Harwin announces that its high-reliability Gecko connectors, which have been integrated into a research nanosatellite, have been successfully launched and ejected into low Earth orbit (LEO), and, after the deployment of its subsystems, remain fully operational. Momentus, the U.S. commercial space company, recently announced that all customer payloads had been deployed from its Vigoride-6 Orbital Service…
Microchip’s RT PolarFire FPGA achieves QML Class Q qualification
Products that have Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) designations are often the most trusted and readily accepted in space program designs. As designated by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the RT PolarFire FPGA from Microchip Technology is now QML Class Q qualified. This certification is considered the gold standard in entry-level qualification, enabling designers to begin…
Renesas develops space-ready reference design for AMD Versal adaptive SoC
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a complete space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal adaptive system-on-chip (SoC) XQRVC1902. Developed in collaboration with AMD, the ISLVERSALDEMO2Z reference design integrates key radiation-hardened components for power management, including four new and recently released products in an ultra-compact design. These Intersil-brand ICs are specifically…
Microchip to showcase FPGA and space-compute solutions at RISC-V Summit
Mid-range FPGAs and System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGAs have played a major role in moving computer workloads to the network edge. Microchip Technology has helped fuel this transition with its award-winning FPGAs, delivering the first RISC-V-based FPGAs that provide twice the power efficiency of competing mid-range FPGAs — and feature a best-in-class design, operating system, and solutions…
Serial 64-Mbit SuperFlash memory extends options for designing space systems
Designers of spaceflight-qualified systems have a great need to reduce development time, cost, and risk in their systems. Microchip Technology has proposed the concept of starting with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) devices, then replacing them with space-qualified, radiation-tolerant (RT) equivalent parts. Now, Microchip is announcing that it has extended its family of COTS-based, RT SuperFlash devices for…
Infineon launches first space-qualified, serial-interface F-RAM
Infineon Technologies announced the availability of the space industry’s first radiation-hardened (rad-hard), serial -nterface Ferroelectric RAM (F-RAM) for extreme environments. The new devices deliver unsurpassed reliability and data retention and are more energy efficient than non-volatile EEPROM and serial NOR Flash devices for space applications. The addition of a QML-V qualified F-RAM to Infineon’s memory…
Microchip’s advanced power modules qualified to aerospace standards
In the race to reduce aircraft emissions, developers increasingly are moving toward more efficient designs including electrical systems that replace today’s pneumatics and hydraulics powering everything from on-board alternators to actuators and Auxiliary Power Units (APUs). To enable next-generation aircraft electrical systems, new power conversion technology is required. Microchip Technology has announced its development with…
Infineon offers first radiation-tolerant, NOR Flash memory for space-grade FPGAs
Space-grade field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) require reliable, high-density, non-volatile memories that contain their boot configurations. To address the growing need for high-reliability memories, Infineon Technologies announced the industry’s first high-density, radiation-tolerant (RadTol) NOR Flash memory products, qualified to MIL-PRF-38535’s QML-V flow (QML-V Equivalent). The QML-V flow is the highest quality standard certification for aerospace-grade ICs.…