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 December 2011         E-letter
      Find more on:   AdvancedTCA, Analog, DSP, FPGA, LTE-Advanced, Safety and Security
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Editor's Foreword
VME, thanks for the memoriesVME, thanks for the memories
By Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media
New Editorial Director Jerry Gipper reflects on 30 years of VMEbus and a changing of the guard.

VITA 46 (VPX)
Intelligent chassis management for mission-critical VPX systemsIntelligent chassis management for mission-critical VPX systems
By Charles Linquist, Dawn VME Products
Because lives are at stake when military electronics fail, the VITA 46.11 System Management on VPX standard facilitates intelligent chassis management and, therefore, heightened reliability.

Conduction Cooling
Novel conduction-cooling techniques enable
full VPX functionalityNovel conduction-cooling techniques enable full VPX functionality
By Dr. Andreas Engelhardt, Nelson J. Gernert, and Jerome E. Toth, Thermacore
With the liquid cooling VITA 48.3 spec. still in working groups, component power is limited by temperature levels. However, conduction-cooling APG cold plates can help keep high-power components in a cool, dry place.

Focus on VME
VME retrospectVME retrospect
By Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media
In a Q&A with six VSO members, Editorial Director Jerry Gipper gathers industry-expert perspectives on the highlights of three decades of VME architecture.

VME's birthday
VME turns 30VME turns 30
By Ray Alderman, VITA
VME celebrates its 30th anniversary by looking ahead to its 40th.

Sister publication article: Military Embedded Systems
The U.S. Army's ability to "see first, shoot second" rolls on with UGVs - An interview with Robert Moses, President of iRobot's Government and Industrial Robots divisionThe U.S. Army's ability to "see first, shoot second" rolls on with UGVs - An interview with Robert Moses, President of iRobot's Government and Industrial Robots division
By Military Embedded Systems
This Q&A with Robert Moses of iRobot introduces Aware 2 software package enabling autonomous features in the "PackBot," which offers a remote presence to warfighters, and all through instructions delivered by an... Xbox controller?


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