April 14, 2008: MAPLD Update and Me
(March 31, 2008: I'm trying to get time to work on this site; outside obligations are impeding and hopefully will be resolved soon. Rich)
March 31, 2008: Added Best Practices for Researching and Documenting Lessons Learned to the Lessons Learned Page.
January 7, 2008: Added NESC Review of Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) Mission Mishap Investigation Board Review to the Failure Reports Page, DART Section.
December 19, 2007: Added NASA Project Management Challenge 2008, February 26-27, 2008 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 12, 2007: Added Learning from Other People's Mistakes to the Lessons Learned Page.
November 8, 2007: Added Lessons Learned From Seven Space Shuttle Missions to the Lessons Learned Page.
November 8, 2007: Added Design of Memory Systems for Spaceborne Computers to the Presentations Page. This presentation was given at the Flight Software Workshop 2007 (FSW-07) November 5-6, 2007, Laurel, MD.
October 19, 2007: Added the following conferences to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
- Formal Methods in Computer Aided Design, November 11-14, 2007
- DAta Systems In Aerospace, May 27-30, 2008
- NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS-2008), June 22-25, 2008
October 19, 2007: MAPLD International Conference Update
October 18, 2007: Posted presentation for seminar titled: "Engineering Aspects of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Digital Unit Design" See more presentations on Tutorials for Programmable Logic and Military and Aerospace Systems.
October 8, 2007: Added 8th Annual Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium, November 10 - 13, 2007 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
October 5, 2007: A sampling of waveformsfrom the LOLA flight model. Outputs of 54ACS132 and RTAX2000S (high and low slew) included. FPGA High Speed and Signal Quality Page and the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
October 5, 2007: Announcing design seminar "Engineering Aspects of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Digital Unit Design" to be held on October 17, 2007.
October 5, 2007: Posted presentation for seminar titled: "Back to the Moon: The Verification of a Small Microprocessor's Logic Design" See more presentations on Tutorials for Programmable Logic and Military and Aerospace Systems.
September 17, 2007: Announcing "Engineering Aspects of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Digital Unit Design" - (October 17, 2007). Office of Logic Design (OLD) Seminar Archive.
August 10, 2007: Added Monitoring of a Digital Closed Loop Feedback Circuit to the General Application Notes Page.
August 8, 2007: Added HAL/S Documentation to the Spaceborne Processors Page and the Design Software and Intellectual Property Page.
- HAL/S Compiler System Specification
- HAL/S Language Specification
- HAL/S Programmer's Guide
- HAL/S-FC User's Manual
- Programming in HAL/S
August 7, 2007: Added Accelerated Verification of Digital Devices Using VHDLXL to the Verification Page and the Spaceborne Processor and Avionics Papers. (Authored by ESA)
August 7, 2007: Added Use of Spare Logic Resources to the General Application Notes Page.
August 6, 2007: Announcing a NASA Office of Logic Design Seminar: "Back to the Moon: The Verification of a Small Microprocessor's Logic Design," September 19, 2007. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
August 6, 2007: Added IV Southern Programmable Logic Conference, March 26-28, 2008 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
August 6, 2007: Added Flight Software Workshop 2007 (FSW-07), November 5-6, 2007 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
August 6, 2007: Added Remembering the Space Age: 50th Anniversary Conference, October 22-23, 2007 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
November 1, 2006: Three Years of Global Positioning System Experience on International Space Station has been added to the Lessons Learned Page.
October 10, 2006: Seminar: Design Verification Tutorial, presented at the 2006 MAPLD International Conference, September 25, 2006, Washington, D.C. See: Tutorials for Programmable Logic and Military and Aerospace Systems and 2006 MAPLD International Conference Seminar: Design Verification Tutorial .
October 10, 2006: Seminar: Systems Safety and Embedded Computing Systems, presented at the 2006 MAPLD International Conference, September 25, 2006, Washington, D.C. See: Tutorials for Programmable Logic and Military and Aerospace Systems and 2006 MAPLD International Conference: Tutorials and Seminars, Seminar: Systems Safety and Embedded Computing Systems.
May 24, 2006: Registration Open for the 2006 MAPLD International Conference, September 26-28, 2006, held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center with a session at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Washington, D.C.
May 20, 2006: Added the Proceedings of the Briefing on RT54SX-S, RTSX-SU, RTAX-S, and Eclipse FPGAs for Spaceborne Application, held May 10, 2006, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
May 17, 2006: Added "RTAX-S Boot Camp" to the Tutorials Page, Minicourse Section.
May 14, 2006: Updated "RTAX-S VCCA Transients" on the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page and the AX Series Radiation Data Page, SEE Section.
May 14, 2006: Added "RTAX-S VCCA Guidelines Update" to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page and the AX Series Radiation Data Page, SEE Section.
May 14, 2006: Added "Radiation Effects Test Summary: RadHard Eclipse FPGA" to the Aeroflex FPGA Radiation Data Page.
May 14, 2006: Added "High Speed Testing of the Aeroflex RadHard Eclipse FPGA" to the Aeroflex FPGA Radiation Data Page.
May 13, 2006: Added "RTAX-S Single Event Effects (SEE) High-Speed Test Results – Update", to the AX Series Radiation Data Page.
May 13, 2006: Added "Elimination of RTAX-S ICCA Current Increase Due to Heavy Ion-Induced Upset" to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page and the AX Series Radiation Data Page, SEE Section.
May 13, 2006: Added "ESD Sensitivity of Actel RTSX-SU Field Programmable Gate Arrays" to the FPGA Reliability Page.
May 13, 2006: Added "Resolution of RTAX-S SEE Current Issue" to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page and the AX Series Radiation Data Page, SEE Section.
May 13, 2006: Added RTAX-S DSCC Approval Letter to the FPGA and ASIC Military Specifications, Actel Section.
May 12, 2006: Added the Proceedings of the "Briefing: RT54SX-S, RTSX-SU, RTAX-S, and Eclipse FPGAs for Spaceborne Application." Briefing held May 10, 2006, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
May 12, 2006: Added "Eclipse Boot Camp" to the Tutorials Page, Minicourse Section.
May 11, 2006: Added the following RTSX-SU TID reports to the SX-A and SX-S Series Radiation Test Data Page, Total Dose Section
May 11, 2006: Added Physical Analysis (DPA) Aeroflex Eclipse to the FPGA Reliability Page, Eclipse DPA Section.
April 20, 2006: RTAX-S Military Specifications are now available. FPGA and ASIC Military Specifications Page, Actel Section.
April 8, 2006: Added Total Ionizing Dose Test Report -- No. 06T-RTAX2000S-D1PPY1 to the AX Series Radiation Data Page, TID Section.
April 6, 2006: Added RTAX-S VCCA Transients to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
April 6, 2006: Updated OLD News #18: New FPGA Technologies: Currents, Voltages, and Temperatures, adding the transient voltage specification for the RTAX2000S.
April 3, 2006: Added The 25th Anniversary of STS-1 historical site to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page, Related Links Section.
March 30, 2006: Open for registration: Briefing: RT54SX-S, RTSX-SU, RTAX-S, and Eclipse FPGAs for Spaceborne Application: (May 9: RTAX-S Boot Camp; May 10: Briefing).
March 26, 2006: Added AIAA Horizons: Open Source and Free Software to the Design Software and Intellectual Property Page.
March 21, 2006: Added Common Mode Failures in Safety- and Mission-Critical Digital Electronics to the Error Detection, Correction, and Fault Tolerance Page.
February 28, 2006: Added the following application note, RTSX-SU and RTAX-S: Wafer Location Programmed into Silicon Signature to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page and the SX, SX-A, and SX-S Application Notes Page.
February 24, 2006: Added "Sky Walking" Tom Jones at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center on March 5.
February 19, 2006: Added International Astronautical Congress (IAC), History Section, October 2-4, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 19, 2006: Added DSD 2006 9th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design: Architectures, Methods and Tools, Aug. 30-Sep. 1, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 16, 2006: Added The Seventh Annual Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium, November 5-8, 2006 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 15, 2006: Added CFP: Configurable Computing Papers for TVLSI Special Section, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 13, 2006: Added Systems Engineering Seminar on the Genesis Mishap to the Reports Page, Genesis Section
February 9, 2006: Added Griffin: Statement on Scientific Openness to the Speeches and Key Papers Page.
February 7, 2006: Added RTAX-S Sample ICC Data to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
February 3, 2006: Requesting RT54SX16 or RT54SX32 Spares
February 1, 2006: Opened up Exhibit Reservation for the 2006 MAPLD International Conference.
February 1, 2006: Added FPGA 2006, February 22-24, 2006 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
January 25, 2006: Added RTAX-S Grounds to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
January 24, 2006: Added Managing Knowledge for Successful Mission Operations, March 2-3, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
January 24, 2006: Added presentations from the Briefing: RT54SX-S, RTSX-SU, and RTAX-S FPGAs for Spaceborne Application.
January 22, 2006: 2006 MAPLD International Conference - Call for Papers.
January 22, 2006: Added CPU86 8088/8086 FPGA IP Core from Hans Tiggeler's HT-Labs to the IP Library Page, HT-Labs Cores Section.
January 20, 2006: Added NASA's Exploration Systems Architecture Study -- Final Report to the Reports Page.
January 13, 2006: Added Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA) - RTAX1000S, D/C 0546 - January, 2006 to the FPGA Reliability Page.
January 13, 2006: Added RTAX1000S Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA) - D/C 0444 - December, 2005 to the FPGA Reliability Page.
January 12, 2006: Added NASA Advisory NA-GSFC-2006-01: Destructive Physical Analyses (DPAs) on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Non- Volatile Memory Devices, Failure Reports, and Lessons Learned to the following pages:
January 9, 2006: Added Call for Papers: Accident & Incident Modeling & Reporting in a special issue of Reliability Engineering & System Safety to the Reliability Papers and Reports Page.
January 8, 2006: Added ICASE RQ: Formal Methods for the Quality Assurance of Digital Systems to the Verification Page.
January 7, 2006: Added Why Engineers Should Consider Formal Methods to the Verification Page and the Software and Intellectual Property Page.
January 7, 2006. Added The Aerospace Corporation Space Qualification Test to the Testing Summary: NASA Test of Actel SX-A, SX-S and SX-SU FPGAs Page.
January 6, 2006: Added International Conference on Technological Advances in Aeronautics (TAFA), June 23, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
January 2, 2006: Added Lunar Module Interface Control Drawings to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page.
January 1, 2006: Added Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea, and the Stars to the General Aerospace Page.
December 31, 2005: Added NASA Project Management Challenge 2006, March 21-22, 2006 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 30, 2005: Added Register for seminar notification e-mail list page.
December 30, 2005: Added Shuttle ALT Free Flight 1: GPC 2 Failure to the Space Shuttle Computers Page and the Reports Page, Shuttle Section.
December 30, 2005: Added Space Shuttle Orbiter Approach and Landing Test: Final Evaluation Report to the General Aerospace Page and the Reports Page.
December 28, 2005: Added the following to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page.
Unmanned Space Project Management: Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter
Space Transportation System As Seen by an Astronaut, Fred W. Haise
December 27, 2005: Added the following:
Description and Performance of the Saturn Launch Vehicle's Navigation, Guidance, and Control System
Application of Redundancy in the Saturn V Guidance and Control System
Survivable Algorithms and Redundancy Management in NASA's Distributed Computing Systems
Redundancy Management for Efficient Fault Recovery in NASA's Distributed Computing System
Redundancy Techniques to Improve the Reliability of Two Level and Three Level Logic Circuits
How Much Redundancy? - Some Cost Considerations, Including Examples for Spacecraft Systems
December 24, 2005: Added Shuttle ALT Flight 1A: GPC 3 Failure to the Space Shuttle Computers Page and the Reports Page, Shuttle Section.
December 22, 2005: Added RTAX-S Action Probe to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
December 21, 2005: Added EDAC and Dynamic Faults to the Error Detection, Correction, and Fault Tolerance Page and the Memory: Applications_Notes_and_Related_Information Page.
December 21, 2005: Added NOAA-13 Failure Report to the Reports Page, NOAA Section
December 21, 2005: Developing new page: Error Detection, Correction, and Fault Tolerance
December 20, 2005: Added Space Radiation Characterization and Recommendations for the 68332 µCXL to the Spaceborne Processors - 68xxx Processors Page.
December 20, 2005: Added PC603E 32-Bit RISC µP Radiation Effects StudyXL to the Spaceborne Processors - Power PC Page.
December 19, 2005: Added Analyzing the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro PowerPC using the Dhrystone Benchmark Application to the Spaceborne Processors - Power PC Page.
December 19, 2005: Added Xilinx Virtex-II Pro PowerPC Proton Test Results to the Xilinx Radiation Data Page and the Spaceborne Processors - Power PC Page.
December 17, 2005: About the First FPGA In Space.
December 17, 2005: Added 9th Joint FAA/DoD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, March 6-9, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 17, 2005: Added DMSMS Center of Excellence to the General Aerospace Reference Page.
December 16, 2005: Added Aeroflex Eclipse to the SX-S, SX-U, RTAX-S, and Eclipse FPGA Briefing to be held January 18, 2006, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
December 16, 2005: Announcing Programmable Logic in the Radiation Environment - Part II to be given on January 24, 2006.
December 15, 2005: Added RTAX2000S Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA) December, 2005 to the FPGA Reliability Page, RTAX-S DPA Section.
December 15, 2005: Added RTAX250S Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA) - December, 2005 to the FPGA Reliability Page, RTAX-S DPA Section.
December 14, 2005: Added Digital Avionics Systems Conference, October 15-19, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 14, 2005: Added Actel Space Forum East, January 19, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 14, 2005: Added the following papers and reports to the Lessons Learned Page.
December 11, 2005: Added Software Development Standard for Space Systems to the Design Software and Intellectual Property Page.
December 9, 2005: Added Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms --- ERSA'06, June 26-29, 2006 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
November 28, 2005: Announced seminar on Programmable Logic in the Radiation Environment to be held December 14, 2005. Office of Logic Design (OLD) Seminar Archive.
November 27, 2005: Announced the 2006 MAPLD International Conference to be held September 26-28, 2006 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center with a session at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
November 27, 2005: Added 2005 MAPLD International Conference - Photos.
November 27, 2005: Added RTSX-SU and RTAX-S Part Densities to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
November 17, 2005: Added the following papers to the Reliability Papers and Reports Page and the Briefing on Achronix Technology: High-Speed and Extreme Environment FPGAs and ASICs Page.
Fault Tolerant Asynchronous Adder through Dynamic Self-reconfiguration
Efficient Failure Detection in Pipelined Asynchronous Circuits
Fault Detection and Isolation Techniques for Quasi Delay-Insensitive
November 16, 2005: Added AX and RTAX-S FPGA Bond Wires to the FPGA Reliability Page and the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
November 15, 2005: Added Presentation Material from the Briefing on Achronix Technology: High-Speed and Extreme Environment FPGAs and ASICs.
November 14, 2005: Added The PLL and Prototyping RTAX-S FPGAs to the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
November 14, 2005: Added the RTAX-S and AX Application Notes Page.
November 6, 2005: The NASA Lessons Learned link has been updated as NASA HQ has located it on a new server. Reference: Lessons Learned Page.
November 3, 2005: Added the following RTAX-S total ionizing does reports to the AX Series Radiation Data Page.
RTAX2000S: 05T-RTAX2000S-D1L9R1
RTAX2000S: No. 05T-RTAX2000S-D1GAG1
RTAX250S: No. 05T-RTAX250S-D1H381
October 31, 2005: Added MS Kennedy 5920-1.5 LVDO SEE Test to the Low Voltage Dropout Regulators and DC-DC Converters Page.
October 30, 2005: Added OLD News #18: New FPGA Technologies: Currents, Voltages, and Temperatures to the OLD News Page.
October 30, 2005: Added Single Event Effects Testing of the HS-117RH Adjustable Voltage RegulatorXL to the Low Voltage Dropout Regulators and DC-DC Converters Page, Radiation Test Results Section.
October 30, 2005: Added the following two reports to the AX Series Radiation Data Page, SEE Section:
October 25, 2005: Added notice of FPGA Briefing on Achronix Technology: High speed FPGAs for Extreme Environments, to be held at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, November 15, 2005. Registration required.
October 24, 2005: Added Single Event Transient and Destructive Testing of the National Semiconductor LM-117 Voltage Regulator to the Low Voltage Dropout Regulators and DC-DC Converters Page.
October 24, 2005: Added NSREC - Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference, July 17-21, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
October 24, 2005: Added International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT), July 17-21, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
October 24, 2005: Added Fifteenth Biannual Single Event Effects Symposium, April 10-12, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
October 16, 2005: Announcing SX-S, SX-U, and RTAX-S FPGA Briefing to be held January 18, 2006, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Registration required.
October 15, 2005: Added the following FPGA reliability reports to the FPGA Reliability Page:
- Actel Reliability Report, Q2, 2005
- Xilinx Reliability Report, Q2, 2005
- Quicklogic Reliability Report, Q4, 2004.
October 15, 2005: Added 52nd Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), January 23-26, 2006, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
October 13, 2005: Proceedings of the EEPROM Reliability Workshop have been published. The workshop was held on October 12, 2005, as the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
October 11, 2005: EEPROM Reliability Workshop to be held October 12, 2005 *** ROOM CHANGE TO BUILDING 22, ROOM 396 ***
October 10, 2005: Added Proceedings of the Space Shuttle Technical Conference, June 28-30, 1983, to the Space Shuttle Computers Page and the Design Software and Intellectual Property Page. I have broken out of the Proceedings 12 avionics and software papers and put them in separate .pdf files. The entire Proceedings are also on-line.
October 9, 2005: Added Inadvertent Firing of L1L, L1U, R4U, F3L, and F3U (ORB) to the Reports Page, Shuttle Section and Space Shuttle Computers and Avionics Page.
October 5, 2005: Added the following total dose radiation reports to the SX-A and SX-S Series Radiation Test Data Page.
September 30, 2005: Added Knowledge Capture and Management - Key To Ensuring Flight Safety and Mission Success to the Lessons Learned Page.
September 27, 2005: Added "Design Integrity Seminar" to the Tutorials for Programmable Logic and Military and Aerospace Systems Page. This was presented at the 2005 MAPLD International Conference.
September 24, 2005: Added The Ten Commandments of Excellent DesignXL to the Design, Analysis, and Test Guidelines Page.
September 24, 2005: Added DesignCon 2006, February 6-9, 2006 to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
September 15, 2005: Added the following total dose radiation reports to the SX-A and SX-S Series Radiation Test Data Page.
September 15, 2005: Added 13th Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop (RAW 2006) to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
September 14, 2005: Product Discontinuation Notice: MEC RT54SX-S 0.25 µm FPGAs has been added to the User Notices Page.
September 13, 2005: MAPLD Reviews
September 3, 2005: Added TOTAL IONIZING DOSE TEST REPORT: No. 05T-RTAX1000S-D1GAH1 to the AX Series Radiation Data Page, Total Dose Section.
August 28, 2005: Added Single Event Upsets for Space Shuttle Flights of New General Purpose Computer Memory Devices to the Space Shuttle Computers Page.
August 20, 2005: Added Proton Single Event Effects Radation Test Report for the RHrFPGA Radiation_Hardened Field-Programmable Gate Array to the Atmel Radiation Data Page.
August 12, 2005: Added Reliability Prediction for Spacecraft, RADC-TR-85-229, to the Reliability Page.
July 30, 2005: Announcing the NASA Office of Logic Design sponsored EEPROM Technology Workshop: Hitachi and Maxwell, to be held October 12, 2005, at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Registration is required. Individuals who wish to share experience and analysis should follow the instructions on the workshop page.
July 29, 2005: Added Proceedings: 2005 National Software and Complex Electronic Hardware Standardization Conference, Co-hosted by FAA and NASA, Norfolk, Virginia, July 26-28, 2005 to the Design Software and Intellectual Property Page.
July 29, 2005: Added "This Is What We Find In This Stuff," presented at the FY2005 Software/Complex Electronic Hardware Standardization Conference to the Tutorials for Programmable Logic and Military and Aerospace Systems Page.
July 26, 2005: Added Design, Test, and Certification Issues for Complex Integrated Circuits to the Verification and Design, Analysis, and Test Guidelines Pages.
July 26, 2005: Added Military Technologies Conference 2006, March 14-15, 2006, to the Conferences Page.
July 26, 2005: Added Components for Military and Space Electronics Conference & Exhibition, February 6-9, 2006, to the Conferences Page.
July 20, 2005: Lunar Landing Day
July 20, 2005: MAPLD Program Released!
July 20, 2005: Added 2005 Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference, September 20-22, 2005 to the Conferences Page.
July 7, 2005: Seminar Announcement: "This Is What We Find In This Stuff" (July 25, 2005)
July 6, 2005: MIL-HDBK-1553A has been added to References: Interfaces and Standards Page.
June 30, 2005: DPA: AT17LV010-10DP-E 1 Meg EEPROM has been add to the Memories Reliability Page.
June 30, 2005: DPA: Atmel AT40KEL040KW1-E FPGA has been added to the FPGA Reliability Page.
June 30, 2005: No Post Program Conditioning on UT28F256QL (Aeroflex antifuse-based PROM) has been add to the Memories Reliability Page.
June 25, 2005: Added Total Dose Radiation Test Report: MSK 5900RH - Ultra Low Dropout Adjustable Positive Linear Regulator to the Low Voltage Dropout Regulators and DC-DC Converters Page.
June 19, 2005: Added DC-DC Converter Roundtable 2005 Proceedings to the Low Voltage Dropout Regulators and DC-DC Converters Page.
June 19, 2005: Added the following to the Other Useful Links Page:
ESA, European, and Japanes Links
June 9, 2005: Added TOTAL IONIZING DOSE TEST REPORT: No. 05T-RTAX2000S-D1GAF1, RTAX2000S, Lot D1GAF1 to the AX Series Radiation Data, Total Dose Section.
June 5, 2005: Added NASA Risk Management Conference. December 6-8, 2005 to the Conferences Page.
June 5, 2005: UPDATE -- ESD: A Tale of Two Lids to the General Application Notes Page and the May 2005 Briefing: Independent NASA Test of RTSX-SU FPGAs
May 27, 2005: Added the following IP cores from Hans Tiggeler's HT-Labs on to the IP Library Page, HT-Labs Cores Section.
- AES86, a 128 Bit AES ECB/CBC IP Core
- RCORE54 Processor
- Serial Signed/Unsigned Multiplier + Testbench
- Parallel Signed/Unsigned Radix-4 Multiplier + Testbench
- Serial Signed/Unsigned Divider + Testbench
- Parallel Signed/Unsiged Divider + Testbench
May 27, 2005: Added Electrical Power Systems, Direct Current, Space Vehicle Design Requirements to the Design, Analysis, and Test Guidelines Page.
May 24, 2005: Added Space and Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition. August 15-18, 2005 to the Conferences Page.
May 24, 2005: Added Aeroflex FPGA IBIS Models (external link) to the FPGA High Speed and Signal Quality Page, External Links Section.
May 23, 2005: Added Ninth Annual Workshop on High Performance Embedded Computing, September 20-22, 2005, to the Conferences Page.
May 23, 2005: Added Evaluation of SiO2 Antifuse in a 3D-OTP Memory to the Antifuse Notes Page.
May 21, 2005: Added ESD: A Tale of Two Lids to the General Application Notes Page and the May 2005 Briefing: Independent NASA Test of RTSX-SU FPGAs
May 18, 2005: Notes from the May 2005 Briefing: Independent NASA Test of RTSX-SU FPGAs are now on-line.
May 18, 2005: Report: Defense Science Board Task Force On High Performance Microchip Supply has been added to the Reports Page.
May 16, 2005: DPA of RT54SX32SU-1CQ208BX1 has been added to the FPGA Reliability Page. Report Number: Q50003DPA
Date Code: 0437 Lot Code: D122H1.May 16, 2005: DPA of Hitach 58C1001 has been added to the Memories: Reliability Page. Report Number: Q50002DPA
Date Code: 0349, 0431, 0433May 15, 2005: Added FY2005 Software/Complex Electronic Hardware Standardization Conference, July 26-28, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
May 7, 2005: Added "The 'Bug' Heard 'Round the World" to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page, the Space Shuttle Computers Page, and the Design Software and Intellectual Property Page. Discussion of the software problem which delayed the first Shuttle orbital flight.
April 28, 2005: Added Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts (WRAC), September 20-22, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
April 26, 2005: Added Digital Avionics Systems Conference, October 30 - November 3, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
April 16, 2005: Added "A54SX-A/UMC and RTSX-SU Comparison Notes" to the SX, SX-A, and SX-S Application Notes and FPGA Reliability Pages.
April 14, 2005: Added "Actel Recommendations for Programming RTSX-S and RTSX-SU" to the SX, SX-A, and SX-S Application Notes Page.
April 14, 2005: Added SOFTWARE ASPECTS OF STRATEGIC DEFENSE SYSTEMS to the Verification and Design Software and Intellectual Property Pages.
April 12, 2005: Added Systems Engineering and Test Evaluation Conference, November 7-9, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
April 3, 2005: Added "Reliability and Endurance of FRAM: A Case Study" to the Memories: Radiation_Test_Results Page.
April 2, 2005: Added "The Effects of TID on Wear-Out of Advanced Flash Memories" to the Memories: Radiation_Test_Results Page.
April 2, 2005: Added "Radiation Issues and Applications of Floating Gate Memories" to the Memories: Radiation_Test_Results Page.
March 28, 2005: Added Technical Consultation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Nickel Hydrogen (NiH2) Battery Charge Capacity Prediction to the Reports Page.
March 27, 2005: Added Space Shuttle Orbiter Reaction Jet Driver (RJD) Independent Technical Assessment/Inspection (ITA/I) Report to the Reports Page, Shuttle Section.
March 26, 2005: Added "Stereo Vision and Rover Navigation Software for Planetary Exploration" to the Design Software and Intellectual Property Page.
March 21, 2005: Added "RT54SX-S and RTSX-SU Gold Bonding Reliability Evaluation" to the FPGA Reliability Page, Actel DPA Section.
March 20, 2005: Added the following RTSX-SU total dose radiation reports to the SX-A and SX-S Series Radiation Test Data Page, Total Dose Section.
- 05T-RTSX32SU-D19S61_R2.pdf
- 05T-RTSX32SU-D1AYJ1.pdf
- 05T-RTSX32SU-D1JW21.pdf
- 05T-RTSX72SU-D1HLJ1.pdf
- 05T-RTSX72SU-D1JW01.pdf
March 10, 2005: Added "ESD Sensitivity of Actel RTSX-SU Field Programmable Gate Arrays" to the FPGA Reliability Page.
March 10, 2005: Added two summary reports for the Independent NASA Test of Actel SX-A, SX-S, and SX-SU Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs):
- Testing Summary: NASA Test of Actel SX-A, SX-S and SX-SU FPGAs
- tPD Summary: NASA Test of Actel SX-A, SX-S and SX-SU FPGAs
March 9, 2005: The NASA History Division presents National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) -- this has been added to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page, Related Links Section.
March 8, 2005: Announced 2005 MAPLD International Conference - Call for Papers
March 8, 2005: Added Briefing Summary: Independent NASA Test of RTSX-SU FPGAs to the February 16, 2005 Briefing: Independent NASA Test of RTSX-SU FPGAs.
March 1, 2005: Added Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium, November 7-10, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
March 1, 2005: Added tPD Summary: NASA Test of Actel SX-A, SX-S, and SX-SU FPGAs.
March 1, 2005: Added The 15th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic, Reconfigurable Computing, and Applications August 24-26, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
March 1, 2005: Added "SBCCI 2005 18th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design Chip," September 4-7, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 24, 2005: Announcing a Workshop on Pyrotechnic Initiators, Applications, and Lessons Learned, to be held at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, June 7, 2005.
February 23, 2005: Added DPAs of RTSX72SU FPGAs to the FPGA Reliability Page, Actel DPA Section.
- q50004dpa_sdo_actel_ar.doc: RT54SX72SU-1CQ208BX1, Date Code: 0440, Wafer Lot: DOYMJ1
February 23, 2005: Added Q50002 DPA: 58C1001 Hitachi EEPROM to the Memories: Reliability Page.
February 23, 2005: Added "Interim Assessment of the NASA Culture Change Effort" to the Reports Page. Note that you may copy text and graphics from this .pdf file.
February 21, 2005: Added the APOLLO GUIDANCE COMPUTER (AGC) Schematics to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page.
February 20, 2005: Added notes for the Briefing: Independent NASA Test of RTSX-SU FPGAs, held February 16, 2005.
February 18, 2005: Added two DPAs of RTSX-SU FPGAs to the FPGA Reliability Page, Actel DPA Section.
- q50003_dpa_sdo_ar.doc: RTSX32SU-1CQ208B, Date Code: 0437, Wafer Lot: D122H1.
- q50011_dpa_sdo_ar.doc: RT54SX72SU-1CQ208BX1, Date Code: 0437, Wafer Lot: DOYMJ1
February 12, 2005: Added "AGC NOR Gate Specifications" to the Apollo Computers Page and the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page.
February 9, 2005: Added 19th Annual Conference on Small Satellites, August 8-11, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 9, 2005: Added "Sample Data for Delta ICCI, RTSX-SU" to the SX, SX-A, and SX-S Application Notes Page.
February 1, 2005: Added "AGC Integrated Circuit Packages" to the Apollo Computers Page and the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page.
February 7, 2005: Added CGO 2005 International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization, March 20-23, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 7, 2005: Added 2005 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference, July 11-15, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 7, 2005: Added Third IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis, September 19-21, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 7, 2005: Added The 29th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, July 25-28, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 7, 2005: Added 2005 International Military & Aerospace/Avionics COTS Conference, August 3-5, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
February 1, 2005: Added "Review of Lessons Learned in the Mercury Program Relative to Spacecraft Design and Operations" to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page and the Lessons Learned Page.
February 1, 2005: Added "AGC - Saturn V LVDC Comparison" to the Apollo Computers Page and the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page.
January 31, 2005: Added Technical Symposium on Reconfigurable Computing with FPGAs, February 21-22, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
January 26, 2005: Added two Atmel radiation reports on their FPGA and configuration memories to the Atmel Radiation Data Page and the Memories: Radiation_Test_Results Page.
- ATMEL AT40KEL040 re-programmable SRAM based FPGA Radiation Test Report:
Total Dose (TID) and Single Event Effects (SEE)- AT40KEL040 Reprogrammable SRAM based FPGA Total Dose (TID) and Single Event Effects (SEE)
January 19, 2005: Added Satellite Outages and FailuresXL to the Programmable Reports Main Page, Failure Reports Section.
January 19, 2005: Added "When Spacecraft Won't Point"XL to the Lessons Learned Page and the Programmable Reports Main Page, Failure Reports Section.
January 16, 2005: Added Actel PCN 0408-RTSX-SU (yield enhancement for RTSX-SU) to the User Notices Page and the SX, SX-A, and SX-S Application Notes Page.
January 14, 2005: Added "Military, Aerospace, Space and Homeland Security: Packaging Issues and Applications," May 3-5, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
January 14, 2005: Added the following total dose radiation reports to the SX-A and SX-S Series Radiation Test Data Page, Total Dose Section.
- 04T-RTSX72U-D1AYH1.pdf (UMC)
- 04T-RT54SX32SU-D122H1-rev1.pdf (UMC)
- 04T-RT54SX72S-BP15146-01.pdf (MEC)
- 04T-RT54SX72S(U)-DOY311_rev1.pdf (UMC)
January 13, 2005: Added the SpaceWire Home Page link to the Interfaces and Standards Page.
January 13, 2005: Added "Apollo Experience Report: Spacecraft Pyrotechnic Systems" to the Apollo Experience Reports Page and the Pyrotechnic Devices and Firing Circuits Page.
January 11, 2005: Announced Briefing: Independent NASA Test of RTSX-SU FPGAs, to be held February 16, 2005, at NASA GSFC.
January 9, 2005: Added "Tin Plague" to the Reliability Papers and Reports Page.
January 8, 2005: Added ACTS PYRO Separation Band Anomaly (Shuttle Orbiter) mishap added to the Lessons Learned Page, Pyrotechnic Devices and Firing Circuits Page, and Reports Page, Shuttle Section.
January 7, 2005: Added Manned Space Programs Accident/Incident Summaries (1970 - 1971) to the Reports Page, Mishaps Section and the Reliability Page.
January 4, 2005: Added Advanced Technology Workshop on Reliability of Advanced Electronic Packages and Devices in Extreme Cold Environments, February 21-23, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 25, 2004: Added Hearth Report (NASA Project Management Study, 1981) to the Reports Page.
December 25, 2004: Added Manned space programs accident/incident summaries (1963 - 1969) to the Reports Page, Mishaps Section, Reliability Page, and the Pyrotechnic Devices and Firing Circuits Page.
December 25, 2004: Added two Skylab Lessons Learned documents to the Lessons Learned Page.
December 24, 2004: Added Ariane 5 Failure ResourcesXL to the Reports Page, Ariane Mishap Section.
December 24, 2004: Added O'Keefe's Resignation Letter, dated December 13, 2004, to the Speeches Page.
December 22, 2004: Added Block I Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC): How to build one in your basement to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page.
December 21, 2004: Added White Paper on Definitions for and Approach to Anomaly Handling to the Design, Analysis, and Test Guidelines Page.
December 21, 2004: Added 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies Space in the Service of Society (RAST), June 09-11, 2005, Istanbul, TURKEY, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 16, 2004: Added RADECS 2005, September 19-23, 2005, Palais des congrès, Cap Agde, France, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 14, 2004: Added HPCA-11 11th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture, February 12-16, 2005, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 13, 2004: Added DSD’2005 8th EUROMICRO CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN: Architectures, Methods and Tools, August 30th - September 3rd, 2005, 2005, Porto, Portugal, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 13, 2004: Added Military Technologies Conference, March 15-16, 2005, Boston, MA., to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
December 13, 2004: Added Assurance Issues Related to Electronic Wire BondsXL to the Reliability Page.
December 11, 2004: Added "Software Acquisition And Software Engineering Best Practices."XL to the Software and Intelluctual Property Page.
December 6, 2004: Added Destructive Physical Analysis of RTSX32SU-1CQ208B FPGA (Date Code: 0418; Wafer Lot: D110A1) to the FPGA Reliability Page.
December 5, 2004: Added "Results for the Programmable Logic Usage and Assurance Surveys" to the Verification Page. A presentation and raw survey results are also available.
December 2, 2004: Added Commercialization of Military and Space Electronics Conference & Exhibition, February 7 - 10, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
November 22, 2004: "Fundamentals of Digital Engineering: Digital Logic" - Part II will be given on December 9, 2004. Tutorials for Programmable Logic and Military and Aerospace Systems
November 21, 2004: Added Soviet Space Battle Station Skif and its prototype Polus Images to the Russian Space Program Page.
November 18, 2004: Added Actel Reliability Report, Q1, 2004 to the FPGA Reliability Page.
November 18, 2004: Added Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Digital Signal Processor Experienced Destructive Events as a Result of Ionizing Radiation Testing (SHARC) to the Spaceborne Processors - SHARC Page and the Lessons Learned Page.
November 17, 2004: Added SX-SU Rupture Test, BNL, November 2004 to the SX-A and SX-S Series Radiation Test Data and Antifuse Notes Pages.
November 16, 2004: Added "The Apollo Guidance Computer: A User's View" by David Scott to the Apollo Guidance Computer and Other Computer History Page. Document courtesy Eldon C. Hall.
November 15, 2004: Added In-Flight Anomaly Database for STS-1 Through STS-107 to the Reports Page, Shuttle Section
November 14, 2004: Added 2004 MAPLD International Conference Seminar: "Aerospace Mishaps and Lessons Learned" to the Tutorials and Seminars Page, Minicourse Section.
November 14, 2004: Added 2004 MAPLD International Conference: Seminar: VHDL Synthesis for High-Reliability Systems to the Tutorials and Seminars Page, Minicourse Section.
November 4, 2004: Added The 37th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture, December 4-8, 2004, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
November 2, 2004: Added OLD News #17: Actel SX-A, RTSX-S, and RTSX-SU FPGAs in Mission- and Safety-Critical Systems to the OLD News and FPGA Reliability Pages.
November 2, 2004: Added DVCon2005, Feb. 14-16, 2005, to the Conferences and Calls for Papers Page.
October 26, 2004: Independent NASA Test of Actel SX-A, SX-S, and SX-SU Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) started.
October 22, 2004: RT54SX72SU Heavy Ion SEU Test, UMC Die, 0.25 µm, BNL, April, 2004. bnl_04_2004_sx72su_seu.htm
October 20, 2004: SEMINAR NOTICE: "Virtex II: SEU's and Mitigation through TMR" to be held at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, November 9, 2004.
October 10, 2004: Announcing the Reliable Digital Electronics Workshop on Devices, Environments, Design, and Verification which is being scheduled for early 2005. If you wish to discuss a presentation or propose a specific topic to be discussed, please contact me.
October 9, 2004: Added "NOAA N-PRIME Mishap Investigation, Final Report"to the Mishap Reports Page, NOAA Section.
October 9, 2004: Added "MER Spirit Mishap" to the Lessons Learned, Memory: Applications Notes and Related Information, Mars Reports/Mishaps, and Software Page.
October 8, 2004: Added "RT54SX72SU Unprogrammed Antifuse Heavy Ion Test" to the Antifuse Notes Page.
October 5, 2004: Added the following radiation test reports to the SX-A and SX-S Series Radiation Test Data Page, Total Dose Section.
- 04T-RT54SX32S(U)-D110A1.pdf
- 04T-RT54SX32S-BP0083301.pdf
- 04T-RT54SX72S(U)-D0YMJ1.pdf
- 04T-RT54SX72S(U)-DOY311.pdf
October 5, 2004: Added "Response to GSFC Failure Analysis Report Q40035FA Limited to Wire Bond and Possible Contamination Related Issues" to the Actel RTSX-S and RTSX-SU Briefing, September 2004.
October 5, 2004: New Office of Logic Design seminars announced:
"Fundamentals of Digital Engineering: Digital Logic" (October 14, 2004)
Virtex II: SEU's and Mitigation through TMR (being scheduled for November)
"Finite State Machines and SEUS: Fault Tolerant Design Techniques" (December 7, 2004)
Reliable Digital Electronics Workshop on Devices, Environments, Design, and Verification (being scheduled for January)
Pyrotechnic Initiators and Application (schedule TBD)
October 1, 2004: Added "Analysis of Apollo 12 lightning incident" to the Apollo Section of the Mishap Reports Page.
September 29, 2004: Added Space Shuttle Main Engine Controller to the Space Shuttle Computers Page.
September 28, 2004: Added "Managing the Moon Program: Lessons Learned From Project Apollo" to the Monographs in Aerospace History Series Page and the Lessons Learned Page.
September 27, 2004: Added released presentations for the Actel RTSX-S and RTSX-SU Briefing held on September 22, 2004, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.