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Parts Selection Table of Contents

• Capacitors
• Circuit Protection Devices
  • Fuses
• Connectors
• Filters
• Inductors
• Microcircuits NEW!
  • Monolithics
  • Hybrids
• Resistors
• Semiconductors (Summary)
  • Diodes
  • Transistors
• Thermistors
• Wire and Cable

2.0 ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

2.1 General:

• The procurement specification already exists
• The manufacturer has had a NASA survey or government audit performed
• The parts are available under one or several NASA accepted quality assurance systems
• Part qualification has been successfully completed
• All or most of the parts engineering has already been performed

The parts listed are approved for use only if NASA flight project approval is given. The document lists parts according to established quality assurance levels and NASA Parts Program knowledge of the product and manufacturer such as qualification history, GIDEP and failure trends, and delivery performance. This combination allows NEPAG to make a technical assessment of the quality, availability, capability and reliability and to list parts at a corresponding quality level within this document.

2.2 World Wide Web Access to the NPSL

The NPSL has been developed and will be maintained as an on-line World Wide Web homepage accessible via http://nepp.nasa.gov/npsl. The primary objectives of using the WWW as the platform for maintaining the NPSL are to:

• Provide broad and ready access by NASA affiliated organizations world wide
• Facilitate quick updates, modifications, and revisions
• Provide links to additional EEE part information

Users will have to access the NPSL on-line and be able to download the document if a printout is desired.

2.3 Configuration Management

Under Construction

2.4 Appendices:

Appendix A (when released) will contain guidelines for derating parts. In general, these guidelines are accepted by NEPAG for use on all projects. Flight projects may elect to further develop these guidelines into requirements. Appendix A may not contain derating criteria for all part types, but guidelines provided can be used as a baseline for project derating requirements.

Appendix B is a repository of useful WWW links to additional parts information databases which can be accessed to support parts selection and application issues.