Microchip, in cooperation with NASA, has launched SuitSat-1, based on the PIC18 microcontroller.
Actually, it's a pretty cool embedded systems project...
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Regards,
Bill Giovino Executive Editor
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Microchip in Space
Feb 20, 2006
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Didn't it pack in after a few hours?
Ian
They thought so initially.
24 hours later some hams picked up a faint signal. Not sure how long it did last.
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.
Hi, Ian:
Well, the batteries were supposed to be good for about three days. But as of last Friday, they were still going strong!
-Bill.
PIC18
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.
PIC18
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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