VPX6-197 single-board computer targets mil aircraft, vehicle processing needs

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions’ VPX6-197 is the latest-generation OpenVPX-compliant 6U single-board computer (SBC) that combines the performance and the I/O capabilities of the NXP’s Power Architecture quad-core AltiVec-enabled T2080 processor. The VPX6-197 will be supported by Curtiss-Wright’s U-Boot, VxWorks, NXP-based SDK Linux, and Green Hills INTEGRITY board support packages and driver suite.

Designed for space-constrained applications, the VPX6-197 combines the processing power of quad-core dual-threaded 64-bit Altivec-enabled Power Architecture non-throttling computing with a rich I/O complement that includes four Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports (up to 2 x 1000BASE-KX and a maximum of 4 x 1000BASE-T), EIA-232/422 serial channels, discrete and differential digital I/O, USB 2.0 ports, and SATA interfaces. For the backplane fabric, the VPX6-197 provides four 10GBASE-KR ports on the VPX P1 connector. For mezzanine support, it provides one XMC site with a full complement of XMC I/O to the backplane, and one PMC/XMC site to support either an XMC or legacy PMC mezzanines. For applications requiring more mezzanine sites or interconnect, the VPX6-197 provides PCI Express expansion plane capability to support a various number of port widths.

Available in a full range of environmental build grades, the VPX6-197 is targeted to the challenging data and digital signal processing needs of tactical aircraft, armored vehicles, and harsh-environment naval systems. For retrofit and technology insertion applications, the VPX6-197 offers a superset of the I/O features of earlier generations of Curtiss-Wright’s VPX6-185 and VPX6-187 Power Architecture SBCs. As a member of Curtiss-Wright’s continuously evolving stream of VPX Power Architecture SBCs including the VPX6-185 and the VPX6-187, the VPX6-197 supports the life-cycle model of successive technology insertions throughout a platform’s lifetime.

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