Radiation tolerance of a small COTS single board computer for mobile robots |
West, Andrew
(Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester)
Knapp, Jordan (UK National Nuclear Laboratory) Lennox, Barry (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester) Walters, Steve (UK National Nuclear Laboratory, Culham Science Centre) Watts, Stephen (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester) |
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