Microelectronics

Microelectronics: Space Applications and Design Methodology

The purpose of this information is to provide technical information about components, ASIC design, VHDL simulation and related issues. It is the intention that the information shall be practical and directly useful to Industry for designing spacecraft electronics, under ESA contracts as well as in the commercial market.

* On-Board Components

Information related to components to be used on-board spacecraft, including:
* ERC32 Sparc Development Programme
ESA has started a programme to develop a high-performance 32-bit processing core for space applications, ERC32. The ERC32 is based on the Sparc V7 instruction set architecture and consists of three devices; an integer unit, a floating-point unit and a memory controller.
* ASIC Design Methodology and Related Issues
Currently the most complete information available from ESA concerning High-Reliability ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) design for space applications. Also defines an approach ensuring the developed ASICs are available to Users in a non-proprietary way, so called ASSPs (Application Specific Standard Products).
* VHDL Simulation Related Issues
Public information related to VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language), including:
* The ESA/SCC System for EEE components
Component and process qualification, detail component specification of developed ASICs and standard components and other issues related to the procurement are handled through the ESA/SCC System for Electronic, Electrical and Electromechanical Components.

This page is maintained by the Control, Data and Power Division, TOS-ES, at ESTEC (European Space Research and Technology Centre). Contact points are:

Sandi Alexander Habinc (sandi@ws.estec.esa.nl)
Peter Sinander (psi@ws.estec.esa.nl)

Last edited 9 December 1998


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