Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director
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SOSA Reaches a Key Milestone
The Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortium was formed under The Open Group in 2017 to enable government and industry to collaboratively develop open standards and best practices to enable, enhance and accelerate the deployment of affordable, capable, interoperable sensor systems. Since then, SOSA has been working diligently on getting their first standard released. This [...]
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Defining Standards--VITA 42: Switched Mezzanine Card (XMC) Picks Up Speed
Low-profile mezzanine cards are an important accessory for embedded computing systems. XMC (VITA 42) is a popular mezzanine based on switched protocol technologies. The standard recently went through a revision update. This article reviews the changes made to the standard.
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VITA standards activity updates
Note: This update is based on the results of the September 2021 VITA Standards Organization (VSO) 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 VITA meetings.
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Salute to VMEbus!
This October we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the introduction of VMEbus! Who would have thought with the announcement on October 21, 1981, of VMEbus that we would see it have such an impact on the industry forty years later?
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The evolution of VPX I/O
Today’s processing capability is far outpacing the ability to collect and bring data into the processing stream. System architects continuously struggle to optimize schemes for the best system performance. VPX is designed to give architects the best options possible, while bringing the maximum amount of I/O into a slot and then getting it into the [...]
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Today’s market trends for VITA standards and related technologies
By Brian Arbuckle Reliable market data for critical and embedded computing technology is hard to come by, and even more so when zeroing in on VITA technologies. To better understand the size of the ecosystem for VME, VPX, PMC, and FMC technologies, VITA joined with Brian Arbuckle, analyst with Embedded Market Research, during summer 2021 to conduct research on technologies based on key VITA standards.
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VMEbus: Forty and Fit!
Very few computer-related technologies exist in the industry for more than a few years. This past October 21st marked the 40th anniversary of the announcement of VMEbus. This event is especially significant given the fact that VMEbus is still an extremely practical solution for critical embedded computing. VMEbus has had a profound impact on the open standards community, playing a key role as an influencer in modular open system architecture (MOSA) initiatives.
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VITA standards activity updates
Note: This update is based on the results of the March 2021 standards 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 VITA meetings.
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VITA Hall of Fame
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, and creating the technology and then ferrying the technical specifications into open standards. These are the people who have overcome the technical and procedural problems to help bring forth the products that set new expectations. It is our pleasure to honor these primary contributors to this industry.
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Embedded Tech Trends 2021 Wrap-up
In January, Embedded Tech Trends 2021 was held virtually using Zoom video webinars and the Kahoot! game-based quiz platform. The one-day session – traditionally held over several days of in-person meetings – was attended by 21 members of the media as special-panelist guests and by 123 attendees in the audience.
