Electronics & Computers

With powerful and mature video technology applications available nowadays, two typical bottlenecks still exist in actual systems: data throughput in the gigabit/s range to support high-definition video standards, and system component interoperability due to the inner complexity of high-performance video applications. OpenVPX can reliably address both issues.

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While FPGAs provide significant performance benefits, the FPGA development process can be both time-consuming and difficult. BittWare’s ATLANTiS FrameWork (AFW) addresses these limitations by providing infrastructure that supports FPGA development at a higher abstraction level, enabling AFW customers to move quickly and confidently from design to deployment.
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The OpenVPX specification was created with a top-down, systems-level view of performance and interoperability. Addressing the architectural issues required to define, implement, and deploy VPX-based systems from a broad choice of interoperable, COTS hardware building blocks from multiple suppliers. This paper presents a specification overview, as well as an application-specific ...
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The VMEbus architecture has served military embedded computing applications well for over a quarter of a century. Increasingly demanding applications, coupled with new technologies such as serial switched fabrics, meant that a new derivative – VITA 46, now VPX – was required that leveraged many of the familiar characteristics of the VMEbus architecture ...
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Over the past decade, military platforms of all types and sizes have seen a dramatic increase in the use of sophisticated on-board electronic systems. This growing reliance on small embedded, rugged computers and complex high-speed I/O requirements for “mission computing” provides a wide range of real-time applications to support ...
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Because all solid state flash products are not created equal and flash storage is finding its way into more and more embedded computing applications, system designers should understand the critical tradeoffs between competing technologies when evaluating flash products. Two well-known flash storage technologies, Single Level Cell (SLC) and Multi Level ...
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A new high-speed connector system for aerospace and defense applications builds on industry-proven technology to achieve new levels of ruggedness. By combining the designs of cutting-edge high-speed connectors with proven MIL-SPEC contacts, the new Fortis Zd connector meets the demands of emerging military applications by enabling data rates of 10 Gb/...
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OpenVPX has opened up new definitions for VPX backplanes and systems. This includes defined Module Profiles, Slot Profiles, backplane & chassis configurations, secondary expansion fabrics and control planes, and higher speed fabric options. Elma Bustronic will provide some clarity for the new definitions and what they entail. We’ll provide an ...
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With the advent of high-speed serial fabrics, the VME Parallel Bus proved insufficient for the needs of higher performance embedded systems. VPX, also known as VITA 46, is the follow-on to the VME Specification for the next generation of high-speed interconnects for harsh environments. While advancing the state of the technology, ...
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The folks at Pentek, who wrote the book on software radio, are pleased to announce their recently released and expanded 2010 Software Radio Handbook. Now in its 8th edition, the handbook proves to be a useful technical reference for engineers.
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