Refresh-Centric SBCs Keep VME’s Immortality on Track

VME has a rich and successful legacy in military systems in part because of its unique ability to remain backward compatible and facilitate technology refresh in military programs.Read More...

Embedded Computer Building Blocks Serve High-Bandwidth Military Needs

The need for advanced connectivity and bandwidth is continually evolving to support the modern battlefield. This is mainly due to the availability, and thus demands, forRead More...

JTRS and WIN-T Technologies Take to the Field

Advances in the software defined radio market continue to overlap nicely with the DoD’s software radio efforts. For the DoD’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program, many of theRead 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...

10 Gbit Ethernet Offers an Alternative to Bus-Based Slot Cards

With the advent of the 10 Gbit Ethernet network as a high-speed data transfer mechanism, demanding military sensor interfacing and processing are seeing a seismic shift. The largeRead More...

Networked-Military Calls for More Complex UPS and Power Distribution Tech

Napoleon once stated that “an army travels on its stomach.” Today’s new high-tech military travels on its communications capabilities. The spectrum of these capabilitiesRead 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...

Function-Specific Integrated Systems Get Closer to End Application

  In parallel with the trend toward rugged box-level systems is another trend toward “pre-integrated subsystems.” These are defined as a set of embedded computing and I/O boards putRead More...

Deterministic Version of Ethernet Offers Real-Time Performance at Low Risk

Ethernet enjoys tremendous success in a variety of different commercial and industry applications. It has limitations as a deterministic communication interface when applied to criticalRead More...

COM Boards Find Place as Slot-Card Alternative

For decades now, the notion of standards-based slot card embedded computing has been a tried and true mainstay of military electronics. Lead by bus architectures such as VME andRead More...