Honeywell announced that the space industry’s first radiation hardened electronic component for communication systems, which improves the speed of serial data communication 50-fold over existing space electronics, has been selected to upgrade communication systems on the International Space Station. It will be launched on NASA’s space shuttle in August 2010.
“Honeywell’s Quad Redundant Serializer / Deserializer (SERDES) standard product is an industry first, providing commercial and military space satellite operators with faster, more reliable data communications,” said Dave Douglass, Honeywell vice president, Space. “This is the first multi-channel SERDES device for severe radiation environments, and will allow satellite manufacturers to significantly increase system network capacity.”
Honeywell’s SERDES allows significantly higher communication rates, up to 3.125 gigabytes per second per channel. It offers the space community the highest performance communication link that meets the rad hard needs of the both commercial and military systems. It also meets the increasing demands for high speed communications in space.
For more information, visit Honeywell’s radiation hardened products website or read the press release.
