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Designing for Harsh Environments Using COTS Products

From VersaLogic Corporation
 

 

Considerations regarding the proper selection of products, temperature and environmental stress screening, and suitable thermal management practices for COTS products in harsh environments.

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E-Labs, Inc. - R & D through Production Testing & Engineering
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E-Labs, Inc. - Reliability, Standards, & Comparison Testing
E-LABS fully equipped 12,000 sq. ft. test facility offers testing services from cradle to grave, from concept to analysis. From test planning, fixture design, & fabrication, consulting, to testing... (read more)
E-Labs, Inc. - Environmental Exposure Product Testing
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Hypertronics Corporation - Ruggedized 2mm Connector (cPCI COTS)
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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms - High Performance Aerospace Applications
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E-Labs, Inc. - Environmental Test Exposures Testing
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Dataforth Corporation - 8B33 SCM Measures True RMS
Dataforth has added another module to its growing family of miniature SensorLex® 8B isolated analog signal conditioners: the 8B33, designed for measuring True RMS values of input signals. Each 8B33... (read more)
XP Power - MTC15 and MTC30 DC/DC Converters
XP Power announces the MTC15 and MTC30 dual output additions to its MTC series of fully encapsulated commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) 4 – 35W DC/DC converters. Suitable for military and avionic... (read more)
Dataforth Corporation - 8BP01 DIN Rail Mount Carrier
The new 8BP01 DIN rail mounting accessory for Dataforth's family of SensorLex® 8B isolated analog signal conditioning modules is offered in 5VDC and 7 to 34VDC powered versions. The 8B carrier can be... (read more)
Dontech Incorporated - Dontech Ancillary Services
Dontech will integrate its optical products into electronic displays (e.g., LCDs) and bezels for its customers. (read more)
Topics of Interest
This white paper will explain the difference between traditional commercial controlled environments and harsh, industrial environments as well as the type of cabling and interconnectivity products to... (Read More)
Engineers face many challenges when testing during environmental stress testing. The type of environmental testing impacts the "test and measurement" techniques and will determine how useful the... (Read More)
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The advent of COTS opened the market for ruggedized electronic enclosures to manufacturers of commercial enclosures. But the fact that products can be "Off-The-Shelf" does not preclude them from... (Read More)
Conduction cooling for modular embedded computers have been used for many years in applications where air cooling is not appropriate. Standardization efforts in that domain have early helped to... (Read More)