What are the maximum g forces an FPGA could operate under? E.g. an FPGA sitting in a car wheel, where the car is travelling at 100 km/hr experiences approx 400g due to the centripetal acceleration. (assuming a 15" diameter wheel). Can anyone point to products or applications where this is done already? (I know tyre pressure sensors are coming..but these are not FPGAs)
What would the mass of your typical FPGA package/silicon be? Say a 256 ball BGA(e.g. FT256 or similar). Force = mass x acceleration so I guess you could work out the force on the solder balls etc etc.
I know vibration probably is an issue also - but at least that can be mitigated to some extent with the mechanical design of our product ,e..g vibration damping etc. However, the centripetal force is another matter - its always there whenever the wheel is rotating. (and grows with the square of the cars velocity).