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Rad-hard FPGA dev kit suits high-bandwidth space designs
Microsemi has announced the availability of its RTG4 FPGA Development Kit, the first of its kind to provide space designers with an evaluation and development platform for applications such as data transmission, serial connectivity, bus interface and high-speed designs using Microsemi’s RTG4 high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant FPGA device.
NASA seeks CubeSat payload providers
Space enthusiasts have an opportunity to contribute to NASA’s exploration goals through the next round of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.The Initiative provides access to space for CubeSats developed by NASA centres, accredited educational institutions and non-profit organisations, giving CubeSat developers access to a low-cost pathway to conduct research in the areas of science, exploration, technology development, education ...
New sensor range boosts data logger capabilities
The TSR Data Logger line now includes a new ±20 g sensor range. The built-in XYZ accelerometers eliminate the need for time-consuming sensor hook-up, an internal battery and simple software, expediting data collection. The data logger can capture up to 2,000 transient shock events or run as a continuous data recorder for seconds to days.
Rad hard multiplexers provide outstanding ESD protection
Radiation hardened (rad hard) multiplexers, claimed to offer the industry’s highest signal chain accuracy and timing performance, have been introduced by Intersil. The ISL71840SEH and ISL71841SEH provide outstanding ESD protection.
Pac-Man inspired space debris clean-up
Space debris is the collection of objects travelling at up to 17,500 mph in orbit around Earth, including spent rocket stages, old satellites, fragments from disintegration and more. According to NASA, there are more than 20,000 pieces of debris larger than 10cm and 500,000 pieces of debris larger than 1cm being tracked, as well as the many millions of pieces of debris that are too small to be tracked.
Newbury Electronics helps UK school to win European competition
Newbury Electronics was delighted to hear that Team Impulse, a group of students from St Paul’s School, London had won first place in the European CanSat 2015 competition. The company first became involved with this team of young engineers when they were asked to supply prototype PCBs back in the autumn of 2014. These were then incorporated into the satellite that secured them first place in the UK competition and took them onto the final i...
Earth's magnetosphere measured accurately from space
The foundry division of ams AG, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) have jointly presented the very promising results of highly accurate measurements of the Earth’s magnetosphere from space, as part of NASA’s ‘Magnetospheric Multiscale’ mission launched in March 2015.
Harwin showcase Mil-Aero connectors at Paris Air Show
Exhibiting on Stand FG176 in Hall 2B at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 15th to 21st June, Harwin will demonstrate its Mil-Aero connectors and Datamate, Gecko and M300 high-reliability connector systems which withstand the severe shock, vibration and temperature conditions experienced in satellites, commercial and military aircraft, UAVs and spacecraft.
Satellite successfully launches into space
Following the successful launch of WUSAT-2 satellite earlier this month, Harwin is delighted to congratulate Warwick University. The student-run project, which built and launched a small 10x10x10cm CubeSat satellite into space, relies on high-reliability, miniature connectors from Harwin to provide the vital interconnect used in experimental equipment carried by the satellite.
Evaluation tools enable fast, easy RF testing
NXP has unveiled a set of plug-and play evaluation tools designed to enable fast and easy testing of RF energy applications. The evaluation tools will be demonstratedat the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2015, booth #1141, at the Phoenix Convention Center.Applications include solid-state cooking, RF sparkplugs, RF plasma lighting, RF heating/drying and medical therapy.