Cambridge, UK -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense market, has introduced, a new common API platform, RVL+, that significantly speeds and simplifies the integration of radar and video processing subsystems.

“RVL+ provides a highly flexible, modular and scalable API architecture for system integrators using our family of advanced radar and video processing solutions,” said Alan McCormick, managing director, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, radar and video group. “This powerful software tool is specifically designed to support new radar and video product designs and to help ‘future-proof’ our customer’s software application investment over a program’s complete lifetime.”

RVL+ comprises an extensive set of C-language software libraries that enable system integrators to easily add advanced functionality such as radar acquisition, video mixing and radar scan-conversion into their applications. The common API interface provided by RVL+ simplifies the generation of software applications and reduces the time required for product familiarization and integration.

Ideal for use in subsystems that require multiple radar and video components, RVL+’s common software interface makes all of the functionality of each of the individual modules accessible to the system integrator, and eases the integration of control and configuration functionality for each of the individual components.

The software’s client-server architecture delivers maximum flexibility across heterogeneous system architectures. RVL+ servers can be co-located on one single board computer (SBC) or distributed across multiple cores, CPUs or hosts. The client-side API supports multi-threaded applications and also supports the X Window graphics environment.

Operating Environment Support
Software support for RVL+ includes drivers for the Linux/x86, Linux/PowerPC and VxWorks operating environments. For information on support for these and other operating system environments such as Microsoft Windows, please consult the factory.

RVL+ Features

• Common API for radar and video product range
• RVL+ will initially support
• Radar acquisition
• Video mixing
• Radar scan-conversion
• Simplifies software application generation
• Client-server architecture
• Highly flexible, modular and scalable
• Supports multi-threaded applications

For detailed information on Curtiss-Wright’s RVL+common API software click here.

Pricing for the RVL+ API Software starts at $3,900. Availability is off the shelf. For more information, please contact the factory.

For sales inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (613) 254-5112; Fax: (613) 599-7777; e-mail: sales@cwcembedded.com.

For editorial information regarding Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Multi Computing products or services, contact John Wranovics, public relations director, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (925) 640-6402; email. jwranovics@curtisswright.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.

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