Ideal for high performance SWaP constrained rugged applications

January 2010
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, today announced the availability of Curtiss Wright’s VPX3-129, a new rugged Power™ Architecture-based 3U VPX (VITA 46) single board computer (SBC).

The VPX3-129 is a powerful, small form-factor SBC that enhances performance and advanced I/O capabilities of Freescale’s QorIQ™ P4080 eight-core communications processor with an extensive I/O complement to provide a highly capable 3U VPX SBC. This makes it ideal for a wide range of embedded harsh environment applications including tactical aircraft, armored vehicles or rugged naval systems.

The VPX3-129 has multi-gigabytes per second data flows from board-to-board via the backplane, and from the backplane to its XMC site to support the acquisition, processing, and distribution of high-bandwidth sensor input such as video, radar, and sonar data. The board has been designed to optimize functionality, reduce power dissipation and maximize system flexibility.

The board’s I/O complement includes two Gigabit Ethernet ports, four serial channels, up to 8-bits of discrete digital I/O, USB 2.0 ports, and an XMC mezzanine site with 64- bits of I/O mapped to the backplane. It accommodates either dual SRIO high speed fabric ports to the backplane or up to 3 PCIe ports to provide plenty of high speed connectivity for the most demanding applications.

The VPX3-129 comes equipped with a VxWorks 6.x BSP, a driver suite supporting Workbench 3.x IDE and Wind River Linux, plus a firmware set providing a comprehensive suite of system debug, exerciser, and update functions, built-in self test, and a nonvolatile memory sanitization function.

Both air and conduction-cooled versions of the VPX3-129 are available. An optional companion board called the VPX3-215 is also available that provides two PMC sites and an XMC/PMC site.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc.

To focus on alleviating development and time-to-market of next-generation open source mobile and connected devices

January 2010
Mistral Solutions, a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space and a member of the ARM® Connected Community™, today announced that it has joined the ARM Solution Center for Android (SCA). The SCA is a collaborative resource for designers and developers of ARM technology-based products running on Android, the open source platform from the Open Handset Alliance™.

Paving the way for Mistral’s entry into the elite alliance is the extensive expertise Mistral has, in providing services on Android that have been optimized for ARM architecture. As a member of the alliance, Mistral will offer customized, solutions on the Android platform: including development tools, reference designs, embedded application porting, integration and development.

As the market for smartphones, other connected mobile and home devices grows, so too do consumers’ expectations for these devices. The ARM SCA provides designers and developers of Android-based devices, the assurance that the components used to develop these next-generation consumer electronic devices are up to the task.
“Android is fast emerging as a growth platform for product developers seeking to stay ahead of competition. Customers will be able to leverage Mistral’s vast experience in working on ARM’s leading processor families and the Android platform, to build world-class, next generation devices with unrivaled features; at viable costs and shorter timelines.” said Samyeer Metrani, Vice President - Services (USA), Mistral Solutions.

“Android was written for the ARM architecture, the leading processor architecture for internet-everywhere applications; from mobile to the connected home,” said Kevin Smith, vice president of Segment Marketing, ARM. “ARM is fortunate to be able to cultivate a Partner ecosystem that ensures device manufacturers have the best development solutions at their disposal.”

Mistral’s offerings on the Android Platform include:

• Android support and porting on the OMAP3 EVM
• Integration of Android framework to an existing BSP
• Providing support for peripherals which are not natively supported in Android
• Development of backend applications over Android framework
• Porting of Android framework to other processor families

For more details on Mistral’s offerings on the Android platform visit: http://www.mistralsolutions.com/android

To view the demo of Google’s Android DONUT release on Mistral’s new OMAP3 EVM Rev-G Board visit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MKg8UAxgTE

The video can also be downloaded from http://www.mistralsolutions.com/videos

The Solution Center for Android is accessible immediately. For more information and a full list of participating Partners please visit: http://www.arm.com/products/os/android.html