Enabling validation testing in harsh environments

The RTS-210 enables performance demonstration and testing in harsh environments when development activities move from the lab to the field.

Designed for in vehicle use, the RTS-210 allows functional testing at, or near, application-level environments. A front expansion module provides access to the development backplane and discrete I/O panel connectors, allowing for signal connectivity and backplane profile layout using Meritec cabling.

The RTS-210’s unique design enables streamlined transition from development to deployment when the expansion module is replaced with the custom I/O front panel and backplane containing the application specific profile. The chassis offers backplane versions supporting the latest module profiles for four different VPX/SOSA aligned payload modules in up to three, 2 slot combinations (plus VITA 62 PSU slot). Slot options include VITA 67 fill and half width apertures.

The RTS-210 can be used in high power, high speed C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) systems that operate in mission critical defence applications on land, air, and sea.

The VITA 48.2 conduction cooled base chassis design, along with the final custom I/O panel, is meets MIL STD shock, vibration, thermal and ingress requirements.

Award winner

LCR’s RTS-210 received top honours (Platinum level) from the Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovators Award Programme in August 2022. The 2 slot rapid rugged test system was recognised for its ‘superb innovation, characterised by a ground-breaking approach to meeting a need, and/or a new level of performance, efficiency, ease-of-use or other beneficial quality’.

“The RTS-210 is a potential game changer when it comes to moving system development efforts from the lab to the field. The industry is seeing a dramatic reduction in system integration time due to the success of the SOSA standards. The pressure is on chassis designers to bring those systems to the field faster than ever. The RTS-210 meshes functional and environmental testing in a development chassis that’s deployment ready,” said LCR Embedded President Dan Manoukian.