xTCA
AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, AdvancedMC, Hardware Platform Management (HPM)
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Physics activities
The Physics community that developed ATCA 3.8 rear transition module (RTM) extension and MTCA.4 with µRTM is very close to issuing a set of new hardware extensions, called MTCA.4.1, which introduce an additional rear backplane to support both precision analog and digital functions. The backplane supports ancillary rear power modules that can deliver positive and [...]
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100 G AdvancedTCA
PICMG recently released Revision 3 of the PICMG 3.1 specification, which defines the use of Ethernet (and Fibre Channel) on the AdvancedTCA (ATCA) backplane. This important update increases the backplane bandwidth by 2.5 times, from 40 GB/s to 100 GB/s. ATCA remains the fastest open standard for communications applications; this increased bandwidth is critical for [...]
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Pentair and Pigeon Point - A match made in modular standards heaven?
In a July 31st press release, Pentair announced that it had acquired Pigeon Point Systems (PPS), a leading vendor of management solutions for standards-based platforms such as AdvancedTCA (ATCA), MicroTCA (mTCA), and VPX. In this Q&A with Volker Haag, Vice President of Product Management, Pentair Electronics Protection, and Mark Overgaard, Founder and CTO of Pigeon Point Systems, the two provide background on the deal, explain how the PPS portfolio helps augment Pentair’s existing offerings, and shed light on the implications of the union for the standards-based development community.
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The rule of four
A while back I used an interview with Chuck Byers of Cisco Systems as the basis for a series of columns on the future of optical backplanes (you can find the summer, fall, and winter 2013 articles online at http://bit.ly/1h5cRw9, http://bit.ly/1bP3JY5,...
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Lower cost MicroTCA for special applications
A common criticism of MicroTCA is that the specifications' extensive management provisions add excess cost that price the platforms out of many applications. Here, Michael Thompson of Pentair Equipment Protection explains how you can bend the rules of MicroTCA to develop compliant systems without breaking the bank.
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Pentair acquires Pigeon Point Systems to expand its Schroff product portfolio for monitoring systems
By combining Pigeon Point Systems products with Pentair's broad range of Schroff products, Pentair will be able to provide an expanded product portfolio, increase presence globally and provide broader technical expertise to serve Pentair customers and their ever increasing needs in embedded computing and reliable system monitoring and control.
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MicroTCA.4 continues culture of COTS signal processing at DESY
In this interview with engineers in the Machine Beam Controls Group at DESY, Holger Schlarb and Michael Fenner discuss the data acquisition requirements of the accelerator community, as well as how a tradition of using COTS signal processing solutions ...
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Edge-based analytics using general-purpose processors
Increasing demand for bandwidth at the network edge is driving the need for easily programmable, low-cost signal processing systems that can scale as data volumes grow. This is leading to the deployment of general-purpose processors in domains traditio...
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VadaTech European Centre On Target for Opening This December
VadaTech European Centre on Target
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3U ATCA(r) Hybrid Shelf Supporting 8 AMCs Available from Pixus Technologies
Hybrid Shelf Supports One ATCA Slot and 8 Mid-Size AMCs in 3U Height.
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PIGEON POINT SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES FIRST SUPPORT FOR JUST-ADOPTED INTERNET PROTOCOL v6 (IPv6) AWARE AdvancedTCA SPECIFICATION
Pigeon Point Systems Leads PICMG Subcommittee Doing a Suite of Specification Updates for IPv6
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Low Cost 1U MicroTCA(r) Chassis Available from Pixus Technologies
Ideal for Data-Centric Applications such as Deep Packet Inspection, Network Access Control, Surveillance, Protocol Conversion, and SIGINT.
Brandon Lewis, Technology Editor
