Radiation Hardened ARM Micro Controller Module

As the CubeSat markets and their applications increase the need for similar components will continue to increase to keep these projects affordable. This proposal leverages the similarities in most CubeSats by applying a modular approach to the spacecraft main electronics, the motherboard. By designing this Compute Module (CM) approach NASA can fulfill the needs of any CubeSat mission. The real power of this modular design concept is in giving the engineer as many design options as possible with a single development environment. By providing a CM that is self-contained and has a standard interface, the engineer can add a radiation hardened, secure, and robust computation element to any subsystem or payload. This modular approach shall significantly reduce development time and increase reliability. Future deep space missions such as NASA's SIMPLEx or Biosentinal will not be capable without radiation hardened electronics such as these.

SST's extreme environment technology and products are suitable for most space and mil-aero applications owing to the generic, unmet need for simultaneously hardened components to radiation and temperature without onerous SWaP penalties or trade-offs. These circuits have been demonstrated to be radiation tolerant well over 1 Mrad and function at temperatures up to 250?C for over 1250 hours with no change in leakage or operating currents. Integrating this technology into the Compute Module and Application Speciffic Daughter Card (ASDC) provides for a variety of commercial application such as, high energy scientific applications, nuclear disaster recovery electronics, high energy medical imaging equipment; medical device sterilization, aircraft engine control systems, oil and gas exploration, power grid, automotive, rail & trucking-related industries, chemical, petroleum, and other high temperature processing applications. More »