Category: Defence

Serial Communication Module Quad Version

Quad RS232 Mini PCIe based Serial IO Modules

Acromag Releases New Ruggedised Quad RS232 Mini PCIe based Serial IO Modules New AcroPack® Mini PCIe-based serial IO modules.  Provide four independently isolated RS232 ports to protect signals from noise and transient voltage spikes in defence and industrial applications. Acromag continues …

Acropack Module Carrier Card

PCIe Carrier Card for Short Depth Rugged Computers

New ¾-Length PCI Express Expansion I/O Board Hosts Four Mini PCIe-based Modules for Short-Depth Rugged Server/Computers Acromag introduces a new 25.4 cm (10-inch) AcroPack® module carrier card. With four I/O mezzanine slots for smaller mission computers and compact servers with fewer …

Crystal Group HQ manufacturers rugged reliable embedded products

Crystal Rugged Group awarded for Outstanding Growth

The Corridor Business Journal as listed our valued supplier the Crystal Rugged Group as number 15 on the fastest growing companies in their line up. Firstly, the Crystal Group is the Industry partner of choice for rugged reliable embedded products.  Their …

Switch Module

Size D Switch Module

This fully integrated managed switch module works with any Crystal product with size D openings. The compact design allows for the addition of  8 to 16 1G external switch ports, and connects to the overall compute system via two internal NIC …

Drone Propeller Testing

Drone Propeller Testing

This application note on Drone Propeller Testing has been kindly provided by our valued supplier FUTEK. For more information, please contact us. Application Note using: FUTEK’s MBA500 Torque and Thrust Biaxial Sensor! Professional and hobbyist level quadcopters and drones are becoming …

Avionics Appliances on Ethernet Networks

Avionics Appliances for Ethernet Networks

Real-Time MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 “Appliances” Bridge to Ethernet Networks This white paper on Avionics Appliances for Ethernet Networks was kindly written by Richard Wade from Alta Data Technologies. For more information, contact us. Introduction Modern avionics systems find switched Ethernet …

3U cPCI Serial Carrier Card

New 3U cPCI Serial Carrier Card

The Acromag ACPS3320 is a 3U cPCI Serial carrier card for Acromag’s AcroPack mezzanine modules. Firstly, two I/O expansion slots interface AcroPack or mini PCIe modules to the PCIe bus. Secondly, all connections to field signals are made through rear backplane …

On European test bench for solid propellant boosters

This article on the European Test Bench has kindly been supplied by our valued supplier Dewesoft. For more information, please contact us. The thrust of the booster is around 4650 kN. Thunder strikes the rainforest; the noise is deafening. The deep …

Analysis of PCB Failure

Images and Analysis of PCB Failure

This information on the Analysis of PCB Failure has been kindly supplied by our valued supplier, Huntron. For more information on the Huntron range, contact us. The information on this page presents an analysis of a PCB when using a Huntron …

Avionics appliance

New Thunderbolt(TM) 3 Avionics Appliance

Alta Data Technologies (Alta) has released an innovative, native Thunderbolt 3 Technology Avionics Appliance product for MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC-429 applications, TBOLT-MA4.   This product targets notebooks, desktops and servers with USB-C PCI Express (PCIe) Thunderbolt 3 Technology to connect peripheral or network …