Signal Integrity and OpenVPX Backplane Architecture Trends
New OpenVPX backplane profiles that are defined in Release 2 of VITA 65 provide for more elaborate expansion plane architectures and new clocking schemes to support the anticipatedRead More...
CompactPCI Moves Forward as Serial Version Gains Ground
Now with nearly two decades under its belt, CompactPCI can claim to offer all the aspects that pass the test for military decision makers. PICMG’s original CompactPCI specification wasRead More...
FPGAs Enable Fast Data Transport in Radar and Sensor Systems
Advanced radar systems that can detect targets in complex, high-clutter environments are essential for mission-critical operations such as defense, search and rescue, and offshoreRead More...
Single Event Effects Complicate Military Avionics System Design
Military aircraft routinely operate at altitudes from 30,000 to 60,000 feet or more, including planes with sophisticated fly-by-wire circuitry and those used for airborne earlyRead More...
VME and VPX Data Storage Solutions Face Airborne Challenges
The onslaught of digital devices—from mp3 players to phones to iPads—has created a huge commercial market for flash memory components. As a result, flash memory technology explodedRead More...
FPGAs Inject New Levels of Flexibility into Military SBCs
Implementing FPGAs on embeddable SBCs provides military OEM system integrators a completely new set of tools for customizing their embedded applications into small, harsh, ruggedRead More...
VPX Cabling Solutions from Prototyping to Deployment
With the design flexibility of VPX, there are many configurations available for all types of applications. For certain I/O requirements, achieving the intended design goals could beRead More...
FPGAs Pave New Processing Paths for VPX and VME Systems
Every new FPGA generation delivers more DSP horsepower, higher resource densities, more memory and faster interfaces. Because FPGAs are so well suited to embedded computing boards,Read More...
VME and VPX FPGA Processing Advances Target Radar and SIGINT Needs
No longer viewed as peripheral or coprocessing devices, faster FPGA-based DSP capabilities combined with an expanding array of IP cores and development tools for FPGAs are enablingRead More...
Tech Upgrade Programs Tap the Benefits of VME, VPX and cPCI
Among the reasons for VME’s soaring success in military systems is its unique ability to remain backward compatible and facilitate technology refresh in military programs. As newRead More...
