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Ruggedised board-level systems conform to cPCI

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has released the first member of a family of Packaged COTS (PCOTS) fully integrated rugged subsystems. The Power Architecture (PowerPC)-based Multi-Platform Mission Computer-9350p (MPMC-9350p) and Intel-based MPMC-9350i PCOTS subsystems are flexibly configured five-slot 3U CompactPCI (cPCI) subsystems. These are housed in a sealed, light-weight, compact chassis fully preconfigured with power supply, and a wide range of I/O. The MPMC-9350p and MPMC-9350i are designed to deliver a good off-the-shelf solution which can speed up deployment of critical applications for space-, weigh- and power- (SWaP) constrained platforms such as combat vehicles, helicopters and UAVs.The rugged MPMC-9350 family is designed to operate in harsh environments of military and aerospace computing applications. The design meeets or surpasses DO-160E Environmental Conditions for Airborne Equipment. Circuit cards installed in the sealed compact chassis are completely isolated from external environmental conditions; optimal system cooling is ensured through thermal transfer between the card edge of its conduction-cooled 3U cPCI cards and the chassis’s side-walls, and a rugged integrated fan provides the necessary cooling air across the walls. EMI filters and gaskets provide increased system security and reliability.
The main processing power of the MPMC-9350p is provided by up to three Freescale 7448 PowerPC-based DCP-124 and DCP-124P single board computers (SBCs). The MPMC-9350i features up to three Intel Core2 Duo-based DCP-1201 and 1201P SBCs. In addition to running Windows, the SCP/DCP-1201 runs both Solaris 10 and WindRiver GPP Linux 2.6 operating systems. The company plans support for real-time applications using VxWorks 6.x.