Chris A. Ciufo, Editor, OpenSystems Media
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SBC with lots o’ I/O
Paper or plastic? Fries or chips? The options are sometimes overwhelming, as they might also seem to be with this single-slot SBC from North Atlantic Industries that offers plug-in modules for the processor subsystem as well as various I/O options. But when all stacked up with four modules...
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Two cores ... with more
As Intel’s Core family of CPUs takes the civilian world by storm, the military is closer behind than ever before. Gone are the days of waiting two or more years for the rugged, embedded version. Take Aitech’s C870 (SBC) and CM870 (PMC/XMC carrier) boards, for instance. These si...
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A PCIe-to-OpenVPX lifeline
Routing all I/O off the backplane of a conduction-cooled board is well and good at the deployment stage, but it can be a nightmare during development. PCI-SYSTEMS, the company always innovating something new for VME and its ecosystem, has come up with a set of PCIe cables for OpenVPX. But...
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Licenses to fly
MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 are the de facto communications buses in avionics and other military applications, and Data Device Corporation (DDC) is regarded as a COTS market leader, providing the lion’s share of ICs supporting each bus. But avionics systems are not controlled by silic...
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3U VPX PowerQUICC SBC
From the original Motorola QUICC to the modern Freescale PowerPC-based PowerQUICC, designers could be assured of one thing: maximum peripheral density in a low-power package. That’s the reason Interface Concept, a European provider of all kinds of open-standard small form factor hard...
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Sixth time’s a charm
Dubbing their SBC312 3U VPX SBC the sixth member of the GE Intelligent Platforms VPX lineup, this version has on-paper specs of 4x the performance of earlier versions (as measured by the number of cores). Based upon the Freescale QorIQ 8-core P4080, this SBC delivers oh-so-much-more perfor...
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Mix-and-match I/O saves power, space
Sure, everyone’s got a VPX SBC – but where do you go when you want high-density, single-slot synchro/resolver I/O? Why, North Atlantic Industries, of course. You’ll want to get your mitts on the 67C3, a modular 6U VPX motherboard that can be populated by up to 6 independe...
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Up/downconversion goes mini
British carmaker John Cooper and TiaLinx, Inc. might have shared a common bond: the ability to go “Mini.” Indeed, TiaLinx’s 2W V-band transmitter and receiver modules just might set their own mini trend as they facilitate customized Giga-band wireless link integration and...
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Itty-bitty cryo coolers
Ok, so “cryo cooler” is a bit of a stretch, but these enhanced Cascade Series Thermoelectric Assemblies (TEAs) from Laird Technologies are way cool. Literally. Boasting nearly double the cooling capacity versus single-stage Thermoelectric Modules (TEMs), these TEAs may eliminat...
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Dual-core PPC: Choose PCIe or Serial RapidIO
Ah, choices. It’s good to have them. Paper or plastic? Fries? Serial RapidIO or PCIe? These are the choices available to designers of extremely rugged systems when specifying the single-slot C110 from Aitech. The 6U SBC is based upon VPX (VITA 46) with OpenVPX (VITA 65) profiles and...
