Routing all I/O off the backplane of a conduction-cooled board is well and good at the deployment stage, but it can be a nightmare during develop...
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MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 are the de facto communications buses in avionics and other military applications, and Data Device Corporation (DDC) i...
From the original Motorola QUICC to the modern Freescale PowerPC-based PowerQUICC, designers could be assured of one thing: maximum peripheral de...
Dubbing their SBC312 3U VPX SBC the sixth member of the GE Intelligent Platforms VPX lineup, this version has on-paper specs of 4x the performanc...
Sure, everyone’s got a VPX SBC – but where do you go when you want high-density, single-slot synchro/resolver I/O? Why, North Atlanti...
British carmaker John Cooper and TiaLinx, Inc. might have shared a common bond: the ability to go “Mini.” Indeed, TiaLinx’s 2W ...
Ok, so “cryo cooler” is a bit of a stretch, but these enhanced Cascade Series Thermoelectric Assemblies (TEAs) from Laird Technologie...
Like death and taxes, EMI is inevitable – at least in modern high-frequency board designs. And VME is especially prone to EMI because of mu...
It’s always a trade-off: a small board to fit into a small space but a reduced capability or horsepower because of limited real estate. The...
Since the days of VME on P1 and P2, Mercury Computer Systems has sought faster ways of moving data around VME systems. And as the creator of the ...