Serving the Critical Data Storage Needs
of Industrial and OEM Customers
Serving the Critical Data Storage Needs
of Industrial and OEM Customers
Flash Storage Solutions for Embedded Designs
High Reliability Flash SSDs, Cards and Modules for Industrial Applications
Posted by Samuel Nakhimovsky on Monday, 17 Feb 2014
Weather Balloon with Data Acquisition Payload
One of our customers has a peculiar requirement for our SSDs. They have to be able to function 20,000 feet up in the air. What a challenge !!!
Turns out he is manufacturing special equipment that measures atmospheric content of the stratosphere which is extends around 31 miles (50 km) down to about 4 to 12 miles (6 to 20 km) above the Earth's surface. This layer contains 19 percent of the atmosphere's gases. Monitoring the content of this layer gives scientists critical information about air pollution, volcanic activity, atmospheric changes, and even radiation fall out.
This special data acquisition and measuring equipment is sent up the sky in a hydrogen weather balloon. The environmental requirements of the storage module are extreme.
They are:
- Ability to function at or close to -40oC
- Ability to function at or close to 20,000 meters
- Ability to withstand a 5G acceleration and survive rapid descend
Fortasa Industrial SSDs have are specifically designed to offer extreme environmental and temperature resistance. As part of production release process, every Fortasa product passes a comprehensive screen to guarantee compliance with critical environmental requirements. The following targets are guaranteed to be met or exceeded by our products:
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Environment |
Specification |
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| Temperature | Operation | 0°C to 70°C (standard); -40°C to 85°C (industrial) |
| Storage | -40°C to 100°C |
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| Vibration | Sine wave: 5~55~5 Hz (X, Y, Z) Random: 10-2000 Hz, 16.3 G (X, Y, Z) |
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| Shock-Operating | Acceleration: 1,500 G, 0.5 ms Peak acceleration: 50 G, 11 ms |
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| Humidity | 5% to 95% RH (Non-condensing) |
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| Altitude | 80,000 ft |
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And if a customer has a specific set of requirements that is even more stringent than our standard Industrial specifications, we can design a unique solution to match the specific goals.
Please contact Fortasa to discuss your solid state product requirements or your production needs.
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