JPL Projects: JPL projects can access our services by contacting a Parts Interface Engineer, a Parts Engineering Specialist or other qualified personnel.
Non-JPL: Our services are also available to non-JPL activities by contacting the Electronic Parts Engineering Manager Harald Schone at (818) 393-1736.
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The Electronic Parts Engineering Office (Section 514) provides selection, evaluation, and acquisition of reliable electronic parts for JPL Missions. The Section develops, implements, and manages Electronic Parts Program Requirements and Plans for JPL Projects and Instruments. Section 514 supports designers in part selection and conducts review of part lists for compatibility with the intended space environment and mission life, provides acquisition of electronic parts, communicates with vendors to resolve issues and obtain parts on schedule, conducts radiation tests and provide characterization and analysis services, performs part performance and environmental evaluations and test, conducts and coordinates reliability tests and failure analysis, implements JPL’s Government-Industry Data Exchange (GIDEP) and NASA Alert programs, and provides inventory and records control of flight electronic parts. Section 514 also operates and maintains the Radiation Effects Laboratory, the Reliability & Failure Analysis Laboratory, and the Electronic Parts Flight Stores.
Harald Schone attending the Non Volatile Memory Technology Symposium (NVMTS) in Portland Oregon. Harald also was the session chairman for the Ion Conducting and Flash Memory sessions. Amy Wilson of Section 5140 was part of the conference organizing staff handling the registration and event coordination activities. The conference had over 50 papers and posters on [...]
Gary Burke and Doug Sheldon were recognized for their work at the 2009 NASA Space Act Board Awards. The awards are presented by Dr. Elachi for significant contributions to NASA and JPL missions. Gary and Doug’s award was for “Precise Delay Measurement Circuit for FPGAs”. The circuit provides high resolution for time delays in FPGAs [...]
Recent analysis by Google has shown DRAM errors to be orders of magnitude higher than reported by manufacturers. Based on analysis of server usage and failure rates, it was determined that ~8% of all DIMM are affected by errors each year. The reason for the memory failures is that OEMs, test houses and chip [...]
Counterfeit ICs continue to be a concern. A recent court case has begun involving allegedly intentionally mis-labeled ICs that may have been purchased by the US Navy. Kathy Whittington is 514’s main counterfeit contact. Please check with her for the lastest details on how JPL is addressing counterfeit ICs.
