ENGINEERING SERVICES
We support you with our services in all relevant engineering disciplines - with heritage based on more than twenty space projects.
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ENGINEERING SERVICES
The team of Engineering Minds Munich provides engineering services from conceptual level to flight hardware for space payload systems for Classical or NewSpace missions.
Our engineering services for industry, research and development provide the full spectrum from structural analysis to electrical and thermal design as well as complete solutions for development tasks. Additionally, we support configuration and management of space projects in different project phases. Contact us for any request.
Electronics and Software
Design of Satellite Electronics
EMM covers the entire range of electronic design of satellite payloads from specification to qualification and integration. Depending on our customer's needs, we develop the application according to ISO standards or ECSS-E-ST-20.
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Analysis and understanding of requirements
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HW and SW co-design w/ modular architecture
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Selection of EEE components including, if required,
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µC, FPGA, SoC
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memories
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power supply
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PCB schematic and layout
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Cable harness and connector selection
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Electrical and data/communication I/F control
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Definition of communication protocol
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EMC analysis and control
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Radiation analysis and mitigation of effects
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Documentation of design process and results
Firmware Programming (C/C++, VHDL)
EMM provides comprehensive solutions for FW architectural design and programming. EMM has a wide experience in developing customized applications for FPGAs from e.g. Xilinx and Microsemi. In addition, we perform test planning and execution to offer our customers holistic solutions.
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Definition of FW functionality based on use-case analysis
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FW architectural design, modular definition
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Design of simulation model e.g. SW programming in MatLab, Python
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Test planning, definition of testbench incl. SW test system
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Programming of FW modules
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Development of test environment
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FW tests: Module tests, integration tests
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Documentation of design process and results
Quality Assurance
Radiation Analysis
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Calculation of expected radiation environment (Orbit-dependent)
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Total Ionizing Dose (TID) calculation based on Sector or Monte-Carlo analysis
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Non-Ionizing Energy Loss (NIEL) resp. Displacement Damage (DD) analysis
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Single Event Effect analysis taking into account
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Latch-up sensitivity and calculation of expected Latch-up rate
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Memory-Upsets sensitivity, calculation of bit-flip rate
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Generation of Radiation Models based on the 3D CAD (STEP) of equipment
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Evaluation of selected components regarding suitability for system design
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Suggestions for design improvements like spot shielding, latch-up protection circuitry, error correction coding, transient filters, component alternatives, redundancy etc.
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Radiation Hardness Assurance planning including system analysis and optimization, evaluation of existing test data (incl. evaluation of test standards, declared component and preferred parts lists)
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planning of radiation testing if required to achieve mission goals
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Documentation of analysis results
Reliability, Availability, Maintainability ans Safety (RAMS) Analysis
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Review of requirements regarding Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS)
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Bottom-up calculation of system reliability and availability based on design including analysis of EEE components, taking into account operating conditions throughout lifetime (e.g. environmental aspects)
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Derating of electronics components according to ECSS-Q-ST-30-11
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Failure Mode Effects (and Criticality) Analysis FME(C)A and identification of weak points in the design regarding RAMS issues
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Suggestions for FDIR (Failure Detection, Isolation and Recovery) measures to improve the reliability
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Suggestions for alternative components an implementation of measures to increase reliability; synthesis of component/circuit/assembly designs to maximize reliability and availability
