Rugged Box System Technologies Confront I/O Challenges

  S tand-alone rugged box-level systems have become a fixture in the military market. These complete system boxes often support standard form factor boards inside them. The problemRead More...

Rugged Box Systems Widen Their Scope of Functionality

Over the past several years, traditional embedded board vendors hvave added stand-alone rugged box-level systems to their military market offerings. These complete system boxesRead More...

Rugged Military Computers Bulk Up for Harsh Environments

Propelled by the rigorous needs of the U.S. Defense industry, rugged computing technology has come a long way in the last ten years. MIL-STD-461F, RE102 and 810G are the prevailingRead More...

Laptops and Panel PCs Muster for Rugged Military Duty

There’s been a major upward trend in the military toward systems that require sophisticated graphical user interfaces. Often in the form of rugged laptops and panel PCs, this isRead More...

Pre-Integrated Subsystems Step Up to Meet Demanding Requirements

Advances made in embedded computing technology continue to push pre-integrated subsystems further into demanding applications where only the most durable, powerful systems willRead More...

Rugged Box Systems Face Unique Power Issues

All military engineers face the same challenges in designing to match size, weight, power and cooling requirements. But as systems have become more complex with higher speed andRead More...

Power Supplies and Converters Bulk Up for Rugged Roles

Selecting power supplies and power conversion electronics rank as make or break technical choices in embedded military computer systems. With more and more computing stuffed intoRead More...

Rugged Boxes Step Up to Higher Pre-Integration

  The rugged stand-alone box-a term coined by COTS Journal a couple years ago-is now a prominent fixture in the embedded computing industry. These box-level systems often resemble theRead More...

MicroTCA Evolves to Serve Rugged Military Designs

  Developed to handle the extreme environmental demands of the telecommunications arena, MicroTCA provides military designers with a flexible embedded building block, offeringRead More...

Rugged Subsystems Fuel Net-Centric Warfare Needs

  Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) has become the U.S. Military's central concept for battlefield operations for the 21st century. The success of net-centric operations depends on theRead More...