Think Outside the Box: Ethernet Connectivity Between Rugged Embedded Systems

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM (GMT-04:00) Eastern Time - New York
Duration: 60 minutes

Inside the chassis, backplane protocols and established topologies keep data flowing reliably. But the moment that data needs to cross the chassis boundary, the rules change - the protocols, media, and connectors that made your internal architecture work can become liabilities at the box edge.

In this webinar, engineers from Elma and networking partner Interface Concept cut through the complexity and deliver practical guidance for high-speed Ethernet connectivity in and out of rugged embedded systems.

You'll come away understanding:

•    Why backplane protocols can't simply be extended outside the chassis, and what drives the choice of external connectivity approach
•    The full landscape of options -  copper and fiber, 10GbE to 100GbE - with real-world use case examples across vehicle platforms and application domains
•    Switch-based architectures for copper and fiber, plus additional expansion solutions
•    Media conversion in practice, including an Elma solution walkthrough
•    Connector selection at the chassis edge: legacy support and SOSA aligned options for both fiber and copper, and the pitfalls to avoid

Whether you're a project manager scoping the risk landscape or a systems engineer selecting the right solution for your platform, this webinar gives you the framework to make confident, informed decisions.

The box doesn't have to be your biggest design challenge.