ASHBURN, Va. – Curtiss-Wright Corp. Defense Solutions Division in Ashburn, Va., is introducing the Parvus DuraCOR Pi Raspberry Pi-powered mission computer for defense and aerospace applications.
The small-form-factor DuraCOR Pi is ruggedized to deliver optimal performance in harsh operating environments, and is compatible with the Pi Developer Ecosystem in a military-rugged sealed housing.
Based on the industrial Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4), the DuraCOR Pi provides defense and aerospace system designers with a stackable unit that is compatible with software developed by the RPi environment's user base.
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The rugged computer is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand; it weighs 0.5 pounds and measures 1.2 by 2.49 by 3.34 inches. It can be stacked to extend functionality and performance via an expandable ring system design that enables system designers to configure the mix of DuraCOR Pi mission computers and hardware attached on top modules.
The DuraCOR Pi also can combine in a stack with the miniaturized Parvus DuraNET 20-11 network switch, which provides carrier-grade Ethernet software Level-2+ management and support for IEEE-1588v2 precision timing protocol.
DuraCOR Pi is able to run Pi operating systems such as NSA STIGd Raspian Linux, VxWorks, Windows and IoT Core, as well as Pi toolsets, and programming frameworks like Python, Java, C, and C++.
For more information contact Curtiss-Wright Defense Systems online at www.curtisswrightds.com.
