 MiB Level-2 cache
• 64-bit PC100 SDRAM memory interface with Reed-Solomon EDAC
• 8/16-bit PROM/IO interface, with EDAC in 8-bit PROM mode
• SpaceWire router with eight SpaceWire links
• 2x 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet interfaces
• PCI Initiator/Target interface
• MIL-STD-1553B interface
• 2x CAN 2.0 controller interface
• 2x UART, SPI, Timers and watchdog, 16+22 pin GPIO
• CPU and I/O memory management units
• Multi-processor interrupt controller with support for asymmetric and symmetric multiprocessing
• SpaceWire TDP controller and support for time synchronisation

GR740 Development Boards

The GR-CPCI-GR740 evaluation board has been designed for the evaluation of the GR740 device.

The GR-VPX-GR740 Development Board is available for use with OpenVPX and SpaceVPX environments.

The GR740-MINI is a compact evaluation platform designed to showcase the capabilities of the GR740 SoC and the CertusPRO-NX FPGA.

GR740 Single Board Computer Reference design

The GR740 SBC is a reference design for a single-board computer based on the GR740 and the Microchip RTG4 radiation-tolerant FPGA. 
The reference design data package consists of schematics and other design files required for developing a single-board computer for flight. 

Document

File

GR740 SMD

SMD 5962-21204

GR740 Data Sheet and User’s Manual

Documentation for GR740-CP, GR740-MP, and flight models.

GR740-UM-DS.pdf (March 2024)

GR740 Overview Presentation

GR740-OVERVIEW.pdf (October 2023)

GR740 pinout in Excel spreadsheet format

GR740_pinout_rev1-6.xlsx (July 2020)

GR740 Technical Note on Benchmarking and Validation

GR740-VALT-0010.pdf (April 2019)

GR740 PCB Design Package

Contains IBIS, BSDL, Package outline assembly drawings, Daisy-chain information

GR740_PCB_Design_Package.zip

(password protected) (September 2024)

GR740 Power Calculator Spreadsheet

GR740powercalculator.xlsx (February 2017)

GR740 Radiation Summary

GR740-RADS-1-1-3.pdf (September 2020)

GR740 Product Brief

GR740 Product Brief.pdf (March 2023)