Hybricon’s New Ruggedized MicroTCA ATR Chassis, Which Supports Military Applications
10 November 2006
The Hybricon Corporation has announced the naval industry’s first ruggedized MicroTCA ATR chassis. Working closely with industry leaders, Hybricon has developed a ruggedized MicroTCA ATR chassis that accommodates double-width modules. This ruggedized ATR platform remains compliant with the specification, and addresses key limitations of commercial MicroTCA for military applications.
Based on customer feedback, Hybricon believes that the combination of WiMAX and ruggedized MicroTCA is an attractive open-standards COTS-based wireless solution for many military applications. Hybricon has developed a demonstration platform based on our ruggedized ATR that will be unveiled at MILCOM, in Washington DC, from the 23rd to the 25th of October; please come see us in the Intel booth.
The Hybricon ruggedized ATR is designed to the latest PICMG AMC and MicroTCA specifications. Locking bars firmly retain the MicroTCA cards into the card cage, providing significant additional resistance to shock and vibration.
A shock-isolated MicroTCA card cage inside the ruggedized ATR chassis attenuates the level of shock and vibration that is seen by the MicroTCA cards, allowing the chassis to meet stringent ANSI/VITA 47 and MIL-STD-810 shock & vibration requirements. It also possesses MIL-STD-461 EMI/EMC containment.
Military circular connectors are provided for copper and fiber I/O. This I/O can be tailored for specific applications. In addition, power-supply front-ends converters can be configured for commercial power, MIL-STD-704 aircraft power or MIL-STD-1275 vehicle power.
