New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- In a step towards self-reliance in space technology, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's (MeitY) Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), has developed four new indigenous integrated circuits (ICs) to power the avionics of India's launch vehicles.

The four new devices are 16-Core Reconfigurable Data Acquisition System (RDAS); High-Frequency Octal-Core RDAS; Octal Channel Low Drop Out (LDO) Linear Voltage Regulator (LVR); and Relay Driver ICs, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) shared on its X handle.

The Indian ICs are expected to lower dependence on imported electronics, reduce launch costs, and enable a reduction in the size of ...