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  • Hall of Fame

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    Since the announcement of VMEbus in 1981 there have been a great number of people and ideas that have had an impact on the development and advancement of open standards used in critical embedded computing systems. The intention of the VITA Technologies Hall of Fame is to honor and preserve the remembrance of those people and technologies that have had the greatest influence on the VITA open standards industry. Many others are to come - innovators and influencers, who have made a significant impact on developing, designing, creating the technology, and ferrying the technical specifications into open standards. These are the people who have overcome the technical and procedural problems, the products that set new expectations. It is our pleasure to honor these primary contributors to this industry.

  • Embedded Tech Trends 2018 Wrap-up

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    In January, Embedded Tech Trends 2018 was held in Austin, Texas at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown. Just off 6th Street, attendees had walking access to the famous Austin music scene and wonderful BBQ.

  • VPX: Is it the optimum form factor for electronic warfare and sensor processing systems?

    Mark Littlefield, Kontron

    The VPX form factor is used today for a wide range of applications and deployed environments. Applications vary from rail management systems to active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars on high-performance fighter aircraft, and environments vary from lab-benign (or near-lab conditions like wide-body jets) to tracked vehicles and unpressurized bays in high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The ruggedness and huge bandwidth provided by VPX make it a natural choice for many projects. However, one application space that benefits more than most from the processing power of VPX is electronic warfare (EW) and military sensor processing (SP) systems.

  • Managing the infinite possibilities: How to cope with the many I/O options of VPX

    Ken Brown LCR Embedded Systems

    Thanks to its flexibility, performance, and suitability for harsh and varied environments, VPX - especially the size, weight, and power-cost (SWaP-C)-friendly 3U VPX - has rapidly established itself as the form factor of choice for aerospace and defense programs. The majority of new opportunities are in the 3U VPX VITA 48.2 (conduction cooled) form factor, housed in an ARINC 404 enclosure, commonly called Air Transport Rack (ATR). ATR enclosures are notorious for restrictive I/O limitations.

  • Securing embedded systems based on Open System Architectures

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    Many of the standards developed by VITA working groups are for defining modules that are part of Open System Architectures (OSA) - whether they are VME, VPX, PMC, FMC or one of many other standards. These modules are used to build critical embedded systems that are deployed in a variety of application platforms. Today these platforms are typically connected via a network, a network that is often susceptible to cyberattacks. This article introduces you to high level concerns and challenges facing designers using Open System Architecture (OSA) modules.

  • Business barometer: 2018 trend predictions

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    Last fall we were in the middle of a presidential election, not sure of the outcome. Now we know! I was contemplating a move to Australia, but I am still here - with my options open! I was reviewing my past predictions in preparation for this year's forecasts. It was a bit humbling as I realized how slowly technology evolves in many aspects. Watching consumer gadgets roll out every year gives one the impression that our advancements in computing technology are moving quickly but then one realizes that things do not move at the same pace in critical embedded computing.

  • Solving the OpenVPX multi-gigabit I/O Problem

    Ken Braund Mertiec and Bob Sullivan VITA Distinguished Fellow

    The success of Meritec's VPX+ cabling system has spawned a new cabling system that replaces the need for the Multi-Gig (TE TM) connector and it is field deployable. The new VPX+ DA (Direct Attach) cabling system (product currently in development) reduces weight and cost while improving performance. Preliminary VPX+ DA SI simulations are showing 25Gigabits/seconds (Gb/s) performance. The VPX+ DA is an ideal solution for pulling various protocols from slot-to-slot and backplane to I/O at higher speeds. VPX+ DA is the ideal size, weight, and power (SWaP) solution.

  • VPX evolution drives ever greater capabilities

    Simon Collins ADLINK Technology

    As VPX completes its first decade since ratification, it is clear this standard is here for the long haul. A healthy competitive marketplace has driven product adoption in actual programs, which have been proven in real combat operations. However, the true strength of VPX is its continuing evolution to keep pace with technological advancements.

  • Creative uses of FMC

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    The FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) standard has become the defacto mezzanine standard for anyone wanting a modular solution for platforms using an FPGA [field-programmable gate array]. The convenience of having modular I/O for any FPGA family makes it hard to not use an FMC as the I/O front-end. Consequently, the FMC standard, VITA 57, has gained worldwide acceptance and is endorsed by the major FPGA manufacturers.

  • Embedded Tech Trends 2017 wrap-up

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    In January, Embedded Tech Trends 2017 was held at the wonderful Bourbon Orleans Hotel in the heart of the New Orleans French Quarter. Bordered by Bourbon Street to the west with Jackson Square and the mighty Mississippi River to the east, the attendees had easy access to the sights and sounds of the true essence of New Orleans (NOLA).

  • Securing embedded systems based on Open System Architectures

    Many of the standards developed by VITA working groups are for defining modules that are part of Open System Architectures (OSA) - whether they are VME, VPX, PMC, FMC or one of many other standards. These modules are used to build critical embedded systems that are deployed in a variety of application platforms. Today these platforms are typically connected via a network, a network that is often susceptible to cyberattacks. This article introduces you to high level concerns and challenges facing designers using Open System Architecture (OSA) modules.

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director
  • Yesterday

    Mercury Systems Receives $16.1M Integrated Subsystems Order for Electronic Support Application

    Mercury received a $16.1 million follow-on order from a leading defense prime contractor for RF and digital subsystems for an advanced naval electronic support application.

  • Yesterday

    Pixus Technologies Announces New Overview Brochures

  • 4 days ago

    Mercury Systems Receives $4.8M Order for High-Performance Digital Signal Processing Modules for Synthetic Aperture Radar Application

  • 4 days ago

    E-cast: Solving Avionics Safety Certification Challenges for Modern Aircraft

  • 4 days ago

    E-cast: Leveraging Embedded Systems Solutions While Reducing SWaP for EW, SIGINT, and Radar Applications

  • Last week

    Mercury Systems Receives $5.7M BuiltSECURE Memory Order for Airborne AESA Radar Application

  • Last week

    Introducing the XPedite2570 with Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA

  • Last week

    Curtiss-Wright Selected By Thales to Provide Rugged Pre-Integrated Mission Computer

  • Last week

    Luxoft releases PELUX 1.0 automotive software starter-kit on Open Source

  • 2 weeks ago

    Klutter King Is Proud To Announce Its House Clearance Services In Kent

  • 2 weeks ago

    Toradex collaborates with MVTec to simplify Machine Vision on Embedded Devices

  • 2 weeks ago

    Curtiss-Wright Debuts Industry's First 8th Gen Intel(r) Xeon(r)-based 3U OpenVPX(tm) Single Board Computer

  • 2 weeks ago

    Concurrent Technologies announces support for the latest Intel(r) Xeon(r) mobile processors and launches a 6U VPX(tm) board

  • 2 weeks ago

    Solicitation for Voters on ANSI Ballot of ANSI/VITA 67.1-2012 and ANSI/VITA 67.2-2012 Revision

  • 3 weeks ago

    Mercury Systems' Innovation Revolutionizes Microelectronics Packaging Technology for Defense Applications

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Products

  • 3U VPX H.265 (HEVC) video encoder with dual 3G-SDI inputs
  • Industry’s first DDR4 high density secure memory device
  • 3U VPX rugged server boasts performance
  • Server-class performance with secure custom I/O
  • When every nanosecond counts

Editors Foreword

  • Celebrating VME's strength and endurance
  • Flying high in 2015
  • Supersized options can slow tech adoption
  • VPX eyes new frontiers
  • Super buzz at CES, ETT
  • 2014 recap
  • Autonomous system scenarios
  • Off the radar

White Papers

  • High-Speed, Real-Time Recording Systems (Third Edition)
  • Future-proofing VME - Flexible tech refresh options keep VME strong for defense systems
  • High-Speed Switched Serial Fabrics Improve System Design -- Sixth Edition
  • PCI Express Peer-to-Peer Interconnect
  • Critical Techniques for High Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time Systems

VITA Standards Update

  • VITA Standards Organization activity updates
  • VITA Standards Organization activity updates
  • VSO spring break
  • VSO working groups roundup
  • VSO working groups roundup
  • VITA Standards Organization Chair Dean Holman talks VITA strengths and areas of improvement
  • VITA Standards Organization gets onboard: VITA 46.0, 46.1 complete five-year review; several new developments underway
  • VITA Standards Organization advances eight specifications to ANSI/VITA ratification

Defining Standards

  • Patent policy proposal stirs the pot of business versus innovation interests
  • VITA 76 provides for high-bandwidth I/O in a rugged MIL-38999 circular connector
  • XMC goes rugged with VITA 61 mezzanine interconnect standard
  • VITA 67 provides the first coaxial-backplane standard for analog and RF I/O
  • VITA 71: Revolutionary mezzanine standard aims to replace PMC, XMC standards
  • VITA 60 standardizes a ruggedized alternative for VPX applications
  • VITA 68 allows a common backplane design for multiple fabric protocols
  • VITA 41 (VXS) plays a key role in the VITA ecosystem

Videos

  • Five Minutes with Ray Alderman
  • AirMax Connectors for CompactPCI Serial Applications
  • The Business Report - VITA 46 (Source: CWCEC)
  • Pentek_8Ch_Beamforming_System.wmv
  • Video: Cut Time, Not Corners: 5 Steps to Efficiently Manage Defects across Shared Code

Technology Feature

  • Digital meets RF
  • Cost benefits of FPGA and FMC for embedded systemsdevelopment
  • Bringing LTE to OpenVPX
  • Chassis management for VPX systems
  • Validating the interoperability of VITA 46.11-based system management elements
  • Small form factors get deployed
  • Processors in VITA technology
  • VITA technology SBCs of the future

Special Feature

  • Business Barometer
  • OpenVPX solves VPX interoperability challenges; plans for future features

VITA News

  • Building an ecosystem for VNX
  • Pacific Pivot focus accelerates demand for OpenVPX server-class embedded processing
  • VMEbus pushes the high end at Bus & Board 2004

Guest Blogs

  • Update from the May VSO meeting
  • John Rynearson named first VITA Hall of Fame inductee

Design Wins Spotlight

  • The curse of sequestration
  • OpenVPX platform delivers horsepower needed to revolutionize helicopter flying

Application Feature

  • Optical backplanes – Route 66
  • Serial switched fabrics - Got you covered
  • "Critical embedded systems" defined
  • Unmanned vehicles overcome video challenges
  • ANSI/VITA 65 - The ins and outs of OpenVPX chassis selection
  • Harnessing the promise of 3D data in real-time critical applications
  • Upgraded approaches for "safe" and "reliable" COTS designs
  • Case study: Using VME to build an FPGA-based data acquisition system
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