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    • Pixus Technologies

    Waterloo, ON N2V 2C5

    COMPANY OVERVIEW

    About Pixus Technologies

    Contact

    50 Bathurst Dr
    Waterloo, ON N2V 2C5
    Canada
    http://www.pixustechnologies.com
    519-885-5775
    226-444-0225

    More Info on Pixus Technologies

    A leading provider of OpenVPX chassis platforms, backplanes, and system accessories.  COTS modular open standard enclosure solutions in MIL rugged and industrial formats.  Specializes in advanced cooling, high-speed backplane design including VITA 66, VITA 67, and SOSA options.  

    Products

    Handles/panels, card guides, rugged rails, & more
    Embedded computers

    Rugged components

    Rugged components including front panels/handles, conduction-cooled card guides, rugged rails for enclosures/subracks, VITA 62 power interface boards, and much more.
    OpenVPX backplanes in various configurations
    Embedded computers

    OpenVPX Backplanes

    Pixus offers 3U and 6U OpenVPX backplanes in various slot sizes and profile configurations. Highly competitive customization available.
    ATRs & Rugged Enclosures in various configurations.
    Embedded computers

    ATR & Rugged Enclosures

    Pixus offers custom and standard ruggedized chassis in rackmount, portable, and ATR enclosure formats. We provide backplane design expertise, convection and conduction cooling...
    Various types of OpenVPX enclosures
    Embedded computers

    OpenVPX Enclosures

    Pixus has a virtually unlimited array of configuration options for 19" rackmount VPX Eurocard-based enclosures and a wide selection of rugged/ATR system platforms. We also provide...

    Articles

    Computers

    Military-rugged electronics chassis that accommodates SOSA-aligned 3U OpenVPX boards introduced by Pixus

    Front-loaded ATR has six slots for VITA 48.2 3U OpenVPX boards, one slot for a VITA 62 power supply, and optical and RF interfaces on the backplane.
    Computers

    Rackmount 1U electronics enclosure for outdoor military aircraft, ships, and vehicles introduced by Pixus

    With IP67 weather-resistant and MIL-rugged design styles available, the RX310 series has pole-mount and other special mounting options are available.
    Pixus 5 Oct 2023
    Computers

    Embedded computing chassis for SpaceVPX and 3U VPX commercial and rugged applications introduced by Pixus

    Card guides support air- and conduction-cooled boards, and are deep enough to support extra-thick SpaceVPX conduction-cooled boards per VITA 78.
    Pixus 25 Aug 2023
    Computers

    SOSA-aligned ATR enclosures for 3U OpenVPX military and aerospace electronics uses introduced by Pixus

    Backplanes are available in sizes and configurations for several OpenVPX/SOSA profiles and speeds as fast as 100 Gigabit Ethernet and PCI Express Gen4.
    Pixus 12 Aug 2022
    Computers

    SOSA-aligned embedded computing chassis manager that helps keep a slot introduced by Pixus Technologies

    Features include chassis discovery of plug-in boards, data storage, thermal management, SDR-based sensor initialization, and other chassis control.
    Pixus 24 Feb 2022
    Computers

    Mil-grade enclosure for SDR uses introduced by Pixus

    The rugged enclosure accepts either the UBX or TwinRX daughter card options as well as the motherboard with an user-programmable Kintex-7 FPGA.
    Sgt. Kyle Phillips configures computer equipment to ensure communications and controls connected to a Raven small unmanned aircraft system are working properly at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
    Computers

    Rugged computing takes on the battlefield networking challenge

    Jamie Whitney
    Connectivity, networking, SWaP, and thermal management are among the highest priorities of rugged computing designers to support mobile warfighters at the edge.
    Pixus 16 Nov 2021
    Computers

    4U embedded computing chassis introduced by Pixus

    Pixus offers 1U-to-4U-tall horizontal orientation 19-inch rackmount systems in side-to-side or front-to-rear cooling configurations.
    Pixus 24 June 2021
    Computers

    SpaceVPX embedded computing chassis offered by Pixus

    The half-ATRs support as many as four slots at a 1.2-inch pitch for the wider-slot-spacing of SpaceVPX, with customizable front-panel configurations.
    The Elma VITA 48.4 liquid flow-through ATR box with a 6U OpenVPX backplane can accommodate as many as eight boards and two VITA 62 plug-in power supplies.
    Trusted Computing

    The evolution of embedded computing chassis, backplanes, and enclosures

    John Keller
    High data throughput and innovative thermal management may lead to a revolution in systems design that places the burden of electronics cooling on the enclosure more than on the...

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    Additional content from Pixus Technologies

    The PacStar Secure Wireless Command Post has demonstrated transformation for military requirements because it marries a modular communications package of hardware and software that reduces the management burden for tactical high-security communications.
    Computers

    The latest trends in rugged computing

    Jamie Whitney
    The proliferation of connected systems has been enabled by the U.S. military embrace of the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) revolution.
    Pixus 9 Dec 2020
    Computers

    Horizontal-mount OpenVPX backplanes introduced by Pixus

    Backplanes typically are designed to support at least PCI Express Gen3 speeds, with options that accommodate VITA 66 (for optical) or VITA 67 (for RF).
    Mercury’s EnsembleSeries HDS6605 6U OpenVPX blade server offers hardware-enabled support for artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
    Computers

    When high-performance embedded computing meets open-systems standards

    Jamie Whitney
    SOSA, HOST, MOSA, VITA, and a host of other new and emerging open-systems industry standards are coming to bear on the most performance-demanding aerospace and defense applications...
    Pixus 28 April 2020
    Computers

    Harsh-environment 3U OpenVPX backplane offered by Pixus

    Options for this aerospace backplane include conformal coating and the installation of Rear Transition Module (RTM) connectors.
    Manufacturers like Elma Electronic are designing backplanes and chassis able to move data as fast as 25 gigabits per second. Faster speeds are expected in the future.
    Trusted Computing

    The brave new world of embedded computing backplanes and chassis

    John Keller
    Today’s powerful server-grade microprocessors are pushing systems designers toward ever-faster data throughput, innovative power control and thermal management, industry standards...
    Curtiss-Wright’s DuraNET 3300 is size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C) sensitive Ethernet solution suitable for unmanned vehicles, helicopters, and other military systems exposed to harsh environmental conditions.
    Trusted Computing

    Designers of small rugged computers for the battlefield balance size, performance, and cooling

    Jamie Whitney
    Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components are being embraced so the technology can be serviced at the base instead of waiting for specialized parts or sending the system back...
    Pixus 20 Dec 2019
    Computers

    Chassis-management for 3U VPX embedded computing from Pixus

    Monitoring of at least six temperature sensors and 10 fans is available on the SHM200 with custom options available.
    Pixus 17 Oct 2019
    Computers

    Chassis for 3U or 6U boards introduced by Pixus

    Chassis accepts various card guide and rail options, including OpenVPX, CompactPCI Serial, VME64x, or other Eurocard in a horizontal-mount design.