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Image-processing programming: Hope for non-nerds?
In this article for Military Embedded Systems, Charlotte Adams looks at what’s involved in designing and delivering the vision systems that are becoming an integral part of today’s military platforms, and the role middleware can play in easing their development.
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Abaco Announces First Small Form Factor Mission Ready Systems Based on Innovative Lightning Platform
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— SEPTEMBER 26 2017 — Abaco Systems today announced the MCS1000 and GVC2000 , the first two mission ready systems to be based on the company’s innovative Lightning platform. The rugged, small form factor MCS1000 mission ready mission- or display computer is ideal for I/O-rich applications where there are multiple target platforms or unique interfaces required on the computing solution. The system features the Intel® Xeon® E3...
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Abaco Announces Innovative ‘Lightning’ Mission Ready Systems Platform to Substantially Reduce Cost, Lead Time
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— SEPTEMBER 12 2017 — Abaco Systems today announced the unique Lightning platform that is designed to substantially reduce the cost and time involved in developing leading edge rugged embedded mission ready systems. Lightning-based systems are designed to be delivered to precise customer requirements in weeks rather than months with a high degree of I/O customization, resulting in significant cost and time savings. Systems based...
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Abaco Introduces Low Price, Easy to Use, Rugged Monitor and Analysis Tool for MIL-STD-1553 Users
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— September 5, 2017 Abaco Systems today introduced the innovative BT3-USB-MON Bus Monitor that is designed to make the monitoring and analysis of MIL-STD-1553 signals significantly easier, more convenient and more affordable. It is designed to help users easily visualize and record 1553 bus traffic for development, testing, trouble-shooting and debugging. Uniquely at its price point, it includes built-in scope outputs, further...
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AUTOTESTCON here we come
Our newest avionics product (official launch September 5) is making its debut on the stand of our partner TEVET at AUTOTESTCON (Schaumburg, Illinois: September 11-14) – and we’ll be there with them. AUTOTESTCON is described as the world’s premier conference that brings together the military/aerospace automatic test industry and government/military acquirers and users to share new technologies, discuss innovative applications, and exhibit...
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We'll be at GTC Europe!
October 10 – 12 sees us at the Internationales Congress Center in Munich, Germany at GTC Europe – an annual event hosted by our friends at NVIDIA and attended by anyone and everyone who is involved in the exciting world of AI and Deep Learning. One of the most exciting things that AI and Deep Learning can enable is autonomy – such as self-driving cars. On our stand, we’ll be showing a demonstration of how Abaco can uniquely deliver autonomous...
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Come and join us in Nova Scotia!
We’ll be at DEFSEC Atlantic 2017 (Cunard Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: September 5 – 7) with our partner J-Squared , demonstrating how we’re working together to deliver the industry’s most advanced rugged embedded computing solutions. DEFSEC is one of Canada's premiere aerospace, defense, security and marine exhibitions and gives attendees the opportunity to network with the major suppliers to Canada's $30 billion+ ongoing defense...
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3U OpenVPX plus 40-gig Ethernet - best of both worlds
In this article for Military Embedded Systems, Charlotte Adams looks at how 40 Gigabit Ethernet is transforming what’s possible with 3U VPX systems – making the smaller form factor a real contender for the most demanding applications.
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Abaco Upgrades AXISLib Signal Processing, Math Libraries to Deliver Enhanced Performance for Radar, Signals Intelligence Applications
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— AUGUST 1 2017 — Abaco today announced an upgraded version of its AXISLib signal processing and math libraries for Intel®-based system architectures. The enhancements will help developers of sophisticated, high intensity, mission critical applications such as radar and signals intelligence to achieve even higher performance from the underlying hardware. AXISLIB is part of Abaco’s AXIS software development environment for HPEC (...
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Abaco Announces Availability of LynxOS-178 2.2.4 to Speed Development and Reduce Cost of Safety Certifiable Systems
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— JULY 6 2017 — Continuing to build its safety certifiable portfolio and capability, Abaco Systems today announced availability of the LynxOS®-178 2.2.4 real time operating system from Lynx Software Technologies (formerly LynuxWorks™) for Abaco’s DO-254 certifiable SBC 314 3U VPX single board computer (SBC). Because both the SBC314 and LynxOS-178 are true COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) products, customers can take advantage of...
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Creative uses of FMC
This article , introduced by Jerry Gipper, editor of VITA Technologies, looks at how the FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) standard has become the de facto mezzanine standard for anyone wanting a modular solution for platforms using an FPGA [field-programmable gate array], and examines some of the creative ways in which engineers are leveraging its modularity.
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High-speed Ethernet meets the armored cavalry
Modern graphics processing systems do a great job at delivering vital visual information to those who need it. But: it's easy to overlook the importance of getting the data to the processor in the first place - and then getting it to wherever it's needed in the vehicle. In this article for Military Embedded Systems, Charlotte Adams looks at how the problem is being addressed.
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Abaco Brings Greater Bandwidth to Leading Edge Radar Applications with New High Performance FMC+ Direct RF Conversion Module
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— June 12 2017 Responding to the accelerating trend towards wider bandwidth multi-channel receivers in modern radar systems, Abaco Systems today announced the FMC134 FMC+ FPGA Mezzanine Card Direct RF Conversion Module. It brings industry-leading ADC performance and density: the card can operate as a 4-channel receiver at 3.2GSPS or a 2-channel receiver at 6.4GSPS. Using 16 of the available 32 high speed JESD204B lanes, the...
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Abaco Systems Announces Availability of DDC-I’s Deos DO-178 Certifiable Operating System for FORCE2C Rugged Mission Ready Display Computer
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— May 30 2017 Abaco Systems today announced that the DO-178 safety certifiable operating system Deos™ from DDC-I is now available for Abaco’s DO-254 certifiable mission ready FORCE2C rugged display computer, as well as the SBC314 single board computer. Deos is certifiable to DO-178 Design Assurance Level A (DAL A). “Safety certification is a significant challenge for many of our customers, and Abaco continues to take the lead in...
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New Carrier Cards from Abaco Systems Bring Significant I/O Flexibility at Reduced Cost
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— May 23 2017 Abaco Systems today introduced the innovative MMS8010 Micro Mezzanine System™ (MMS) rugged 3U VPX carrier card and MMS6245 XMC carrier card. They are designed to enable customers to achieve ultimate flexibility in configuring the broad range of mixed signal I/O typically required by today’s advanced embedded systems while minimizing chassis slot occupancy, and thus minimizing the size, weight and power (SWaP) of the...