Build your own system? Wait - it's already done
ProductFebruary 04, 2011
Alice Moss
Military Embedded Systems
Chris A. Ciufo
General Micro Systems, Inc.
Rather than face the rigors of component selection, design, test, and qualification when building a system from the ground up, there's another way: GE Intelligent Platforms' CRS-C2P-3CC1 and CRS-C3P-3CB1 off-the-shelf rugged systems are application-ready.
Rather than face the rigors of component selection, design, test, and qualification when building a system from the ground up, there’s another way: GE Intelligent Platforms’ CRS-C2P-3CC1 and CRS-C3P-3CB1 off-the-shelf rugged systems are application-ready, prevalidated, 2-and 3-slot CompactPCI systems tucked inside a 3U chassis. They are vended in either baseplate-cooled or convection-cooled style.
Residing in the box is a Freescale MPC7448 processor speeding along at 1.4 GHz. And don’t forget the memory: 256 MB flash and 512 MB RAM. The fast-to-deployment systems – highly suitable for unmanned/manned ground vehicles, UAVS, and launch vehicles – include the VxWorks RTOS. A plethora of I/O is provided, too, including the likes of: discrete I/O, MIL-STD-1553, USB, serial, Ethernet, and ARINC 429. Rugged-deployment qualified, the CRS-C2P-3CC1 weighs 11 pounds and measures 3.96" x 7.15" x 9.03" (sans connectors), while the CRS-C3P-3CB1 tips the scale at 9 lbs and measures 5.60" x 4.25" x 8.76" (again, sans the connectors). Sounds like a good deal to us.
