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Expanded radiation-hardened Arm MCU family for space systems
Microchip Technology has announced the qualification of its SAMRH71 Arm-based MPU and the availability of the SAMRH707 MCU, both implementing Arm Cortex-M7 SoC radiation-hardened technology.
“Spacecraft and satellites are expanding in complexity to provide commercial and military operators with robust new communication and data capabilities, greater reliability and faster speeds, while the operators continuously seek to reduce cost, size and weight,” said Bob Vampola, associate vice president of Microchip’s aerospace and defence business unit. “In this environment, lowering system development costs while enabling greater capabilities and space system integration are ever more critical.”
Microchip Announces the Expansion of Its Radiation-Hardened Arm® Microcontroller (MCU) Family for Space Systems
Designers can benefit from another step in the Arm Cortex®-M7-based system-on-chip (SoC) commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) to rad-hard scalable solutions with the addition of embedded analog capabilities
CHANDLER, Ariz., April 27, 2021 Deep space initiatives including planetary exploration, orbiter missions and space research require innovative spacecraft system technology providing connectivity and processing. To enable system designers better integration and higher performance while reducing development costs and time to market, COTS technologies and scalable solutions are increasingly used in space applications. Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) today 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.
Microchip expands radiation-hardened Arm MCU family for space systems Microchip has announced the qualification of its SAMRH71 Arm-based microprocessor (MPU) and the availability of the SAMRH707 MCU, both implementing Arm Cortex-M7 SoC radiation-hardened technology.
With a growing number of deep space initiatives including planetary exploration, orbiter missions and space research there s a growing requirement for innovative spacecraft system technology capable of providing connectivity and processing capabilities.
âSpacecraft and satellites are expanding in complexity to provide commercial and military operators with robust new communication and data capabilities, greater reliability and faster speeds, while the operators continuously seek to reduce cost, size and weight,â said Bob Vampola, associate VP of Microchipâs aerospace and defense business unit. âIn this environment, lowering system development costs while enabling greater cap
Rad-hard Arm Cortex-M7 MCUs for space
Microchip is offering a pair of radiation-hardened Arm Cortex-M7 ICs: the SAMRH71 MPU and the SAMRH707 MCU, developed with the support of the European Space Agency and French space agency Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
“The introduction of Arm technologies for space applications opens up new perspectives by enabling the use of the same ecosystem well in place in the consumer and industrial sectors,” said CNES component specialist David Dangla. “The SAMRH71 is the first Cortex M7-based rad-hard microprocessor. It offers developers a single-core processor and the performance of an advanced architecture without having to implement heavy mitigation techniques as is required for non-space components.”