Reconfigurable Task Processor

The work proposed herein is the development of a Radiation Tolerant Processing node with built-in reconfigurable logic and standard interfaces. Microelectronics for Nanosats require efficient architectures to make the best use of precious area, power, and mass allocations. PicoDyne is currently developing a Radiation Tolerant FPGA for space use, and separately, microcontrollers and processors. We propose combining the functions of a software-programmable processor with programmable hardware on a single chip. The FPGA architecture we are implementing as a stand-alone chip will be scaled down to allow insertion onto this Reconfigurable Task Processor(RTP). The same commercial design tools used for the larger device will be applicable here.