Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions

Aeroflex Microelectronic Solution divisions - Colorado Springs, Gaisler, Metelics, Plainview and RAD provide HiRel standard and custom integrated circuits and circuit card assembly for the aerospace, high-altitude avionics, medical, x-ray cargo scanners, critical transportation systems, nuclear power controls, GPS receivers, networking and telecommunication markets.

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LEON 3FT Microprocessor

Aeroflex LEON 3FT Microprocessor

Our UT699 LEON 3FT/SPARC V8 Microprocessor with Aeroflex Gaisler IP is now in production with a new 484-CLGA package! To aid in your LEON design, Aeroflex announces the UT699 Single Board Computer (see details below)!

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Aeroflex's UT699 is a processing solution for markets such as Nuclear Power Plant Controls, Critical Transportation Systems, High-Altitude Avionics, Medical Electronics and X-Ray Cargo Scanning.

To aid in your design, Aeroflex has posted the UT699 Power Calculator spreadsheet for calculating total device power dissipation and the UT699 Power Calculator Application Note which describes how to use the spreadsheet.

For questions, please call 800-645-8862.

The UT699 LEON 3FT Functional Manual has been updated!


UT699 32-bit Fault-Tolerant LEON 3FT SPARC™ V8 Processor

  • Implemented on a 0.25um CMOS technology
  • Static design allows flexible 1MHz-66MHz clock rate
  • Internally configured clock network
  • Power saving 2.5V core power supply
  • Integrated multi-protocol SpaceWire core supports RMAP, GAP and GRDDP
  • Available to SMD 5962-08228, QML Q and V, withstands 100 krad to 300 krad(Si)
UT699 Single Board Computer
  • Proven microprocessor technology
  • Based on the UT699 LEON 3FT 32-bit SPARC™ V8 Microprocessor
  • UT699 at 66MHz, 89 DMIPs throughput
  • Flight heritage
  • Industry standard development tools; real-time software operating system support
  • Size: Small, 3U cPCI form factor, 160mm x 100mm
  • Weight: 3.8 lbs (Estimate)
  • Power: <5.5W
ALExIS Development System
  • ALExIS stands for Aeroflex LEON Experimenter’s Interface System, which is a self-contained Development Platform that comes with Hardware and Software Components
  • ALExIS is a ready to run Development Platform with a flexible architecture to support a variety of customer applications
  • ALExIS decreases development time and user learning curve
  • ALExIS comes with a non-flight UT699 Single Board Computer (SBC) which has a path to flight
GR-CPCI-UT699 LEON 3FT CPCI Development Board
  • Compact PCI plug-in format
  • On-board memory: SDRAM, SRAM, FLASH, EEPROM
  • Power, reset, clock and auxiliary circuits
  • Interfaces: 33 MHz, 32-bit PCI interface with host/satellite and master/target capability, two CAN interfaces, four SpaceWire interfaces, one serial UART interface, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Software Development Tools