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Real-time, mission-critical systems demand fast and reliable movement of information between various elements of an interconnected system. Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing offers high-speed data communications and I/O products that will meet your program requirements. 

Use the left-hand navigation menu to browse through our data communication products, or review the index below and click on the product name for more information.

Curtiss-Wright offers a number of products that provide high-speed, low latency communications.

FibreXtreme® Serial FPDP products provide up to 247Mb/sec data throughput, 99% bandwidth utilization, and the simplicity and reliability essential for many of today's demanding sensor-to-DSP applications. With FibreXtreme, data transfers occur without the CPU overhead and non-deterministic latencies associated with many layers of complex software protocols.

SCRAMNet® shared-memory products are optimized for the high-speed, ultra-low latency transfer of data among many computing platforms that are all solving portions of the same real-time problem. Its simplicity and speed are ideally suited for applications requiring a high degree of synchronization and control. The next-generation SCRAMNetGT product line can accommodate network control functions and network data streams seamlessly and simultaneously.

FX400 Fibre Channel products maximize the superior communication and interconnect capabilities of ANSI standard Fibre Channel. Combining the delivery and repeatability of a channel with the connectivity and protocol multiplexing of a network, Fibre Channel delivers the high-speed data transfers and interconnect versatility required in applications such as storage area networks, avionics databus and image processing systems.

 

Gigabit Ethernet/Ethernet

 

Product
Form-
Factor
Interface type and number
Speed
Operating System/
Protocol Support
Ruggedization
Other
PGE2 PMC 2 Gigabit Ethernet 1 Gbps VxWorks, Linux AC 0,100
CC 100, 200		 Multi-network compatibility: 1000BASE-T /100BASE-TX &10BASE-T
 
 
Product Form-Factor Interface type Number of parts Port Options Ruggedization
SVME/DMV-682 FireBlade VME Gigabit Ethernet Up to 24 x 1GbE ports + 2 x 10GbE ports (option of 4 optical SX ports) 20 ports to P0/P2 (copper) + 4 ports copper Fast Ethernet to back OR 4 ports GbE copper or optical to the front + 2 x 10 GbE to front AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200
SCP/DCP-681 Compact SwitchBlade 3U CPCI Gigabit Ethernet Up to 10 ports 10 ports (GbE copper out back) AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200
SVME/DMV-680 SwitchBlade VME Gigabit Ethernet Up to 24 ports 20 ports to P0/P2 (copper) 4 ports to front (copper/fiber) AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200


 

Fibre Channel

 

Product
Form-
Factor
Interface type and number
Speed
Operating System/
Protocol Support
Ruggedization
Other
FX400 Fibre Channel PCI 1 or 2 Fibre Channel 4.25 Gbps 400MB/s throughput

Linux, VxWorks FS, IP, RI Windows FS

 AC 0 266 MHz PCIX, multi-protocol driver
FX400 Fibre Channel PCIe 2 Fibre Channel 4.25 Gbps 400MB/s throughput

Linux, VxWorks FS, IP, RI Windows FS

 AC 0 PCIe x 4, multi-protocol driver.
FX400 Fibre Channel PMC 1 or 2 Fibre Channel 4.25 Gbps 400MB/s throughput

Linux, VxWorks FS, IP, RI Windows FS

AC 0,100
CC 200

 133 MHz PCIX, multi-protocol driver
 

StarFabric

 

Product
Form-
Factor
Interface type and number
Speed
Operating System/
Protocol Support
Ruggedization
Other
PMC-StarLink PMC 4 StarFabric ports 440 Mbps total VxWorks, INTEGRITY, Linux AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200		 Includes integrated StarFabric switch
PSTB/PSRB  PMC 2 StarFabric ports 2.5 Gbps, full duplex VxWorks, INTEGRITY, Linux AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200		 Rear panel I/O with optional PIM Module
 

Serial FPDP

 

Product
Form-
Factor
Interface type and number
Speed
Operating System/
Protocol Support
Ruggedization
Other
FibreXtreme SL100 Multi Channel PCI PCIe x8 Serial FPDP
(Note 1)		 1.0625 Gbps 105MB/s throughput per channel Linux, Windows     AC 0     Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL100 Dual Channel     PCI

PCI-X Serial FPDP
(Note 1)

 1.0625 Gbps 105MB/s throughput per channel IRIX, Linux, Solaris, VxWorks, Windows AC 0 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL100 Dual Channel     PMC

PCI-X Serial FPDP
(Note 1)

 1.0625 Gbps 105MB/s throughput per channel IRIX, Linux, Solaris, VxWorks, Windows

AC 0, 100, CC 200 (Note 5)

 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL100 PMC Serial FPDP
(Note 1)		 1.0625 Gbps 105MB/s throughput Linux, Solaris, VxWorks AC 0, 100
CC 200
(Note 5)		 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL100 PCI Serial FPDP
(Note 1)		 1.0625 Gbps 105MB/s throughput IRIX, Linux, Solaris, VxWorks, Windows AC 0 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL100 CMC (Note 2) Serial FPDP
(Note 1)		 1.0625 Gbps 105MB/s throughput
-
 AC 0, 100 Extends FPDP up to 50km; several carrier options available - VME and PCI (Note 6)
FibreXtreme SL100 Multi Channel    PCI PCIe x8 Serial FPDP(Note 1)

2.5 Gbps 247MB/s throughput per channel

 Linux, Windows AC 0 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL240 Dual Channel PCI

PCI-X

Serial FPDP(Note 1)

2.5 Gbps 247MB/s throughput per channel

 IRIX, Linux, Solaris, VxWorks, AC 0 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL240 Dual Channel PMC

PCI-X

Serial-FPDP(Note 1)    

 2.5 Gbps 247MB/s throughput per channel Linux, Solaris, VxWorks AC 0, 100
CC 200 (Note 5)		 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL240 PMC Serial FPDP (Note 1) 2.5 Gbps 247MB/s throughput Linux, Solaris, VxWorks AC 0, 100
CC 200 (Note 5)		 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL240 PCI Serial FPDP (Note 1) 2.5 Gbps 247MB/s throughput IRIX, Linux, Solaris, VxWorks, Windows AC 0 Extends FPDP up to 50km
FibreXtreme SL240 CMC (Note 2) Serial FPDP (Note 1) 2.5 Gbps 247MB/s throughput
-
 AC 0, 100
(Note 5,6)		 Extends FPDP up to 50km; VME & PCI carrier options.
 

Shared Memory

 

Product
Form-
Factor
Interface type and number
Speed
Operating System/
Protocol Support
Ruggedization
Other
SCRAMNet+
SC150e 		PCI Shared Memory (Note 3) 150 Mbps 16.7 MB/s throughput HP UX, Windows, Linux (Red Hat & SuSE) QNX, IRIX, Solaris AC 0 250nsec latency

SCRAMNet+
SC150e

cPCI Shared Memory 150 Mbps (Note 3) HP UX, Windows, Linux 16.7MB/s throughput IRIX, Solaris AC 0
(Red Hat & SuSE) QNX		 250nsec latency
SCRAMNet+
SC150e 		PMC Shared Memory (Note 3) 150Mbps 16.7MB/s throughput VxWorks, QNX, Solaris, Yellow Dog Linux AC 0 250nsec latency
SCRAMNet+
SC150 		VME Shared Memory (Note 3) 150 Mbps 16.7MB/s throughput VxWorks, IRIX AC 0 250nsec latency
SCRAMNet+
SC150 		3.3" x 4.0" Shared Memory (Note 3)

150 Mbps 16.7MB/s throughput

   AC 0 Mezzanine for rehosting onto custom carrier
SCRAMNetGT
GT200 		PCI Shared Memory (Note 4) 2.5 Gbps 200MB/s throughput Windows, IRIX, Linux, Solaris AC 0 Memory options starting at 128MB
SCRAMNetGT
GT200 		PMC Shared Memory (Note 4) 2.5 Gbps 200MB/s throughput VxWorks, Solaris AC 0 Memory options starting at 128MB

Notes

  1. FibreXtreme Serial FPDP products are available with copper or 800nm/1300nm/1550nm optical transceivers.
  2. The CMC format provides a 32-bit parallel interface for conversion to Serial FPDP. FibreXtreme CMC cards can be mounted on companion VME or PCI carrier boards, or used with a custom carrier.
  3. SCRAMNet+ is a ring topology shared memory network, available in copper, standard fiber (300M) or extended fiber (3000M) media. Reconfigurable networks can be constructed with use of the optional LinkXchange crossbar switch.
  4. SCRAMNetGT is a ring topology shared memory network operating at 2.5Gbps, available in standard fiber (300M) or extended fiber (3000M) media. Reconfigurable networks can be constructed with use of the optional LinkXchange crossbar switch.
  5. Available in -10°C to 70°C air-cooled configuration.
  6. Available in -10°C to 70°C and -40°C to 85°C air-cooled configurations.

 

Communications Software
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing supports many industry-standard communications protocols to operate over the wide variety of hardware interfaces we provide. These software components are delivered as part of an RTOS board support package, or in separately available libraries. The following protocols are supported:

TCP/IP over 10/100 BASE-T/TX and 1000 BASE-T/TX (Gigabit Ethernet)
HDLC/SDLC synchronous and asynchronous serial I/O
MIL-STD-1553A and MIL-STD-1553B
Fibre Channel FXRI, VI, TCP/IP and SCSI
Serial FPDP
CANbus
StarFabric
High performance inter-processor communications


Avionics/Vehicle Bus & Serial I/O Communications Products

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing offers communications products to interface with standard network and serial interfaces used in avionics and vehicle systems including MIL-STD-1553A/B and CANbus. MIL-STD-1553 products are supported with a full-featured source-included software driver that accommodates the many operational modes encountered in 1553 systems.

 

Product Form-Factor Interface type and number Speed

Operating System/
protocol support

 Ruggedization Other
PMC-211 PMC 2 CANbus 250/500,
1000Kbps		 VxWorks AC 0, 100
CC 200		 Optional US Army Utility bus
PMC-601 PMC
2 MIL-STD-1553
16 TTL I/O
1 Mbps
INTEGRITY
VxWorks
Linux
AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200
Single and dual channel
1553 Gold+ PC-AT 2 MIL-STD-1553 1 Mbps Windows AC 0 Single & multi-mode versions
1553 Gold+ PCI 2 MIL-STD-1553 1 Mbps Windows, Linux, Solaris AC 0 Single & multi-mode versions
1553 Gold+ cPCI 1 MIL-STD-1553 1 Mbps Windows, Linux, Solaris AC 0 Single & multi-mode versions
1553 Gold+ PMC 1 MIL-STD-1553 1 Mbps Windows, Linux, Solaris, VxWorks AC 0 Single & multi-mode versions
1553 Gold+ VME 2 MIL-STD-1553 1 Mbps Unix, SunOS, Solaris AC 0 Single & multi-mode versions
1553 Gold+ VXI 2 MIL-STD-1553 1 Mbps Unix, Windows AC 0 Single & multi-mode versions
1553 Gold BIU Express VME 1 MIL-STD-1553 1 Mbps Unix AC 0 Single mode
 

 

VME and PMC I/O Products

The purpose of most embedded computers is to interface to external sensors and control external systems and actuators. To that end, Curtiss-Wright offers a wide array of I/O products to perform the critical function of interfacing to these external systems. The I/O products are offered in a variety of form-factors to suit the functional and architectural requirements of the system. Systems with high I/O counts can benefit from the family of I/O carrier cards including PMC carriers supporting all the standard host busses, and the family of IndustryPack carriers and I/O modules.

 

Product Form-Factor I/O Interface Operating System
Support		 Ruggedization Other
PMC-GPIO PMC 64 LVTTL or 32 LVDS VxWorks AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200		 User configurable FPGA
PMC-605 PMC PCI to PO VxWorks AC 0, 200
CC 200		 See companion OutReach PMC carrier

 

PMC Carrier Cards

Product Form-Factor PMC Interface Ruggedization Other
StarReach 6U VME 2x 64-bit/66MHz AC 0, 100
CC 100		 StarFabric interface extends PCI to 5M
OutReach 6U VME 2x 32-bit/33MHz AC 0, 200
CC 200		 Companion PMC-605 PCI to PO
SCP/DCP-201 3U cPCI 1x 32-bit/66MHz AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200		  
PBX3 6U VME 3x 32-bit/66MHz AC 0, 100

Supports both front and rear PMC I/O

 

Industry Pack I/O Products
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing offers products I/O solutions based on the popular IndustryPack standard. IndustryPack I/O modules can be mounted on a variety of carriers to fit VME, PCI and CompactPCI systems.

Product I/O Interface Operating System Support Ruggedization Other
IP4-206 Opto-isolated digital I/O 16 input/outputs or 24 inputs VxWorks AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200		 MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-
1275 compliant input/output
IP4-660 Analog input, 16 single-ended or 8 differential VxWorks AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200		 16-bit resolution 10V,
5V, +10V, +5V ranges
IP4-661 Analog output 3 outputs VxWorks AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200		 16-bit resolution 10V,
5V, +10V, +5V ranges
ADC128F1 Analog input 8 channel OS-9, Windows AC 0 12-bit resolution, 10V range
ADM1224F Analog input 24 channel OS-9, Windows AC 0 Triple ADC converter, multiplexed differential inputs
DAC128V Analog output 8 channels OS-9, Windows AC 0 12-bit resolution, 8 voltage ranges
DIO316I Digital I/O 16 inputs 16 outputs 16 I/O OS-9, Windows AC 0 Interrupt on input change
TRIDO48 Digital output 48 channels OS-9, Windows AC 0 Tristatable ouputs
OPTDO32 Opto-isolated digital output 32 channels OS-9 AC 0 3000V isolation, open collector with pull-ups
DID48 Digital input 48 channel OS-9, Windows AC 0 Hardware de-bounced inputs, interrupt on change
LOW40 High power driver 40 channel OS-9, Windows AC 0 Low side open collector outputs, transient protected
RELAY16 Relays 16 Form C OS-9, Windows AC 0 1A relays, integrated transient suppression
REED25 Relays 25 Reed OS-9, Windows AC 0 Magnetically shielded relays for EMI sensitive applications
COMM232 Serial I/O 4 EIA-232 ports OS-9 AC 0 Full handshaking signals
DUAL32CT Counter/Timer dual 32-bit OS-9, Windows AC 0 Clock generation, watchdog timers, variable period/duty cycle generation

 

Industry Pack Carrier Cards

Product Form-Factor IP sites Ruggedization Other
SVME/DMV-209 VME 4 AC 0, 100
CC 100, 200		 Rear panel I/O, onboard 15V PSU
VMESC5 VME 5 AC 0 Up to 250 I/O points per slot
ISASC6 ISA 6 AC 0 Up to 200 I/O points per slot
PCISC3 PCI 3 AC 0 Up to 150 I/O points per slot
PCISC5 PCI 5 AC 0 Up to 250 I/O points per slot




                                                                                        
 
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