NanoXplore acquires Dolphin Design’s ASIC business and strengthens its strategic position in aerospace NanoXplore, a major player in SoC and FPGA semiconductor design, announces the acquisition of the ASIC business of Dolphin Design, a company specializing in integrated circuit design. This strategic acquisition enables NanoXplore to strengthen its expertise and extend its range of…
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Space programs must address a wide range of requirements, from ensuring astronaut safety and well-being in the harsh space environment to developing advanced technologies for propulsion, life support, and communication. These programs also need to consider the potential for space weather events and their impact on satellites and communications. Furthermore, international cooperation and responsible space activities…
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Space is a harsh environment. There’s no breathable air, radiation levels are 15 times higher than on Earth, and the approximate temperature is 2.7 Kelvin (minus 270.45 degrees Celsius or minus 454.81 degrees Fahrenheit). Thankfully, Earth’s atmosphere does a great job protecting us from space’s intense climate. But because there is no atmosphere in…
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Q-Tech new Product Overview Booklet combines solutions for Space, Military, & High Temperature applications. SCREENING TEST & QUALITY CONFORMANCE MIL-PRF-55310 PRODUCTS Screening tests are standard for all MIL-PRF-55310 products. Q-Tech Corporation will customize screening and test procedures to meet your specific requirements. For Space level products, Q-Tech offers Screening and Quality Conformance testing in accordance with…
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ALTER TECHNOLOGY – The only place with EEE parts for Space in stock! Alter Technology Services Our current inventory includes: Ceramic and tantalum capacitors Film and metal foil resistors Discrete Semiconductors: Bipolar and MOSFETs (Radiation-hardened), Diodes (rectifier, zener, Schottky) Radiation-hardened microcircuits: Op-amps, ADCs, logic devices, voltage reference Microprocessors & FPGAs D-shaped connectors Relays, transformers Optocouplers…
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Avalanche Technology, leader in next generation MRAM Technology, announced new product family for critical need for Radiation resilient, High Reliability execution Memory for Aerospace and Defense. Harnessing Avalanche’s proven modular Gen 3 Space Grade MRAM architecture, broadly adopted by the defense industrial base for boot and storage memory, the enabling value proposition of optimized SWaP,…
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Space electronic systems face unique reliability challenges due to the harsh space environment, including radiation, extreme temperature variations, and micrometeoroid impacts. Ensuring reliability is crucial because repairs in space are often impossible and failures can lead to mission failure or significant delays. Key Reliability Issues in Space Electronics: Radiation Effects: Space radiation, including charged particles and…
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Two main European events devoted to the use of EEE components in space applications, ACCEDE and ESCCON will merge in Seville. The trends in using and validating COTS for space with the evolution and activities being developed and implemented under the ESCC system. ACCEDE (Assessment of Commercial Components Enabling Disruptive Space Electronics) Since the successful ACCEDE events in…
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