Six-slot 3U VPX backplane for aerospace and defense applications introduced by Curtiss-Wright

March 13, 2011

Posted by John Keller

LITTLETON, Mass., 13 March 2011. Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems in Littleton, Mass., is introducing the Hybricon 024-901-06-CEN1-01 six-slot 3U VPX REDI (VITA 48) backplane for embedded computing in aerospace, defense, and industrial applications.


The backplane supports data rates as fast as 6.25 gigabaud per VITA 68. It has a one-inch-pitch that is seven slots wide, with five payload slots, data and control switch slot, star fabric topology from payload slots to the switch slot for data plane and control plane, and an expansion plane between the payload slots.

Features include VITA 65 OpenVPX compliant backplanes; VITA 46/VITA 48 VPX-REDI compliant; VITA 46.10 RTM connectors; several backplane profiles available; signal Integrity compliant per VITA 68 to 6.25 gigabaud; two level backdrill compatible with Serial RapidIO gen 2 and PCI Express gen 2 on data plane fabric, and 5 gigabaud operation on expansion plane fabric; optional rear transition connectors; optional conformal coating; keying and alignment per ANSI/VITA 65 and ANSI/VITA 46.0; non-Volatile Memory Read Only (NVMRO) signal; and optional battery backup input, jumperable to 3.3 volts.

For more information contact Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems online at www.cwcelectronicsystems.com.


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