TORRANCE, Calif., 9 Sept. 2010. Martek Power in Torrance, Calif., is introducing the JLM and JLHM power supply products for rugged applications on railroads and in other harsh-environment conditions. These power electronics devices are part of Martek Power's Powertron family of DC-DC converters. The JLM and JLHM power converters are rated at 35 and 50 Watts respectively and offer EN50155 compliance, yet in a smaller footprint. Both units can accept typical railway input voltages and outputs can be specified between 5 and 110 volts DC. The open frame version of both products measures 115 by 85 by 22 millimeters for applications where space is limited.

ANDOVER, Mass., 9 Sept. 2010. Vicor Corp. in Andover, Mass., is introducing the MIL-COTS VI BRICK Filter power electronics device -- a 95-percent-efficient non-isolated regulator to boost and buck input voltage from 16.5 to 50 volts DC, and deliver output power as high as 120 Watts -- for military vehicles, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, communication, targeting systems, flat-panel displays, RF jamming, and GPS mobile tracking applications.

IRVINE, Calif., 8 Sept. 2010. Getac Technology Corp. in Irvine, Calif., is introducing the V200 rugged convertible notebook-to-tablet computer for vehicle mounting or field use. The V200 has the Intel Core i7-620LM processor running at 2 GHz, four megabytes of Intel L3 Smart Cache, magnesium alloy casing, shock-mounted 320-gigabyte hard drive, sealed I/O caps and doors to prevent damage from solid particles and moisture, optional 80-gigabyte solid state drive, 12.1-inch wide sunlight-readable display, and full-size 88-key keyboard.

SAN JOSE, 7 Sept. 2010. Stealth Computer Inc. in San Jose, Calif., is introducing a military rugged keyboard with built-in trackball mouse and adjustable backlight keys for military, aviation, or vehicle applications where night-vision goggles are worn. The Stealth model KYBX-400 series industrial-grade keyboard is environmentally sealed to NEMA 4, 4X, IP65 specifications, and is housed in a stainless steel enclosure that stands up to harsh, wet, and dirty conditions.

WALLINGFORD, Conn., 5 Sept. 2010. Times Microwave Systems in Wallingford, Conn., is introducing the LP-BTR RF lightning protector and surge protection products designed to safeguard RF communications networks from extreme fluctuations in power. These devices replace the Times Microwave LP-BTR50 product family.

AMBLER, Pa., 4 Sept. 2010. MEN Micro Inc. now offers the 6U field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based, triple-redundant A602 64-bit VMEbus single board computer (SBC) that uses a lock-step architecture keeping software development at a minimum for avionics applications.

LAUREL, Md., 3 Sept. 2010. PCI Systems Inc. in Laurel, Md., is offering A 3U OpenVPX conduction cooled armored portable six-slot chassis for rugged conduction-cooled embedded systems. The chassis is a COTS product for instrumentation and can be used for several applications by changing the switch mezzanine. The rugged enclosure with integrated GPS has a mezzanine card with three-axis shock sensor and chassis-management field-programmable gate array (FPGA), eight-lane-per-slot PCI Express Gen2 switches, with optional Gigabit Ethernet switch and Serial RapidIO switch.

ECHING, Germany, 2 Sept. 2010. Kontron in Eching, Germany, is introducing a version of its computer-on-module ETXexpress-AI single-board computer based on the COM Express Type 6 pin-out definition as defined in the newly launched COM Express 2.0 specification by the PCI Industrial Manufacturers' Group (PICMG). The new Type 6 pin-out offers configurable digital display interfaces (DDI) SDVO, DisplayPort, HDMI/DVI, and 23 PCI Express Gen 2 lanes.

FREMONT, Calif., 1 Sept. 2010. Elma Bustronic Corp., in Fremont, Calif., is introducing a 3U VPX air blocker board to fill unused slots and redirect or contain air flow. VPX systems can require high levels of heat dissipation, and the air baffle helps cooling and can reduce static pressure build-up.

WIXOM, Mich., 1 Sept. 2010. Acromag Inc. in Wixom, Mich., is introducing two versions of CAN bus interface mezzanine cards to link network sensors and actuators with high-performance control systems. The IP560 is an Industry Pack ANSI/VITA-4 card that plugs into VME, CompactPCI, and PCI bus mezzanine carrier cards or single-board computers in embedded systems. IOS-560 models are for use within Acromag's I/O Server industrial PC, a small fanless box computer, which services mobile computing, machine control, and test applications.

LONGMONT, Colo., 31 Aug. 2010. Conduant Corp. in Longmont, Colo., is introducing the StreamStor optical high speed serial mezzanine board that when combined with the StreamStor Amazon Express controller can support recording and playback performance as fast as 800 megabytes per second for military, scientific research, and commercial applications.

LAUREL, Md., 30 Aug. 2010. PCI Systems Inc. in Laurel, Md., is introducing OpenVPX conduction cooled PCI Express cable link boards to help embedded computing engineers design rugged conduction-cooled embedded systems. The PCI Express x4 and x8 cable adapters are for high-speed applications such as video, imaging, and audio devices to test add-on boards in a conduction-cooled chassis.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 29 Aug. 2010. Hittite Microwave Corp. in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing two ultra-low-noise programmable frequency dividers for signal generation in military applications that operate from 100 MHz to 15 GHz, as well as in test equipment and laboratory systems. The HMC862LP3E and HMC905LP3E are SiGe BiCMOS low noise programmable frequency dividers in SMT packages.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., 28 Aug. 2010. Two General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies' Warrior antenna terminals are now certified by the U.S. Army to use the Ka-band frequency to access the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) network, enabling warfighters to transmit and receive video, multimedia imagery, and data faster and more securely.

DENVER, 27 Aug. 2010. Engineers at kairos autonomi in Sandy, Utah, were demonstrating their Pronto4 Agnostic Autonomy System that converts ground vehicles and surface vessels from forklifts to trucks into unmanned systems at the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) show in Denver.

MIDDLETON, Wis., 27 Aug. 2010. Embedded computing expert Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) in Middleton, Wis., is introducing the XPm2010 3U PICMG 2.11 cPCI power supply that takes in MIL-STD-704 28-volt DC input voltage and provides as much as 300 Watts of power on 3.3, 5, and 12 volts at 90 percent efficiency for U.S. and international military and avionics applications in 3U CompactPCI air transport rack (ATR) systems.

PALM BAY, Fla., 27 Aug. 2010. The DRS Technologies Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA) segment in Palm Bay, Fla., is introducing the i2i-3 electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) multisensor micro-gimbal for unmanned vehicles, aircraft, land vehicles, and maritime vessels. The i2i-3 packs longwave infrared (LWIR) camera, visible light camera, and laser pointer) into a 3.5-inch-diameter gyro-stabilized package that weighs less than 1.5 pounds.

DENVER, 26 Aug. 2010. Data Device Corp. (DDC) in Bohemia, N.Y., released a new portable USB synchro/resolver interface devices for military position feedback and control and test systems.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 26 Aug. 2010.CHELMSFORD, Mass., 26 Aug. 2010 Mercury Computer Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing he Ensemble 6000 Series 6U OpenVPX Intel Core i7 LDS6520 single-board computer for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications. The embedded computing product combines the Intel Core i7 processor with the Mercury Protocol Offload Engine Technology (POET) switch fabric interconnect bridge.

DENVER, 25 Aeg. 2010. BIttWare announced at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2010 the release of their 4S-XMC (4SXM), the next member of the companys S4 family of board-level signal processing solutions which leverage Altera Corp.'s Stratix IV family of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The board is designed for network-centric application development.