IBM Thinkpad radiation testing and recovery during EUROMIR missions

Author

Martignano, M. ; Harboe-Sorensen, R.

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Res. & Technol. Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

42

Issue

6

fYear

1995

fDate

12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2004

Lastpage

2009

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an experiment, conducted on-board the Russian MIR Space Station during a joint Russian and European mission, EUROMIR ´94. A commercially available IBM ThinkPad 750C was evaluated by running a software system which monitored the notebook´s behaviour and counted the number of single event upsets. The used software system and ground verification tests are also presented. Finally, another software system, able to ruggedize normal personal computers for usage in space, is described

Keywords

IBM computers; aerospace computing; computer testing; notebook computers; radiation effects; recovery; special purpose computers; EUROMIR mission; IBM ThinkPad 750C; MIR Space Station; ground verification tests; notebook; personal computer; radiation testing; recovery; ruggedization; single event upsets; software system; Computerized monitoring; Detectors; Hardware; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Single event upset; Software systems; Software testing; Space stations; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.489246

Filename

489246