Articles
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Unmanned aircraft leverage PC/104, COM Express, and other small form factors
Unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) continue to shrink in size, as do their payloads, requiring system designers to leverage small-form-factor, embedded-computing standards like PC/104, COM Express, and others.
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Very high-speed sampling and serial ADCs in embedded systems
Latest-generation active electronically scaled array (AESA) radar systems can have thousands of TX/RX modules. High bandwidth is needed to connect each array element data converter to the FPGAs that process incoming and generate outgoing data streams. New software-defined radio systems use advanced reconfigurable modulation schemes that increase channel bandwidths and deliver unprecedented wireless data rates. To increase the performance of software radio and electronic warfare systems, it has become critical to use efficient, low-power, low-pin-count, FPGA-connected converter interfaces.
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Modular Open Radio Frequency Architecture boot camp
Designers creating the next generation of embedded defense systems face several challenges getting their solutions off the ground. The newly launched Modular Open Radio Frequency Architecture (MORA) aims to enable the development of true open standards-based radio frequency and microwave modules and small form factor subsystem designs to reduce costs, foster commonality, and enable new communications capabilities.
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VITA Technology Hall of Fame 2016
Lyman Hevle was the founding executive director of the VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA). He held that role from its inception in 1984 until 1993. During his career Lym was focused on the business and market growth of VMEbus. He passed away in January 2016, and his legacy will live on in the industry. Lym’s own words best describe his involvement with VMEbus and how he came to be the founding executive director of VITA. The following discourse is an excerpt from his autobiography.
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FMC+ standard propels embedded design to new heights
The updated FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC+) specification has been developed and refined over the past year, promising unparalleled I/O density and backward compatibility. The VITA 57.4 working group has approved the spec and will present it for ANSI balloting in early 2016. The following article takes a closer look at this important new standard to see its implications for advanced embedded design.
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VITA Standards Organization activity updates
The March VITA Standards Organization (VSO) meeting was held in Orlando, Florida. This update is based on the results of that meeting.
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Celebrating VME's strength and endurance
Editorial Director Jerry Gipper reviews past, present, and future activities of the VITA Standards Organization and highlights the longevity of VME in looking forward to the 35th anniversary of the announcement of VMEbus.
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VITA 49 Radio Transport: The new software radio protocol
VRT protocol improves interoperability, maintainability, and upgradability.
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The road to achieving teraflop-scale computing in AdvancedTCA
The proposal: Develop a high-performance machine vision design for use in an industrialized environment, requiring overall high availability and reliability. The challenge: To develop a high-density imaging platform that could scale up to multiple 42U racks.
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Benchmarking SBC functional density
Many companies tout the functional density of their single board computer (SBC) products, often stating that they have the highest functional density within a class of product. But what does this mean? How do you measure functional density? While performance can be measured with industry-accepted benchmarks, similar benchmarks for functional density do not exist.
Rodger Hosking, Pentek, Inc.
André van Herk, Prodrive Technologies
