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Video: 2010 Airborne Laser Testbed Video
Video: 2010 Airborne Laser Testbed Video
This test demonstrates the full functionality of the ABTBL system to successfully acquir... (more)
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SBC offers ‘Extreme’ versatility
Extreme Engineering Solutions: XCalibur1541
Versatility is indeed a coveted quality within the spectrum of modern embedded technologies. And … Extreme Engineering Solutions, with its XCalibur 1541, has versatility down to a science: The 6U VPX SBC proffers capabilities suitable for a wide range of applications, including everyt...
Supercomputing applications get all things in one (mostly, anyway)
GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.: GRA111
What if one technology could offer it all – and be everything for everyone? While that’s attempting the impossible, GE Intelligent Platforms has come pretty darned close. Its GRA111 graphics platform is available in 3U VPX style, yet is also OpenVPX compatible. What more could be...
XMC carrier card cuts complications
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing: VPX3-216 ExpressReach
In today’s stressful, complicated world, it’s nice to think that something could be easy and without hassle. Thanks to Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s VPX3-216 ExpressReach XMC carrier card, the concept of “easy” (or at least “easier”) is now...
Ultra-compact AC/DC power module powers ‘em up
RECOM Power, Inc.: RAC20-SB
Face it. No matter which fabulous boards, software, or even components are in an application or system, they all mean absolutely nothing without … power. And in today’s SWaP-constrained mil embedded world, what could be better than an ultra-compact AC/DC power module like RECOM P...
X11 server meets – and integrates use of – RTOSs
ALT Software: Embedded X11 Server
Seems that today, most military embedded front-line and intelligence-gathering technologies run on some sort of RTOS. And it hasn’t always been easy to use or host RTOS-based systems on the server, integral as they are, because of their innate complexity. However, ALT Software’s...
Gloves on a touch-screen computer are ... no problem
getac: V100 Tablet PC
Soldiers or technicians out in the field are sometimes forced to work in ultra-harsh environments that, in turn, require heavy-duty protective gloves while entering or receiving data from military embedded computing technologies. This is a dicey proposition when using a computer with keys,...
Synchro/Resolver interface board offers choices in 2x2x2
United Electronic Industries: DNx-AI-255
Maybe the engineers at United Electronic Industries (UEI) had the theme of “duos” or “doubles” on their mind when they designed their DNx-AI-255 synchro/resolver interface board. The first set of doubles is manifested in the board’s two-channel format, in addition...
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White Paper: Conduction Cooling Techniques for Rugged Computers
By Serge Tissot (Kontron)
Conduction cooling for modular embedded computers has been used for many years in applications where air cooling is not appropriate. This paper will examine why applications use conduction cooled boards, the concept of the Ruggedizer, and ways to extend thermal performance.
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By Sara Fest (Kontron)
Utilizing a proven commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) approach, Kontron's high performance CompactPCI board and Azimuth Inc's CIES® software give the Stiletto program the full system functionality demanded by the Department of Defense (DoD) in its fight against drug traffickers.
Intel Architecture: All set for high-performance military embedded signal processing applications
By Peter Carlston (Intel Corporation) and Ian Stalker (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)
The latest Intel Core i7 dual-core processors provide users with an alternative to Power Architecture processors for DSP applications.
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Our third-annual look at commercial technologies coming to a battlefield near you.
The systems engineering relationship between qualification, Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), and reliability
By James A. Robles (The Boeing Company)
The systems engineering relationship between qualification, ESS, and reliability is often poorly understood. As a consequence, resources are often expended on efforts that degrade inherent hardware reliability and vitiate reliability predictions. James expounds upon this relationship and how proper application enhances inherent reliability and supports credible reliability predictions.
Obsolete semiconductors: A proactive approach to End-of-Life
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One thing that’s inevitable in military electronics is semiconductor obsolescence. But is there a way to plan for EOL – thereby obsoleting obsolescence and avoiding gray market practices while limiting risk before it’s too late.
Intel tries DSP again ... using a 'soft' approach
By Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)
Editor’s note: The following ran in DSP-FPGA.com just prior to Intel’s January onslaught of Core Technology processors at CES. With “over 25 processors and chipsets” on tap, COTS vendors have flooded the market with Core i7 and i5 boards that now do general purpose and signal processing in hardware.
VITA 65 clarifies VPX interoperability profiles
By Duncan Young (Contributor)
VPX’s innate flexibility spawns the need for module and backplane vendors to classify product capabilities in a compatible way to move closer to universal interoperability. And OpenVPX (VITA 65) does just that.
Daily Briefing: News Snippets
By Sharon Schnakenburg-Hess (Assistant Managing Editor)
Assistant Managing Editor Sharon Schnakenburg-Hess highlights recent military happenings including: U.S. DoD entity turns to social media; “Mighty Mo” returns home; LCMR program continues to backtrack; Secure Internet: Impossible dream or pending reality?; and many other headlines.
Contractors look for higher levels of integration from COTS suppliers
By Steve Edwards (Contributor)
Today's military technology contractors are designing portable, generic applications that can easily and rapidly migrate from development to deployed environment. However, this paradigm requires a higher level of service and support from their chosen COTS vendors.
Preserving legacy systems, by choice or necessity
By J. M. Schlesselman (RTI)
Sometimes the best approach to preserving and extending aging military systems is the addition of modern protocol adapters. Consequently, new hardware and software come together to bring legacy equipment data into the network-centric world.
 


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