Aerospace Manufacturing

Microchip expands its radiation-tolerant microcontroller portfolio

Space exploration is experiencing a resurgence with exciting new missions like the highly anticipated Artemis II mission, the recent successful lunar landing missions such as JAXA SLIM and Chandaaryan-3, and New Space deployments in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

17th May 2024

Microchip unveils new radiation-tolerant power converters for space applications

The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) market is rapidly growing as private and public entities alike explore the new space region for everything from 5G communication and cube satellites to IoT applications.

7th May 2024

Microchip unveils hybrid power drive module for electric aircraft

To meet the needs for an integrated and configurable power solution for More Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications, Microchip Technology has announced a new comprehensive hybrid power drive module, the first variant introduced in the new product line of power devices that will be available in 12 different variants with either silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs or insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs).

20th January 2023

Microchip launches radiation-tolerant power management device targeting space applications

For satellites to successfully operate and reach their destination it is essential to select components that can withstand the harsh space environment. Building on its existing radiation-tolerant portfolio, Microchip Technology announces the introduction of its first commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) rad-tolerant power device with the MIC69303RT 3A Low-Dropout (LDO) Voltage Regulator.

17th January 2023

Microchip’s second SuperFlash offering to be space-qualified

Designers of spaceflight-qualified systems have a great need to reduce development time, cost and risk in their systems. Microchip Technology proposed the concept of starting with Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) devices and then replacing them with space-qualified, Radiation-Tolerant (RT) equivalent parts.

26th April 2022

What’s new in space

Microchip Technology’s senior manager of product marketing, Nicolas Ganry explains how the company is helping ‘New Space’ companies to deliver components that will last for many years.

15th February 2022

Microchip upgrades space-grade DC-DC power converter family

Space system designers cannot easily support non-standard voltages or add functions with traditional hybrid-style power converters. Microchip Technology has eliminated the cost, complexity and customisation challenges of these hybrid solutions by offering a discrete-component-based, space-grade DC-DC power converter family that now includes 28V-input, 50W radiation-tolerant options.

25th January 2022

Microchip announces baseless power module family development

In the race to reduce aircraft emissions, developers increasingly are moving toward more efficient designs including electrical systems that replace today’s pneumatics and hydraulics powering everything from on-board alternators to actuators and Auxiliary Power Units (APUs).

3rd August 2021

Microchip hails JEDEC qualification ‘first’ for FPGA

Microchip Technology has unveiled the first Radiation Tolerant (RT) FPGA that offers the low cost of a JEDEC-qualified plastic package - plus the proven reliability of RTG4 FPGA technology and decades of spaceflight heritage - so they do not need to be screened to full Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) procedures.

29th June 2021

Microchip expands radiation-hardened Arm MCU family for space systems

Microchip Technology Inc. has announced the qualification of its SAMRH71 Arm-based microprocessor (MPU) and the availability of the SAMRH707 microcontroller (MCU), both implementing Arm Cortex-M7 SoC radiation-hardened technology.

27th April 2021

Microchip makes PolarFire defence-grade FPGAs available in volume production

Aerospace, defence, automotive and industrial designers who need defence- and automotive-grade programmable logic solutions can now order PolarFire Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) in volume production quantities.

5th March 2021

Microchip expands space-qualified power converter family

As reliance on communication and weather satellites grows and space research expands in scope and mission, new technology is required to help speed spaceflight system design and production.

23rd February 2021

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