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Data Communications

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 COTS data communications and I/O products that will meet your program requirements. 

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

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Product	Form-Factor	Interface type	Number of Ports	Port Options	Ruggedization
VPX6-684 FireBlade	VPX6	Gigabit Ethernet	Up to 24 x 1GbE ports + up to 4 x 10GbE ports (option of 4 GbE optical SX ports)	24 GbE ports to P1/P2/P3 (copper) + up to 4 10GbE ports copper to P1	AC 0, 100 CC 100, 200, CC 300 (2LM)
VPX3-683 FireBlade	VPX3	Gigabit Ethernet	24 x 1GbE + 2x10GbE	24 SerDes GbE 2 x 10GbE XAUI (1000BaseT, 1000BaseSX support with RTM)	AC 0, 100 CC 200, CC 300 (2LM)
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
PMC-650	PMC	Gigabit Ethernet	8 ports	Supports 10/100/1000 Base-T on all ports	AC 100 CC 200
SMS-682 SwitchBox II	Standalone	Gigabit Ethernet	Up to 20 ports	20 GbE ports to Quadrax connectors (houses the VME-682 FireBlade)	CC 200
SMS-680 SwitchBox	Standalone	Gigabit Ethernet	Up to 20 ports	20 GbE ports to Quadrax connectors	CC 200
*Available in -10°C to 70°C air-cooled configuration

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

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	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 SL240 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	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	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
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.

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, CANBus and MilCAN. MIL-STD-1553 products are supported with a full-featured source-included software driver that accommodates the many operational modes encountered in 1553 systems.

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.

PMC Carrier Cards

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.

Industry Pack Carrier Cards