xTCA
AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, AdvancedMC, Hardware Platform Management (HPM)
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Schroff ServCite Rack: A new generation of speed, storage and data processing capacity
Pentair, a global leader in protecting critical processes, people and the environment, presents the new Schroff ServCite rack based on the highly efficient OCP (Open Compute Project) concept.
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Ericsson raises the bar with high-current 780W power interface module for ATCA applications
• Quarter-brick power interface module (PIM) converter targets high-power Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) server applications • Feature-packed ultra-high-efficiency module delivers 15A output current at 82°C with 1.5m/s (300 LFM) airflow • Low-EMI design meets CISPR Class B with minimal external components • Extensive range of energy monitoring functionalities via I2C or PMBus
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On the loss of Joe Pavlat, a friend and mentor
My first day of work in the embedded computing space came the day after the Super Bowl in 2011. I had about as much knowledge of the high-tech industry as your casual commuter who catches a news snippet on one of the big five tech companies while buying their morning coffee, and frankly didn’t think [...]
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Pentair delivers the first 100 Gbps Schroff AdvancedTCA backplane
Schroff AdvancedTCA Shelf for faster data transmission
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COM Express
This popular standard continues to be updated as improvements and changes to silicon continue. The subcommittee has been focused on support for four 10 G KR interfaces with a new Type 7 pinout. Discussions have revolved around the total number of signals to support the 10 G channels, including interfaces for PHY configuration, LEDs, and [...]
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Hardware Platform Management
The Hardware Platform Management (HPM) subcommittee started work in January 2015 with a focus on enabling the PICMG HPM layer for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). See the article “Adding IoT friendliness to AdvancedTCA and related specifications” in the Winter 2015 issue of PICMG Systems and Technology for background on the history and importance of [...]
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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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Ericsson Power Modules
