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  • Technology Feature

    Versatility is key as OpenVPX enclosure requirements continue to evolve

    Justin Moll Pixus Technologies

    Despite the fact that OpenVPX is an open standard architecture, there is a significant amount of variation of system platforms. The application needs for OpenVPX systems continue to evolve rapidly. New challenges brought by the SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture] Consortium’s efforts; new complementary VITA [VMEbus International Trade Association] standards; size, weight, and power (SWaP) concerns; the expanding number of backplane profiles; and SpaceVPX implementations are requiring a versatile approach by the backplane/enclosure developers.

  • Special Feature

    Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA): Enabling the next generation of flexible and adaptable radar systems

    Denis Smetana Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions

    In order to keep up with the continued acceleration of new technology and to be able to protect the warfighter from the latest threats, it is essential that we can turn our deployed platforms into adaptable entities that can evolve over time and are not static. The SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture] Technical Standard is the next major step in realizing this goal.

  • Technology Feature

    Advancing electronic packaging with optics gives VPX a 450% bandwidth boost

    Jim Mosier, TE Connectivity and Mark Benton, TE Connectivity

    Implementing optics for Level Four electronic subassembly packaging in VPX systems enables significantly higher bandwidth over purely copper interconnects. The signal-processing requirements of today’s active electronically scanned antenna (AESA) radar, infrared search and track (IRST), and surveillance systems are demanding. This situation challenges designers to squeeze more processing power and electronics into VPX (ANSI/VITA 46) [...]

  • Technology Feature

    Can you really simulate an FPGA device?

    Max Taylor-Smith, Entropy Electro-Mechanical Solutions

    FPGAs – field-programmable gate arrays – are an incredibly diverse method of extracting multifunctionality from a single piece of silicon. The usefulness of these devices is encouraging a renaissance of their use in military-focused embedded systems as developers scramble to be at the front of the queue for new interoperability contracts in FACE [Future Airborne [...]

  • Editors Foreword

    Kovid Krazy

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    Last spring, I wrote about our entry into the first phase of COVID-19 pandemic with sheltering in place to slow the spread. That went reasonably well for a couple of months, but the natives got restless and now we are breaking new case and death numbers every day, in every corner of the U.S. In [...]

  • Technology Feature

    VPX and OpenVPX: Design aspects of enclosure technology

    Alexander Jager, Heitec

    The VPX standard (VITA 46) is an advanced development of the VME standard, which was introduced in 1981. Similar to VME, VPX defines the electrical and mechanical specifications for assemblies and systems; in addition, the mechanics are based on the 19-inch standards IEC 1101-1 and IEEE 1101-10. These standards specify boards and backplanes in the Eurocard format 3U as well as in 6U and a depth of 160 mm each (assemblies 6U by 160 mm – 233.35 mm by 160 mm or 9.187 inch by 6.299 inch or 3U by 160 mm – 100 by 160 mm or 3.937 inch by 6.299 inch).

  • Special Feature

    SOSA and VITA: Working together for next-gen defense systems

    Rodger Hosking Pentek, Inc.

    The SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) Consortium is developing common open standards for designing, building, and deploying hardware, software, and firmware components of new military electronic systems. Contributing members to SOSA include the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) – including the Army, Navy, and Air Force – along with key representatives from industry and universities. The Sensor Open Systems Architecture [...]

  • Special Feature

    VITA 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 [...]

  • Special Feature

    Embedded Tech Trends 2020 Wrapup

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    In January, Embedded Tech Trends 2020 was held in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in midtown Atlanta, home of Georgia Tech University. The theme for 2020 was “Inventing! Con­necting! Inspiring! Thriving!” The presenters were encouraged to weave this theme into their presentations. Embedded Tech Trends is a small but extremely [...]

  • VITA Standards Update

    VITA standards activity updates

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

    The November VITA Standards Organization (VSO) standards meeting was held in Tempe, Arizona. This update is based on the results of that meeting. Contact VITA if you are interested in participating in any of these working groups. Visit the VITA website (http://www.vita.com) for details on upcoming VSO meetings. ANSI accreditation Accredited as an American National [...]

  • Kovid Krazy

    Last spring, I wrote about our entry into the first phase of COVID-19 pandemic with sheltering in place to slow the spread. That went reasonably well for a couple of months, but the natives got restless and now we are breaking new case and death numbers every day, in every corner of the U.S. In [...]

    Jerry Gipper Editorial Director
  • 5 days ago

    Virtual FACE/SOSA TIM event to be held March 23

    SOLOMONS, Maryland. Officials from the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) and the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortia will be leading the Open Group FACE and SOSA Consortia Expo & Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) virtual event next month--the event is to be held March 23, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST.

  • 7 months ago

    SOSA and VITA: Enabling Open Standards for Improved Capability--a webcast special

  • October 24, 2019

    E-cast: Reaching DAL A Certification for COTS Hardware, Software to DAL A

  • August 07, 2019

    Acromag Introduces New VPX 6U Carrier Cards, Hosting XMC & AcroPack mPCIe I/O Modules

  • July 29, 2019

    Pentek Adds Digital I/O Capability to Talon Extreme Rugged ½ ATR Recorder Family

  • July 11, 2019

    New ¾-Length PCI Express Expansion I/O Board Hosts Four Mini PCIe-based Modules for Short-Depth Rugged Server/Computers

  • July 10, 2019

    Reflex Photonics launches a new blind mate active optical interconnect product line compatible with VITA and SOSA standards.

  • July 03, 2019

    Reflex Photonics Corp. to Join Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) Consortium

  • June 12, 2019

    VadaTech Announces Suite of One Slot 3U VPX Development Chassis (VITA 66.5/66.4/67.2/KVPX)

  • June 05, 2019

    Pentek Enhances Navigator Design Suite for the RFSoC Quartz Architecture

  • May 24, 2019

    Healthcare Tops Americans' Worry List for the Fifth Year in a Row

  • May 23, 2019

    VadaTech Announces a New VITA 57.4 (FMC+) module with 12 TX/RX Fiber MTP/MPO

  • May 22, 2019

    Reflex Photonics to open a new USA office to better serve its growing American customers base

  • May 14, 2019

    Reflex Photonics' LightCONEX, the first 150 Gbps 24-lane rugged transceiver on the market, to power the next generation of 3U VPX cards from Interface Concept.

  • April 29, 2019

    Pentek's New 3U VPX Board Optimizes High-Speed Optical and RF I/O Connectivity

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Technology Feature

  • Versatility is key as OpenVPX enclosure requirements continue to evolve
  • Advancing electronic packaging with optics gives VPX a 450% bandwidth boost
  • Can you really simulate an FPGA device?
  • VPX and OpenVPX: Design aspects of enclosure technology
  • Mezzanine madness: The future of VITA mezzanines
  • VPX road map
  • SpaceVPX-enabling the next generation of satellite constellations
  • Embedded Tech Trends 2019 Wrap-up

Special Feature

  • Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA): Enabling the next generation of flexible and adaptable radar systems
  • 2020 State of the VITA Technology Industry - Spring Edition
  • SOSA and VITA: Working together for next-gen defense systems
  • VITA Hall of Fame
  • Embedded Tech Trends 2020 Wrapup
  • Business Barometer
  • OpenVPX solves VPX interoperability challenges; plans for future features

Application Feature

  • VITA Technologies Winter 2021 Application Guide
  • 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

VITA Standards Update

  • VITA standards activity updates
  • VITA standards activity updates
  • VITA Standards activity updates
  • VITA Standards Organization activity updates
  • VITA Standards Organization activity updates
  • VSO spring break
  • VSO working groups roundup
  • VSO working groups roundup

Defining Standards

  • VPX Performance Boost
  • High voltage power supply standard
  • 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

Editors Foreword

  • Kovid Krazy
  • Keeping your social distance
  • VPX ecosystem steps up
  • Sizing the market – risk management
  • Celebrating VME's strength and endurance
  • Flying high in 2015
  • Supersized options can slow tech adoption
  • VPX eyes new frontiers

White Papers

  • Software-Defined Radio Handbook
  • Safety Critical RTOS Adapting Across Applications
  • Critical Techniques for High-Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time Systems
  • Strategies for Deploying Xilinx's Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC
  • Putting VPX and Open VPX to Work

Guest Blogs

  • FMC enhancements for growing high-speed data needs
  • Update from the May VSO meeting
  • John Rynearson named first VITA Hall of Fame inductee

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

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

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

Design Wins Spotlight

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