A recent discussion about what was known as the "Fabric Wards" led to a conversation about the merits of PCIe and Ethernet, especially in applications using open standards form factors such as VPX, SOSA and CompactPCI Serial.
Rugged platforms for demanding applications have historically been constrained by the limited operational temperature ranges of high-performance processors and other key system components. These applications often operate in challenging temperatures, and high-performance processors aren’t generally offered with these operational temperature ranges. Until now.
Designing the right case for a specific application can be very challenging. As technology companies move to a more nimble design and development process, there’s an increasing need for cost-effective standard products that can still offer elements of customization. By starting with a diverse standard product offering, designers can work through their thought process to formulate an idea, and then tailor that concept to their specific desires and needs.
As more performance is increasingly required of backplanes, while maintaining reliability, the more critical the design.
In the past few years, several end-of-life (EOL) announcements in the embedded computing market have both caused angst and opportunity. Making the shift away from a tried-and-true solution always brings with it the need to review not only the mechanical elements of an embedded system, but the integration and networking elements as well. And when that review is forced upon a designer, as in the case of an EOL announcement, it may mean forced choices of not-as-optimum alternatives. Or it could be something different altogether.
AI-based computing is enabling multiple levels of insights and safety advancements across all industries. Considerations for harnessing that computing power and applying it to applications that live in harsh and rugged environments are the topic of this blog.