[SI-LIST] Re: SEU errors
- From: steve weir <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tbiggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:41:46 -0700
Tom, Xilinx offers the following methods:
a) Periodic reload entire device, or column by column
b) Absolute bit image compare, device or col by col.
c) CRC digest device or col by col.
The col by col methods are attractive for reducing the MTTR, but still lend
themselves to red/black by device. The CRC digest is good for data
reduction. Absolute images require full size map and mask images, and so
eat a lot of memory. In NAND flash that might not be a problem. But then
the NAND flash needs SEU protection as well.
Regards,
Steve
At 09:02 AM 4/13/2005 -0700, Tom Biggs wrote:
>I have heard of a satellite that had a non-rad hard FPGA in it. They
>needed the density of a commercial part and they could handle short term
>failures. So they just reloaded the FPGA every so often to clear out any
>bits that got flipped by single event upsets (SEUs).
>
> -tom
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>Subject: [SI-LIST] SEU errors
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>Chirag,
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>The current research indicates that SEU errors are possible for=20
>SRAM-based FPGA's. Whether they occur in near sea-level applications to
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>any high probability is up for grabs. But it is such a concern in=20
>aircraft applications that mil-aero contractors are designing circuits=20
>with redundant FPGAs for airborne applications.
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>Regards,
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>scott
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>Chirag Shroff (cshroff) wrote:
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> >So do you see Soft error events on these test sites ?
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> >- --Chirag Shroff
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