VPXcel6 SBC620 rugged 6U VPX single board computer

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has announced the VPXcel6 SBC620 rugged 6U VPX single board computer.

Designed for a broad range of harsh environment military applications, the device has enabled the development and deployment of embedded computing.

The board has an Intel 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo (Penryn) processor with 6 MB of L2 cache memory and up to 4 GB of DDR2 SDRAM.

The device complements the SBC610 rugged 6U VPX SBC, based on Freescale Power Architecture. These features allow users to develop robust solutions in demanding I/O-intensive applications such as image processing, digital signal processing and unmanned vehicle control.

The board is characterised by the flexibility and performance of its I/O subsystem. The onboard 5100 chipset (San Clemente) provides four x 4 PCI Express lanes to the VPX backplane, with one XMC site supported by x 8 PCI Express and a second site supported by x 4 PCI Express. I/O flexibility is further enhanced by the provision of six USB 2.0 ports, two gigabit ethernet ports, two SATA (3 Gbps) ports and two RS232/422 ports.

The device also features an XGI Volari Z11 graphics processor, enabling support for dual VGA or VGA/DVI output.

I/O capabilities are further enhanced by the PEX440 mezzanine carrier card, which allows up to three mezzanines (two PMC/XMC modules and one AFIX additional flexible interface extension module).

The PEX440 provides similar functionality for the SBC610 single board computer and DSP230 multiprocessor.

Available in five rugged levels from convection-cooled for development to conduction-cooled extended temperature operation for deployment, and providing optimum performance per watt, the board can be optionally configured with covers to allow for two-level maintenance in line with the VITA-48 (REDI) standard.