How Small is Small?
In figures, we make electronics 15-70 lighter and 30-200 times smaller compared to conventional solutions. In practice, one of our instrument control computers – complete with 40 MIPS of computing power and field programmable gate array (FPGA) – weighs in at just four grams.
That’s a complete functional system containing logic, memory, power handling and interfaces to control, in this example, micromechanical sensors. An all-in-one solution known as a system-in-package (SIP).
And it’s in orbit now, not just on the drawing-board. In other words, it’s rugged and can withstand extreme levels of mechanical shock, random vibration, temperature and radiation.
To see what an Ã…AC Microtec system-in-package looks like, click here.
To learn how we have succeeded in developing such small packages, click here.
