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COTS Products
Visualization System Provides 360° Local Situational Awareness
Demand for complete function-specific system-level solutions is on the upswing in today’s military.
Feeding that need, GE Intelligent Platforms offers a complete, self-contained, ready-to-run platform that
enables 360° local situational awareness and is capable of being easily integrated into a broad range of
existing and new military vehicles. The rugged IPS5100 is specifically designed to have minimal impact
in terms of size, weight and power (SWaP) on a vehicle, enabling it to be deployed in environments
that are highly space-constrained.
The IPS5100 is capable of handling the input from 4 to 20 cameras depending on the color depth and
resolution (via video streaming over Ethernet), and delivering video to up to four operator screens in its basic
form. Scalable to more than twice those numbers, the capabilities of the IPS5100 include real-time panning and
stitching, slew-to-cue pointing, motion detection and archive recording.
The high performance of the IPS5100 delivers a typical latency below 80 ms, making it possible to drive a vehicle by using the real-time video images
delivered by the IPS5100 system. IPS5100 hardware is a rugged 5-slot 3U OpenVPX chassis and enclosure that integrates GE’s Intel Core i7-based SBC324
single board computer, the GFG500 Gigabit Ethernet Video Processor for the ingest of multiple GbE HD+ sensors, two GRA111 Graphics Processors,
and the GE SDD910 solid state disk for up to 256 Gbytes of data storage. The IPS5100 measures just 8.5 x 7.0 x 8.9 inches, and weighs only about 20 lbs.
GE Intelligent Platforms, Charlottesville, VA. (800) 368-2738. [www.ge-ip.com].
2.5-Inch SATA SSD Offers 240 Gbytes of Storage
Modular Technologies has
announced a 2.5-inch SATA solid
state drive. Called the Xcel-200,
the drive delivers performance
metrics of 500 Mbyte/s sequential
read/write speeds and up to
60K/40K random read/write
IOPS. The Xcel-200 is available
in capacities ranging from 60 to
240 Gbytes, using highly reliable
single-level-cell (SLC) NAND
flash. The Xcel-200 was designed
and tested per MIL-STD-810 to operate in high
shock and vibration applications at industrial operating temperatures
of-40° to +85°C. It is also certified for operation at altitudes up to 80,000
ft. The Xcel-200 SSDs will be sampling in November 2011 and available in
production volume in 1Q 2012.
SMART Modular Technologies, Newark, CA. (510) 623-1231.
[www.smartm.com].
Rugged Military Grade 1U LCD Keyboard Drawers Provide Side Access
The CCXR-17 Slideways 1U rackmount LCD keyboard drawer provides unique side access usage for spaceconstrained
applications. It is military grade providing rugged 5052-H32 aluminum construction, 17-inch
1280x1024 resolution, bonded Anti-Reflective glass contrast enhancement filter, NEMA-4 / IP65 sealed keyboard
and a rugged 4-port KVM. A contrast enhancing glass Anti-Reflective (AR) filter is bonded to the LCD for
superior contrast in high bright environments. A separate bonded layer provides an ITR EMI filter across the face
of the display. A military grade Genesis LCD controller provides a mix of features with aRGB VGA and DVI-D
video inputs. The controller is conformal coated for environmental and shock/vibration protection and supports
an operating temperatures of -40° to +80°C.
Two keyboards are offered providing either 133 keys and a Hula point mouse device or 97 keys with a touch
pad. Both keyboards are sealed silicon rubber and provide full travel with tactile feedback for ease of typing and
are sealed to NEMA-4 / IP65 standards. The 97-key keyboard is also backlit for use in low light situations. Both
keyboards provide a spill proof system impervious to spills such as Coke or coffee, common in the rugged environments these are installed into.
Chassis Plans, San Diego, CA. (858) 571-4330. [www.chassis-plans.com].
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Demo Kit Promotes Engagement
in Open goJTAG Initiative
Within the framework of the
goJTAG initiative, Goepel Electronic
has developed a new demonstration
kit. In addition to the USB 2.0
controlled Boundary Scan controller
PicoTAP and respective software, it
contains a specific demo board for
practical exercises. The initiative
founded by various universities and
the company Testonica Lab, pursues the goal of providing
the industry JTAG/Boundary Scan tools and knowledge based on an
independent and non-commercial platform, sustainably accelerating the
wide adoption of standardized IEEE 1194.x test methods. The opensource
project goJTAG provides IEEE 1149.1 training software that can
be run in both simulation mode as well as online mode. The tool enables
numerous graphical displays on various levels. In the online mode users
are able to utilize the software for the new demo board for individual
projects without restrictions. The goJTAG software includes simulation
components that fully reveal every single bit of movement along the scan
chains with a single TCK precision.
GOEPEL Electronic, Jena, Germany. +49 3641-6896-0. [www.goepel.com].