Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s VPX3-127 combines the performance and the advanced I/O capabilities of the Freescale's 8640D Power Architecture processor with an extensive I/O complement to provide a highly capable processing platform for a wide range of embedded military/aerospace applications. Designed for space constrained applications, the VPX3-127 represents the latest step in the evolution of rugged high-performance, highly integrated small form factor single board computers.
The challenge of high density computing is to pack the greatest functionality into the smallest standard form factor, with the lowest power possible while retaining as much flexibility as possible. In conjunction with its processing power, the VPX3-127 easily meets this challenge by offering impressive complement of I/O capability in order to satisfy the most demanding application needs, be it in tactical aircraft, armoured vehicles or rugged naval systems.
The VPX3-127’s integral high-speed backplane and PMC/XMC connectivity allows for multi-GB/sec data flows from board-to-board through the backplane interface and from the backplane to PMC/XMC site supporting the acquisition, processing, and distribution of sensor data such as video, radar, and sonar data. A rich I/O complement includes two gigabit Ethernet ports (1000-x capable), 4 serial channels, up to 8 bits of discrete digital I/O, Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 ports and a PMC/XMC site with 64 bits of IO mapped to the backplane.
The VPX3-127 is supported by a wealth of software including Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s standard CSA firmware, VxWorks Board Support Package and Driver Suite, MIL-STD-1553 software driver, and Continuum Vector signal processing library. Curtiss-Wright WindRiver Linux GPP LE will also be supported as well as LynxOS and Greenhills INTEGRITY.
Features:
- Powerful general-purpose single board computer with Freescale MPC8640D
- Dual Freescale Power Architecture cores up to 1.0 GHz
Up to 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM controlled by dual 64-bit controllers
- Full complement of I/O capability (Ethernet, serial, USB 2.0, PCI Express, TTL and differential discretes.)
- VPX format with two 4-lane PCI Express fabric ports or one 4-lane PCI Express port and one 4-lane SRIO port
- VxWorks 6.x BSP, Driver Suite supporting Workbench 2.x IDE, Curtiss-Wright WindRiver Linux GPP LE, GreenHills INTEGRITY and LynxOS
- Continuum Software Architecture (CSA) firmware providing a comprehensive suite of system debug, exerciser, and update functions, BIT, and non-volatile memory sanitization function
- Designed for military harsh-environment applications, both air- and conduction-cooled
