Why do ordinary PCBs fail in space while others continue operating for years?

In this episode of Silicon to Software, Imran Valiani explains the engineering realities behind designing printed circuit boards for satellites and spacecraft.

You'll learn:

• How cosmic radiation damages semiconductor devices • Single Event Upsets (SEUs), Total Ionizing Dose (TID), and latch-up failures • Why launch vibration, thermal cycling, and vacuum environments challenge PCB reliability • Radiation hardening techniques used in modern satellite electronics • PCB materials, shielding strategies, redundancy, and fault-tolerant system design • Why reliability engineering is more important than raw performance in orbit

Whether you're a PCB designer, hardware engineer, aerospace engineer, electronics manufacture ...