FREMONT, Calif. – Elma Electronic Inc. in Fremont, Calif., is introducing the 3U VPX slimline CompacFrame development chassis to accelerate the design and testing of open-architecture embedded computing systems.
Elma’s slimline CompacFrame is the next-generation platform to accelerate development and testing of plug-in cards aligned to the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) technical standard.
The platform features a card cage tilted upwards by 5 degrees for easy access and accommodates up to two one-slot power and ground-only VPX backplanes or up to a four-slot OpenVPX backplane. It also enables testing of SOSA-aligned plug-in cards.
Designed for ease of use, the development chassis features an integrated carrying handle. The unit has front-panel interfaces for voltage light-emitting diodes, monitoring, test points, and reset and power switch.
Various card guide installation options are available to accommodate different plug-in card cooling schemes, including VITA 48.1 convection, VITA 48.2 conduction ,and VITA 48.8 air flow-through.
The unit ships standard with a 300-Watt ATX fixed power supply. For more information contact Elma Electronic online at www.elma.com.
