Rugged MicroTCA system is conduction cooled

Called a complete ecosystem, a MicroTCA architecture series of boards and chassis are all conduction cooled.  Designed for rugged applications, the products include air-transport racks (ATRs), MicroTCA carrier hubs (MCHs), power modules, and advanced mezzanine cards (AMCs). Compliant to the MicroTCA.3 specification, the boards and chassis come in various sizes and formats and pricing starts under $5,000.

The MCH, which acts as a shelf controller, features a 400 MHz RISC CPU for high performance and low latency. The hot-swappable power modules, which have dual input and output up to 800W, also have dual Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and two banks of 256K Flash for redundancy. The ATRs come in ½ and ¾ short sizes with long and tall versions also offered.  Customized chassis and module solutions are available. Several conduction-cooled AMCs are available and the company can modify standard AMCs to ruggedized versions with wedge locks.