This proposal addresses a quite specific but critical need, building up to the on-going efforts aiming to develop a unique irradiation testing facility at CERN for high-energy/deep penetration heavy ion characterization of electronics. The main related activities (upgrading CHARM facility to enable heavy ion test campaigns) are extensively covered by ESA (CHIMERA project) and the European Commission (HEARTS@CERN project). On the long run, the operation of the facility is expected to be largely financed by external companies, mainly from the aerospace sector. 
The specific aspect addressed by this proposal is the fragmentation generated by the high-energy heavy ions when interacting with air, vacuum windows, beam instruments and other elements on their way to the target. The radiation field at arrival is thus composed by a complex combination of multiple species and energies. If properly studied and characterized through simulations and measurements, the impact of these fragments on the device under test can be exploited to achieve high quality and representative irradiation test results. This would attract customers requiring a deep level of understanding of radiation effects on electronics. In commercial terms, this work would justify selling beam time to commercial customers at a higher hourly rate than the one requested by the only existing competitor (NASA NSRL facility at BNL).