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Microchip in Space

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Ian Bell

Jan 1, 1970
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Bill said:
Microchip, in cooperation with NASA, has launched SuitSat-1, based on the
PIC18 microcontroller.

Actually, it's a pretty cool embedded systems project...

Didn't it pack in after a few hours?

Ian
 
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Jim Stewart

Jan 1, 1970
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Bill said:
Microchip, in cooperation with NASA, has launched SuitSat-1, based on the PIC18
microcontroller.

Actually, it's a pretty cool embedded systems project...

http://Microcontroller.com/news/microchip_SuitSat1_NASA.asp

Since we're touting our space borne accomplishments,
JK microsystems' uflashTCP has been flying on the
International Space Station for 2-3 years controlling
a sample refrigerator. A gas monitor for the ISS
is currently under development using our Logicflex
SBC.
 
Since we're touting our space borne accomplishments,
JK microsystems' uflashTCP has been flying on the
International Space Station for 2-3 years controlling
a sample refrigerator. A gas monitor for the ISS
is currently under development using our Logicflex
SBC.

Any electronics in space have to withstand ionizing radiation without failing.
To fly is easy, to work is another :), radiation toughness data would be
useful.
 
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Jim Stewart

Jan 1, 1970
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Any electronics in space have to withstand ionizing radiation without failing.
To fly is easy, to work is another :), radiation toughness data would be
useful.

NASA did do some radiation tests on our SBC and
it passed with a wide margin. I don't know the
exact nature of the tests since our end user did
them and not us.
 
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