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Board Links Ethernet to Digital I/O The military has warmed to Ethernet in a big way. It offers just the right kind of ubiquity and longevity that long life cycle programs need. ICS Electronics has put Ethernet to work for digital I/O duty with a new Ethernet to Digital Interface Board for controlling digital devices. Called the Model 8013, this new Interface Board provides 128 digital I/O lines that the user can control from any computer with a NIC interface or from a TCP/IP network. The Model 8013 is an Ethernet to Parallel Interface that provides 128 parallel I/O lines that can be configured as inputs or outputs in 8-bit bytes. Data transfer can be done by a combination of three methods depending upon the needs of the devices connected to the 8013. The Model 8013 is a VXI-11.3-compliant Interface. VXI-11 is a communication standard developed by the VISA consortium in 1995 in conjunction with the VISA Specification. VXI-11.3 is a sub-standard that covers TCP/IP-to-Instrument servers like the 8013. Communication with the 8013 is via VXI-11 RPC protocol over a TCP/IP network. Pricing for the Model 8013 is $495 each in quantities of 1 to 4 units.
ICS Electronics, Pleasanton, CA. (925) 416-1000. [www.icselect.com].
Dual-Core Xeon VME Blade Aims at Naval, Aerospace Apps The latest generation of naval and airborne graphics subsystems has significantly improved graphics performance, such as multi-head display and high-resolution video grabbing. Supporting this trend, Thales Computers has introduced the first server-class manageable VME blade based on Intel’s dual-core Xeon processor. The PENTXM2 uses the 1.67 GHz dual-core Xeon combined with the Intel E7520 server class memory controller hub. Up to 4 Gbytes of DDR2-400 SDRAM is provided, along with a dual SATA-150, a triple USB 2.0 port and an EIDE interface. The board’s VITA 38 intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) feature provides easy scaling into a multiprocessing system when combined with the support of VITA 31.1 backplane networking. The PENTXM2 runs Red Hat Linux and features as an extensible firmware interface (EFI) standard BIOS/ firmware that can boot Linux 2.6, VxWorks, Lynx OS, Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux. It is available either as a stand-alone board or pre-integrated into large systems (PowerMP6) with full data transport and management software based on standards such as MPI and HTTP. Pricing starts at $3,950 in small volumes.
Thales Computers, Raleigh, NC. (919) 231-8000. [www.thalescomputers.com].
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Multi-Processor VME Board Provides High Throughput, Low Latency A new multi-processor VME board from Cornet Technology provides the high throughput and low latency needed to support a wide variety of intricate military/aerospace applications that require multiprocessing power. The Celero CVME-7410 features up to four independent PowerPC nodes linked by a PCI bus on a single VME board to help designers handle complicated processing functions, such as image processing, digital signal processing, sonar control and radar control. The board supports LINUX and is the first VME board to support the VxWorks Safety Critical platform. This enables system designers to develop systems that are compliant with ARINC-653 and DO-178B, which are recommended and often mandated by military and avionics programs. The Celero VME-7410 will be available for shipping in the third quarter of this year. Pricing starts at $14,995.
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Cornet Technology, Springfield, VA. (703) 658-93400. [www.cornet.com]. July 2006 COTS Journal [ 57 ]