Microsemi announces the launch of its RTG4 FPGA development kit, the first platform of its kind to provide space designers with an evaluation and development platform for data transmission, serial connection, bus interface and high-speed design using Microsemi's RTG4 high-speed signals Applications handle radiation-resistant field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices.
"Our RTG4 development kit provides customers with easy-to-design space applications, and we hope to advance by providing a standard platform that showcases RTG4 functionality, intellectual property (IP) performance, and interoperability with Microsemi's industry-leading space product portfolio Design activities. Solutions, "said Minh Nguyen, senior marketing manager for space and aerospace at Microsemi. "In addition to Microsemi's commitment to provide a leading supplier of FPGAs to the aerospace industry, this FPGA is a major supplier of applications requiring mitigation of radiation effects, and this new development kit confirms our commitment to provide evaluation and development solutions to Helping designers successfully leverage our latest technology. "
This development kit provides all the necessary references to quickly evaluate and adopt RTG4 technology without having to build a test board and assemble the device onto the board. The RTG4 development kit is ideal for evaluating and designing remote sensing space payloads, radar and imaging, and spectrum in civil, scientific, and commercial applications. Other applications include mobile satellite service (MSS) communications satellites, as well as high-altitude aviation, medical electronics, and civil nuclear power plant control.
Professor Steve Parkes, Managing Director of STAR-Dundee, British Space Company, added: "The extensive logic, memory, DSP modules and IO functions of Microsemi's RTG4 FPGA with its inherent radiation tolerance and built-in configuration memory make this device ideally suited Space Shuttle Board Application. As a global leader in SpaceWire network technology for spacecraft airborne data processing, we utilize RTG4's embedded SpaceWire clock recovery circuit and high-speed SERDES capabilities to quickly demonstrate our flight-proven 200 Mb / SpaceWire IP running at speeds above sec, and using Microsemi's RTG4 development kit to provide next-generation SpaceFibre IP at 2.5 Gb / s. We believe that RTG4 FPGA and our advanced IP will become a successful combination for our space customers Create tremendous value. "
Marco Cáceres, senior analyst and head of space research at Till Group, a Virginia-based consulting firm, said the number of new spacecraft of 50 kg or greater will grow by about 25% over the next 10 years. He expects these new spacecraft to have more advanced payload electronics than their predecessors, while processing limited downlink bandwidth while performing more on-board data processing to maximize data acquisition.
Microsemi's RTG4 FPGA brings new features to the market and combines many features with the highest quality and reliability to meet the growing demand for modern satellite payloads. These devices have reprogrammable flash configurations to make customer prototyping easier. RTG4's reprogrammable flash technology completely resists configuration confusion caused by radiation in the harshest radiating environments without the need for configuration cleanup required by SRAM FPGA technology. RTG4 supports space applications requiring up to 150,000 logic elements and system performance up to 300 MHz. The company said that RTG4 is the latest achievement of Microsemi's long history of radiation-resistant FPGAs, which are used in many NASA and international space programs.
