OpenVPX
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Mars Exploration Rover
I was saddened in February with the news from NASA that the Opportunity Rover mission on Mars was formally concluded. What was originally supposed to be a 90-day, 1,000-meter, exploratory excursion had turned into a nearly 15-year, 28.4-mile odyssey across the surface of Mars, far beyond the expectations of anyone. This mission has held a special [...]
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Pixus Offers New Configurations of 6U OpenVPX Backplanes
Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, has released new OpenVPX backplanes for 6U applications. The designs include a 9-slot, 6-slot power and ground, 5-slot, and a 1-slot development backplane.
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Call for Ballot for the Revised ANSI/VITA 48.0-2010, 48.1-2010 and 48.2-2010 Standards
VITA standards up for revision.
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Rodger Hosking Joins VITA Board of Directors
VITA, the trade association for standard computing architectures serving critical and intelligent embedded computing systems markets, announced that Rodger Hosking, vice-president and co-founder of Pentek, Inc., was elected to the VITA Board of Directors. With this election, the board will consist of four members.
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New OpenVPX Chassis Platform from Pixus Features Multiple Segments
Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, now offers a 4U OpenVPX chassis platform that features multiple segments for the backplane slots and power supplies. The configuration provides the ability to have replicated redundancy in one chassis platform as well as red/black segmentation.
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Mercury Systems Announces 100 Gbps OpenVPX Backplane Data Transmission Rates
New design approach enables PCIe gen-4, 100 Gbps Ethernet and InfiniBand switch fabrics within OpenVPX processing subsystems to run 2.5x faster than current technology
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VITA Standards Organization activity updates
The September VITA Standards Organization (VSO) standards' meeting was held in Huntsville, Alabama. 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 ...
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1, 2, 3, ... Slots are In
When one envisions a VPX system, the image that often comes to mind is a multislot high performance computing system full of processing and I/O boards. But there is a completely different class of VPX "systems" that range from one to three slots in size, primarily in a 3U form factor. What do these "systems" look like and what is driving their existence?
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Next generation VPX backplane production technology
The new generation of VPX protocols are here and the next generations are on the horizon. The exciting world of high speed has arrived and before we know it today's technology will be superseded. VPX is "evolving." The next generation of PCIe and Ethernet will add more complexities to the VPX signal channel. We are seeing data rates increase exponentially and the evolution of VPX has begun.
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VITA 49: Software radio's evolving language
Overwhelming adoption of software radio as a critical technology for real-time embedded systems spurs defense customers to expand its capabilities for the constantly evolving needs of military applications. With numerous vendors in the market, customers are seeking interoperability and easy insertion of new technology. However, data protocols, metadata information, and control software have traditionally been vendor-unique, proprietary solutions, capable of meeting the requirements of any given system, but highly variable, even when delivered by the same vendor. To overcome these inconsistencies, VITA 49 offers standards for implementing these features to boost user confidence in multivendor, open architecture systems, and simplify life cycle support.
Pixus Technologies
Barbara Stewart
Rodger Hosking, Pentek, Inc.