The development of the Broad Reach Engineering BRE440 Rad-Hard CPU enables a new generation of spacecraft processing solutions. Broad Reach is offering a number of products that are based on the BRE440 CPU to provide a higher level of processing power for on-orbit applications ranging from CPU boards to BRE440 based GPS Receivers.
The primary product is a series of CPU boards based on the BRE440 CPU intended for use in BRE's Integrated Avionics Units or standalone C&DH systems. The first product in this lineup is the BRE Starter 440 Board, a commercial version CPU board intended to allow early system and software development starting now. Starting in early 2008, BRE will make available the first EM version CPU board based on the BRE440 Rad-Hard CPU, followed in mid 2008 by a flight version of the same.
The EM and flight boards will be very similar in functionality and performance to the BRE Starter 440 Board in order to enable quick drop-in replacement. With this, the BRE440 architecture is available now for applications that intend to deploy in late 2008. |