Measuring in Space: How Sensors Work in the Cosmos

[japam]

i have always wondered how do the sensors meters carried in spacecraft s work in space, with all that harnessing radiation out there, how is that the cosmic rays, ultraviolet, x rays etc... don't fry it out

 

[Astronuc]

Electronics must be 'radiation hardened' and shielded for applications in space. One method is to use 'larger' components, e.g. transistors, in microchips and instrumentation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening#Examples_of_rad-hard_computers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750
http://www.eis.na.baesystems.com/sse/rad750.htm
http://www.eis.na.baesystems.com/brochures/pdfs/04_c11.pdf

http://www.sandia.gov/media/rhp.htm
http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN12-18-98/intel_story.htm

About RAD6000
http://www.mdatechnology.net/techsearch.asp?articleid=429
http://www.eis.na.baesystems.com/sse/rad6000.htm

http://www.esa.int/techresources/ESTEC-Article-fullArticle_par-29_1120038112963.html