North Atlantic is platinum award winner for configurable rugged embedded computing and communications system

NASHUA, N.H. – Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace have recognized North Atlantic Industries (NAI) in Bohemia, N.Y., as a platinum-level winner in the publications' 2020 Innovators Awards for the company's SIU36 configurable rugged embedded computing system.

The SIU36 is designed to support military and aerospace applications that require high-density I/O, communications, Ethernet switching, and processing.

It leverages NAI’s 3U boards to deliver off-the-shelf solutions that accelerate deployment of size, weight, and power consumption (SWaP)-optimized systems in military air, land, and sea applications.

The SIU36 features six 3U OpenVPX card slots; support for as many as 18 I/O and communication smart functions; more than 70 modules to choose from; local or external single-board computer host I/F capability; microprocessor support for Freescale PowerPC QorIQ T2080, Intel Core i7, or ARM Cortex -A9 and -A53; and single board computerless remote interface supported via Ethernet connection to the mission computer.

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The 2020 Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace Innovators Awards are to recognize products as solutions to difficult aerospace and defense systems design challenges. The awards are in three tiers: platinum, gold, and silver. The awards were announced on 7 Sept. 2020.

NAI’s Configurable Open System Architecture (COSA) offers a choice of more than 70 smart I/O, communications, Ethernet switch and single-board computer options.

Users can combine preexisting tested functions to meet system requirements. Individually dedicated I/O and communications processors enable rugged mission computers to manage, monitor, and control via single or dual Ethernet.

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All products are designed to operate under extreme temperature, shock, vibration, and EMI environments. EMI filters and gaskets meet or exceed MIL-STD-461F and MIL-STD-810G requirements.

Background built-in-test (BIT) continuously monitors the status of all I/O during normal operations and is transparent to the user. BIT routines do not consume single-board computer resources.

For more information contact North Atlantic Industries online at www.naii.com.