Boards/Backplanes

Rakon offers a major breakthrough innovation: Radar pulse compression sub-systems with digital technology to replace in form, fit and function existing radars' Pulse Compression Sub-Systems. Rakon’s DPCSS is compatible in form, fit and function when upgrading existing compression radars that are usually SAW-based and enables remarkable increases in overall system performance.

The new Kontron chassis monitoring board CMB is a unified solution for VPX and VME systems to streamline system monitoring and management of rugged applications. The Kontron CMB centralizes out-of-band monitoring and management of installed boards and relevant system parameters such as temperature, airflow and power supply in mission-critical COTS systems with high demands on reliability, availability and ruggedness. OEMs and system developers wi...

Universal AdvancedMC processor module for a wide variety of MicroTCA and AdvancedTCA applications -Kontron introduced today its new universal single-width AdvancedMC processor module AM4120. This board is the first member of a new Kontron AdvancedMC product family with the Freescale QorIQ processors. The new AdvancedMC family is targeted to cost sensitive applications as well as powerful data plane and control plane applications. The universal Ko...

Vero Technologies has expanded its Options Board family, which provides a simple method of providing multiple interconnect formats, with the addition of a 9-way min D, USB A and B mezzanine interface board to the existing 15-way min D, USB A or B, 25-way Min D, USB A or B and 37-way Min D versions. The Options Board makes it very easy to create an interface between, for example, a VMEbus or cPCI-based system and the product in development or unde...

The HARTING MicroTCA backplane connector has now passed the ruggedised environmental tests laid down in the draft MTCA.3 specification. The PICMG, a leading standards organisation for the communications, industrial and embedded computer industries, recently announced the successful completion of the MicroTCA conduction cooled test programme for these devices.

Rittal has introduced a standardised coding system which provides 4096 different coding options on a 6U plug-in printed circuit board. Simple plastic coding keys are fitted into cavities in the back of handles on the plug-in board front panel and in the front of a range of guide rails installed in the subrack. Available in red or grey the keys are offset and if installed the same way on both the guide rail and the plug-in board, they will interfe...

The iconic Veroboard is the definitive product in the physical prototyping world, and, based around the venerable DIN41612 connector, Vero Technologies manufactures a huge range of different board designs. The latest version, the modular Options Board family, provides a simple method of providing multiple interconnect formats. Available initially in 3U and 6U 160mm and 6U 220 and 280mm boards in single and double sided square pad and stripline fo...

4D Systems announced today the launch ofits new Arduino Display Shield Modules – 4Display-Shield. The 4Display-Shields are designed to provide an easy and quick way to interface the popular Goldelox-embedded range of small OLED and LCD display modules with the Arduino-Duemilanove, Arduino-Mega and many other Arduino compatible boards.

Somacis plant in Castelfidardo is very close to finish the tests that will break another barrier. The Italian headquarters are producing a test board that will use a BGA with a pitch of 0,2 mm. Something unbelievable till few years ago is very close to become a new starting point to further challenges. Key characteristics are very demanding for PCB, with BGA Pad diameter of 100 µm and tracks and gaps of 30 µm.

Verotec offers a wide range of standard backplanes and extender cards for VPX, VME, VME64, VXI and VXS applications, available as either stand-alone components, or integrated into thermally managed systems with subracks, enclosures and power supplies from its range. In addition to supporting VMEbus and its later derivatives, backplanes conforming to the requirements of cPCI, PCI, ATCA and microTCA are also produced, as are units for legacy applic...