MIL-STD-883

Japan’s First Moon Lander Touches Down with Renesas’ Rad-Hard ICs on Board

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Monday, January 22, 2024
Semiconductor, Technology, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Other Science, Research, Science, Standard time, TT&C, Renesas Electronics, Temperature, Multimedia, JAXA, Intersil, Sea, Tanegashima Space Center, SMD, Environment, Radiation, IIA, SLIM, Telemetry, System, MIL-STD-883, ICS, Spacecraft, Planet, Communications satellite

The Moon landing represents a significant milestone for Japan, as it becomes only the fifth country to successfully touch down and operate a lunar lander, after Russia, the United States, China and India.

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  • The Moon landing represents a significant milestone for Japan, as it becomes only the fifth country to successfully touch down and operate a lunar lander, after Russia, the United States, China and India.
  • JAXA is currently investigating the specifics of its pinpoint landing and plans to release further information in the coming weeks.
  • The spacecraft is engineered to achieve exceptional landing precision, due to a vision-based object detection system and its lightweight, compact design.
  • This five-months-long mission is intended to help the scientific community learn about the origin of the Moon.

Renesas Develops Complete Power Management Solution for AMD Space-Grade Versal Adaptive SoC

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Electronic Design Automation, Semiconductor, Technology, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Hardware, Application-specific integrated circuit, Radiation, Renesas Electronics, Gallium nitride, Life, AMD, MIL-STD-883, TT, Module (mathematics), Multimedia, Temperature, Electronics Corporation of India Limited, ICS, SOC, VREF, SMD, PWM, Socs, PCB, Radiation Effects, TT&C, Field-programmable gate array, POL, Conference, Telemetry, Intersil, Video game, Transformer, Versal

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced a complete space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal™ adaptive system-on-chip (SoC) XQRVC1902.

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  • Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced a complete space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal™ adaptive system-on-chip (SoC) XQRVC1902.
  • To address these challenges, Renesas has collaborated with AMD to develop a complete power management solution for the AMD Versal platform.
  • The Versal Adaptive SoC is an industry-leading space-grade compute platform that delivers full radiation tolerance, accelerated AI inference and high-bandwidth signal processing performance.
  • It is an ideal turnkey solution for Versal Adaptive SoC power management.”
    “Power management for high-performance digital platforms like our AMD XQRVC1902 Versal space-grade adaptive SoCs cannot be taken for granted, particularly when they are used in the harsh environment of space,” said Minal Sawant, senior director, Aerospace & Defense Vertical Market, AMD.

Spirit Electronics to Provide Device Analysis with Acquisition of Insight Analytical Labs

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Monday, July 10, 2023
Apps, Applications, Mobile, Wireless, Technology, Semiconductor, Software, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Data Management, DPA, Electronics, Automation, ERP, Spirit, IP, MIL-STD-883, Printed circuit board

Spirit Electronics has acquired Insight Analytical Labs to add device analysis services, including destructive physical analysis (DPA), to its existing full-turnkey semiconductor supply chain services.

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  • Spirit Electronics has acquired Insight Analytical Labs to add device analysis services, including destructive physical analysis (DPA), to its existing full-turnkey semiconductor supply chain services.
  • Insight Analytical Labs is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the team, operations and assets will become part of Spirit Electronics.
  • “We can now provide device analysis services that result in process and yield improvements along with improved manufacturability design,” says Spirit CEO Marti McCurdy.
  • Spirit Electronics will leverage DPA to provide construction analysis that offers in-depth internal inspection of an electronic component to detect production defects.

CPS Technologies Corporation Receives Significant Hermetic Packaging Order from Industry Leading Aerospace Electronics Manufacturer

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Defense, Electronics, MIL-STD-883, AlSiC, Organic, Low Earth orbit, SHERLOC, NASA, Corrosion, Aerospace, Hermetic, CPS, Orbital speed, Communications satellite, Mars

NORTON, Mass., March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CPS Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:CPSH) announced today that the company has secured $5.0M in purchase orders for hermetic packages from a leading Aerospace electronics manufacturer in support of both U.S. space missions and high-volume production tactical programs.

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  • NORTON, Mass., March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CPS Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:CPSH) announced today that the company has secured $5.0M in purchase orders for hermetic packages from a leading Aerospace electronics manufacturer in support of both U.S. space missions and high-volume production tactical programs.
  • CPS offers both off-the-shelf and custom Hermetic Packaging solutions, providing our customers with flexibility in materials and bringing the highest levels of reliability across a variety of applications.
  • Michael McCormack, CPS President and CEO said: “We are excelling in the execution of our revenue strategy with hermetic packaging expected to continue to be a growing product line for us in FY23.
  • In addition to the U.S. space mission, CPS hermetic packaging products are embedded in military and commercial avionics systems, ground vehicles, marine applications, and weapons guidance systems.

Hundreds of Renesas’ Intersil-Brand Radiation-Hardened ICs Lift Off Onboard Artemis 1 Mission to the Moon

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Thursday, November 17, 2022
Aerospace, Technology, Manufacturing, Other Transport, Electronic Commerce, Air, Semiconductor, Transport, Other Technology, Engineering, Hardware, Artemis 1, Orion, Renesas Electronics, NASA, Space Launch System, Artemis, ReMarkable, Environment, ICS, Space launch, IOT, Multimedia, Artemis 2, Moon, TT, SMD, MIL-STD-883, Electronics, Planet, Intersil, Electronics Corporation of India Limited, Radiation, Telemetry, TT&C, Artemis 3, RS-25, TSE, Imagination, Communications satellite

The Intersil-brand ICs perform multiple functions, including power management and precision signal processing.

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  • The Intersil-brand ICs perform multiple functions, including power management and precision signal processing.
  • Artemis 1 is sending the test-mannequin populated Orion capsule to orbit the moon and deploy cubesats and other space experiments on a 42-day mission to test all the critical systems.
  • Artemis 2 (2024) will have a crew that will orbit the moon paving the way for Artemis 3 (2025), which will land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon.
  • Renesas Intersil-brand rad-hard ICs support subsystems for mission critical applications in data communications transfer, power supplies and power conditioning, general protection circuitry, and telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C).

Spirit Electronics Wins Lockheed Martin Space Outstanding Small Business for 2022

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Aerospace, Technology, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Satellite, Government Technology, Defense, Contracts, Engineering, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Efficiency, Lockheed, BGA, MIL-STD-883, Lockheed Martin Space, McCurdy, Certification, Electronics, Small business, HUBZone, Semiconductor, Printed circuit board, Management, Spirit

Spirit Electronics is proud to announce its selection as an Outstanding Small Business for Lockheed Martins Space division for 2022.

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  • Spirit Electronics is proud to announce its selection as an Outstanding Small Business for Lockheed Martins Space division for 2022.
  • Spirit provides Lockheed Martin Space with authorized distribution and full-turnkey test and assembly for microelectronics and semiconductors.
  • The Lockheed Space division estimates it will spend approximately $5.4 billion in 2022 with small businesses, generating economic growth and taking advantage of small business strengths in innovation and agility.
  • Lockheed Martin Spaces Orion program alone includes 2,900 suppliers, with approximately 50% being small businesses like Spirit.

Spirit Electronics Adds Automated BGA Reballing Service for Solder Ball Exchange

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Thursday, May 5, 2022
Semiconductor, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Satellite, Defense, Nanotechnology, Other Technology, Telecommunications, Other Defense, Networks, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Other Manufacturing, Engineering, Electronics, Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, Automation, MIL-STD-883, Spirit, BGA, AOI, Monaco Heliport, Certification, Technology, HUBZone, McCurdy, Multimedia, Printed circuit board

Spirit Electronics, a value-added microelectronics distributor, is rolling out additional capacity for its automated BGA reballing service.

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  • Spirit Electronics, a value-added microelectronics distributor, is rolling out additional capacity for its automated BGA reballing service.
  • Spirits high-efficiency proprietary process removes non-leaded solder balls from a ball-grid array (BGA) and replaces them with leaded solder balls.
  • Solder exchange, also known as reballing, is the defense industry solution to create leaded BGAs to meet aerospace requirements, but the process comes with risks.
  • Spirit uses two innovative solutions to control ball removal and placement to protect the original BGA pads.

Spirit Electronics Adds MIL-STD-883 Test Services with DLA Commercial Lab Suitability

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Software, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Semiconductor, Engineering, Nanotechnology, Automotive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Distributor, XRF, DLA, Electronics, Defense Logistics Agency, Certification, Program, Temperature, Spirit, HUBZone, Achievement, MIL-STD-883, Condition, Semiconductor, Humidity, Defense, Pyrometer, Method, Heat, Inspection, Printed circuit board, HAST

Spirit Electronics, a value-added microelectronics distributor, today announced the achievement of DLA Commercial Lab Suitability for MIL-STD-883.

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  • Spirit Electronics, a value-added microelectronics distributor, today announced the achievement of DLA Commercial Lab Suitability for MIL-STD-883.
  • The Commercial Lab Suitability program is run by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime Sourcing and Qualifications Division.
  • Our lab services are part of our new distribution, test and assembly approach to delivering components ready-to-use to our customers, says Spirit CEO Marti McCurdy.
  • While working toward lab suitability, Spirit Electronics added a circuit card assembly line, XRF analysis and precision laser marking in 2021.

Xilinx Data Center, 5G and Core Vertical Markets in the Spotlight at Xilinx Adapt 2021 Virtual Technology Conference

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Data Management, Aerospace, Technology, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Other Technology, Defense, Contracts, Engineering, Mobile, Wireless, Hardware

(Xilinx Adapt) Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the leader in adaptive computing, today is making a number of announcements in conjunction with Xilinx Adapt 2021 , the companys virtual technology conference taking place September 7-16.

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  • (Xilinx Adapt) Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the leader in adaptive computing, today is making a number of announcements in conjunction with Xilinx Adapt 2021 , the companys virtual technology conference taking place September 7-16.
  • From the data center and 5G to robotics and space-grade devices, were looking forward to kicking off Xilinx Adapt 2021 to educate customers and developers on our newest products and tools across our diversified end markets.
  • Xilinx data center platforms and plug-in board solutions continue to drive strong demand across hyperscale cloud customers and the fintech market.
  • From edge to cloud, Xilinx FPGAs and adaptive SoCs continue to be at the heart of wired and wireless networking equipment driving global 5G deployments.

Reflex Photonics to Demo Its New Line of 28 Gbps Per Lane Rugged Embedded Optical Modules and Radiation-Resistant Optical Modules at OFC2019

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Thursday, February 28, 2019
Engineering, Articles, Environmental testing, Physical sciences, MIL-STD-810, Reliability, United States Military Standard, MIL-STD-883, European Cooperation for Space Standardization, Shock, ECSS

The new LightABLE28 28G optical transceivers are intended for harsh environments where reliability is critical and the equipment is under constant stress over its operational life.

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  • The new LightABLE28 28G optical transceivers are intended for harsh environments where reliability is critical and the equipment is under constant stress over its operational life.
  • All parts are qualified to MIL-STD-883J for vibration, thermal cycling, mechanical and thermal shock in addition to damp heat and cold storage, according to MIL-STD-202 and MIL-STD-810 respectively.
  • This level of testing provides confidence that the 28G design withstands the aggressive effects of thermal cycling, moisture ingress, and other environmental conditions.
  • Reflex Photonics' radiation-resistant or "Space-grade" SpaceABLE28 transceivers are engineered to withstand radiation doses >100 krad (Si) as per the European Cooperation for Space Standardization ECSS-Q-ST-60-15C.