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For several decades, Microchip provides one of the industry’s most comprehensive space product portfolio of radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant solutions that includes high-performance MCUs, MPUs, FPGAs, memories, communication interfaces, frequency and timing solutions, mixed-signal ICs, custom power supplies, diodes, transistors, RF components and more. With product development activities and qualified supply chain in Europe, Microchip France is key contributor to the European space ecosystem delivering European and ESCC qualified solutions.
Use of microcontrollers for space applications is expanding to manage different type of control (sensors, motors, antennas,...) for different kind of cases like satellites, launchers, rover & other robotic equipment. Integration of digital-to-analog converters, analog-to-digital converters, and on-chip non-volatile memory together with a powerful processor core is a the main microcontroller value. This kind of complex but also highly integrated devices is requiring the most advanced mixed signal technology combining digital and analog functions in the same System on Chip.
At AMICSA 2024, Microchip propose to update European space community on space microcontrollers (MCU) solutions developed in France.
SAMRH707 Rad Hard ARM MCU funded by ESA (also name JAGUAR) is now fully QML/ESCC qualified in ceramic but also in plastic package so qualification and radiations results will be shared.
A new Rad Tolerant ARM MCU is going to complete Microchip ARM RT microcontrollers portfolio with the announcement of SAMD21J17RT bringing Cortex M0+ with analog capabilities to the space market. More detailed presentation of this new mixed signal microcontroller is proposed for AMICSA 2024.
Around microcontrollers, Microchip will update on connectivity mixed signal devices under development. With new Quad Port Ethernet PHY VSC8574RT, Microchip is going to complete Ethernet space qualified offering with a SGMII/QSGMII interface to connect to any copper and fiber Ethernet physical media. Update on CAN FD transceiver for space activity at Microchip will be also proposed. Those projects are supported by CNES funding.
A short introduction about new on going development at Microchip with the European ATMX150RHA space qualified mixed signal technology will be also provided. This technology is still available for European space industry with prototyping capabilities supported by space agencies ESA and CNES.
As a key contributor to the mixed signal European solutions, Microchip will be really please to update space European community on all those topics during AMISCA 2024 in Germany.
