Summary:
A status page including the latest working group activity progress, in addition to a VITA standards Activity Chart listing all VITA standards - past and present - and their status.

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

VITA 60 standardizes a ruggedized alternative for VPX applications

David Dix (Amphenol Backplane Systems)

Summary:
As standardization of high-speed interconnect systems converges with the increased demands of military and aerospace applications, the need for more advanced technology in a ruggedized package has been highlighted. To me... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

NanoATR shrinks VPX into byte-sized cubes - Interview with Bill Kehret, president and CEO of Themis Computer

Summary:
Editorís note: From 6U down to 3U and from VME to VPX, the militaryís venerable standard for rugged, deployable LRUs continues to evolve. And if Themis Computerís NanoATR concept gains traction, 3U VPX could further be r... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

Melding MicroTCA with VME and OpenVPX: Will it all work on the front lines? Interview with James Doyle, Congressional Affairs Liaison and Director of Strategic Business, Emerson Network Power

Summary:
Editorís note: Telecom-rooted Emerson Network Power is branching out and showing up in more places than one might expect, as our interview with James Doyle, the companyís congressional affairs liaison, reveals. From the ... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsAugust 2010

Now's the time: FMCs bring I/O modularity to modern FPGA applications

Benjamin Nakache (Nolam Embedded Systems); Antoine Deschamps (Nolam Embedded Systems)

Summary:
One of the technical challenges for hardware designers is to bring standardized technologies to applications with heterogeneous characteristics. The embedded computer industry developed modular standards long ago, but no... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

VPX strides forward with enhanced new†specifications

Steve Edwards (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)

Summary:
VPX is the future of VME for aerospace and defense deployed systems. VPX increases the capability of todayís systems versus previous standards and provides for future enhancements. And several new VPX specifications are ... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

DO-178C: Improved certification for cost-effective avionics systems

Bill StClair (LDRA); Nat Hillary (LDRA)

Summary:
With the geometric growth in software size and complexity, avionics manufacturers are losing control of project schedules and budgets. Consequently, the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) hopes to address ... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

DO-178C meets safety-critical Java

Dr. Kelvin Nilsen (Atego)

Summary:
The new DO-178C and Safety-Critical Java (JSR-302) development standards encourage formal methods in support of high-integrity, object-oriented development to improve software modularity, reuse, and generality.

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

Using a separation kernel to add military-grade security to legacy systems

Stuart Fisher (LynuxWorks, Inc.)

Summary:
Security is fast becoming a prerequisite in todayís software systems and nowhere more so than when dealing with software reuse. A challenge for the software designer is how to integrate modern military-grade software pro... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

Matching up compatible OpenVPX backplanes and modules

Bob Sullivan (Hybricon, a Curtiss-Wright company)

Summary:
VITA 65 (OpenVPX) aims to solve VPX's (VITA 46's) interoperability dilemmas, but an understanding of the new OpenVPX and how to mix and match modules and backplanes is an important first step in using this ANSI-ratified ... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSummer 2010

Finally, nefarious Small Form Factor problems to be resolved by VITA

Ray Alderman (VITA)

Summary:
The military has been attempting to utilize Small Form Factor (SFF) cards in SWaP-constrained applications for years now. And the 100-plus existing SFF specifications just muddy the waters with their plethora of technic... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsAugust 2010

Survey says: VPX is the new VME

Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)

Summary:
A three-month VITA survey says VPX is going to do well, though VME isnít going away anytime soon. [Editor's note: For further study, check out VMEnow (www.vmenow.com) and our VPX microsite (http://channels.opensystemsmed... [read more]

White Paper

White Paper: Critical Techniques for High Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time Systems

Rodger Hosking (Pentek, Inc.)

Summary:
Markets for high-speed A/D converters are significant in size and many are growing rapidly. Commercial users include wireless mobile communication systems, airline radar, air traffic control towers, ship communications, ... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSummer

Bringing the programmable imperative to space

Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)

Summary:
Suddenly space is the place, where most people think of space ships, the Space Shuttle, and Star Trek. But the reality is that most of the worldís efforts in space tech are invested in only one area: Satellite Communicat... [read more]

VME and Critical SystemsSpring 2010

Out with 2009, enter 2010

Ray Alderman (VITA)

Summary:
The year 2009 was a tough year in some board and system market segments, but it was a good year for other segments. The U.S. DoD budget contained some surprises, too. At least for a while, though, we are done with most o... [read more]

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