Products

AMBLER, Pa. 2 Feb. 2012. MEN Micro Inc. in Ambler, Pa., is introducing the semi-custom MM2 small computer-on-module (COM) with an application-specific carrier board and upgraded processor for use in industrial, harsh, mobile, and mission-critical environments in applications such as avionics, railway, agricultural and construction machines, medical engineering, and industrial automation.

IRVINE, Calif., 1 Feb. 2012. The United States Air Force has, for its Quantum Enterprise Buy (QEB) program, selected the Getac B300 rugged notebook computer from Getac, maker of rugged computers for field-based applications, and NCS Technologies, a manufacturer of mission-specific computers and some Getac products under a licensing agreement.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., 1 Feb. 2012. Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif., is introducing the end-to-end ISS Security Solutions software engineering tools suite for the company's Integrity real-time operating system (RTOS). ISS Security Solutions consists of Suite B-Compliant Security Protocol Toolkits and Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) system.

SALT LAKE CITY, 31 Jan. 2012. Parvus Corp. in Salt Lake City is introducing the DuraNET 4948 ruggedized Cisco Systems Catalyst 4948E data center switch for demanding military and civil IP networking technology refresh programs and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) applications in military ground vehicles, aircraft, surface ships, and submarines.

MANASSAS, Va., 29 Jan. 2012. Officials of rad-hard electronics specialist BAE Systems Electronic Solutions in Manassas, Va., has received QML-V approval and qualification from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime division in Columbus, Ohio, for the BAE Systems RH1020B field programmable gate array (FPGA) for military and space applications such as satellites and strategic weapon systems that require radiation-hardened integrated circuits. The standard microcircuit drawing is SMD 5962R90965.

ORANGE, Calif., 27 Jan. 2012. Phoenix International Systems Inc. in Orange, Calif., is introducing the VP1- 250X serial attached SCSI (SAS)/serial ATA (SATA) based solid-state disk VPX data storage plugin blade for aerospace and defense applications that operate in harsh environments. The device has a purge input to destroy the supported media installed on the module for data security and anti-tamper capability.

ECHING, Germany, 25 Jan. 2012. Kontron in Eching, Germany, is introducing the company's power-on built-in test (PBIT) capability on Kontron VPX, OpenVPX, and VME single-board computers to improve the reliability, safety, and security of mission-critical aerospace, defense, and transportation applications. Kontron PBIT provides a modular and scalable set of uniform test routines to assess the health and configuration of boards.

CAMBRIDGE, England, 24 Jan. 2012. Cambridge Pixel Ltd. in Cambridge, England, is introducing the HPx-200e PCI Express primary radar acquisition card that connects to a wide range of military and commercial radar types, including those from Raytheon, Sperry, Furono, Kelvin Hughes, Terma, JRC, Koden, as well as to specialist military radars. The card supports several analog and digital radar inputs, in addition to trigger and azimuth (ACP/ARP and parallel data) signals. The card also provides a capability to detect missing signals to provide software alarms for loss of triggers or azimuth data. The data-acquisition board retains the signature flexibility of the HPx range.

EAGLEVILLE, Pa., 22 Jan. 2012. U.S. Navy aircraft specialists needed common fiber optic test kits for Navy aviation systems. They found their solution from military electro-optics designers at Clear Align in Eagleville, Pa. Navy officials awarded Clear Align a contract to develop what company officials say is the first common fiber optic test kits naval aviation. Clear Align’s complex kits integrate test fiber optic inspection equipment and aircraft specific adapters for fiber optic testing capability to naval aircraft operating from aircraft carriers or from remote bases, Clear Align officials say.

MIDDLETON, Wis., 20 Jan. 2011. Extreme Engineering Solutions Inc. (X-ES) in Middleton, Wis., is introducing the XCalibur4401 6U CompactPCI single-board computer based on the 2nd Gen Intel Core i7 processor for military, communications, radar, image processing, and digital signal processing. The embedded computing board is available in conduction- or air-cooled versions, and uses the processor's dual- or quad-core technology operating at speeds as fast as to 2.5 GHz.

COCOA BEACH, Fla., 19 Jan. 2012. Elma Electronic Inc. in Fremont, Calif., is introducing the 3U VPX Mini air transport rack (ATR) electronic enclosure in a rugged OpenVPX platform for applications requiring much processing capability in a small size, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), image processing, radar signal processing, and similar applications that require high bandwidth signal processing and data communications.

ASHBURN, Va., 18 Jan. 2012. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in Ashburn, Va., is introducing the RME13CC 16-slot 13U-high 6U OpenVPX electronics chassis for rugged deployed military embedded computing systems. The forced-air, conduction-cooled military embedded systems enclosure supports as many as 16-slots of 6U 1-inch pitch payload OpenVPX cards and rear transition modules. The rackmount RME13CC chassis meets stringent ANSI/VITA 65 power and cooling requirements for conduction-cooled 150-Watt 6U OpenVPX modules.

WILSONVILLE, Ore., 17 Jan. 2012. Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT) in Wilsonville, Ore., is introducing high-speed simulation capability for the Freescale Semiconductor QorIQ P-Series, AMP, and QorIQ Qonverge multicore embedded processors, based on a preferred, long-term partnership agreement with Freescale, Mentor officials say. The Vista product from Mentor enables Freescale users to execute a variety of virtual prototyping and port, debug, and optimize operating systems and application software.

COCOA BEACH, Fla., 16 Jan. 2012. Pentek Inc. in Upper Saddle River, N.J., is introducing the model 71760 four-channel, 200 MHz A/D XMC module based on the Xilinx Virtex-7 field-programmable grate array (FPGA) for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), radar, data acquisition, and communication applications. Pentek introduced the FPGA board today at the Embedded Tech Trends conference in Cocoa Beach, Fla. The model 71760, part of Pentek's Onyx embedded computing family, use the same modular I/O interfaces as the company's Virtex-6 FPGA Cobalt family, while boosting memory, logic, and I/O performance. The similarity helps developers port software developed for Cobalt modules to the corresponding Onyx modules, Pentek officials say.

AMBLER, Pa., 11 Jan. 2012. MEN Micro Inc. in Ambler, Pa., is introducing the XM51 PowerPC-based rugged computer-on-module (COM) for mission-critical, harsh-environment, industrial, medical engineering, and mobile embedded computing applications. The Freescale QorIQ-based CPU board offers speeds as fast as 1.5 GHz via multi-core processing, and is based on the space-saving ESMexpress standard currently in preparation with ANSI/VITA as RSE 59. When coupled with an application-specific carrier board, the compact XM51 becomes a semi-custom solution. The COM is scalable from an eight-core, high-end data processing unit to an energy- and cost-efficient four-core module.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 10 Jan. 2012. Hittite Microwave Corp. in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing a triple-balanced gallium arsenide (GaAs) metal semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) mixer die for microwave & millimeter wave radios, military sensors, and test and measurement applications from 26 to 32 GHz.

BLACKSBURG, Va., 8 Jan 2012. The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Fort Belvoir, Va., is issuing Standard Microcircuit Drawings (SMDs) for more than 150 space-grade, radiation-hardened DC-DC power converter modules from power electronics specialist VPT Inc. in Blacksburg, Va. VPT’s rad-hard SV series DC-DC converters are manufactured to MIL-PRF-38534 Class K for space environments. These products are for space applications including low Earth orbit (LEO) systems, geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) systems, deep space probes, and other demanding applications.

BLACKSBURG, Va., 8 Jan 2012. The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Fort Belvoir, Va., is issuing Standard Microcircuit Drawings (SMDs) for more than 150 space-grade, radiation-hardened DC-DC power converter modules from power electronics specialist VPT Inc. in Blacksburg, Va. VPT’s rad-hard SV series DC-DC converters are manufactured to MIL-PRF-38534 Class K for space environments. These products are for space applications including low Earth orbit (LEO) systems, geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) systems, deep space probes, and other demanding applications.

AMBLER, Pa., 21 Dec. 2011. MEN Micro Inc. in Ambler, Pa., is introducing the BC1 rugged box computer with AMD processor for railway, mission-critical, mobile, and avionics applications that require low power consumption and high graphics performance. The rugged computer is designed to connect two or more displays, and has modular construction that enables users to configure it to a wide variety of rugged applications, company officials say. Powering the box computer is AMD's integrated T52R Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), which integrates the Radeon HD 6310 graphics processor and a 1.5 GHz single-core x86 CPU. Six other AMD processors are available.