Ruggedizing a VXIbus card cage for transportable testers

Author

Dhillon, Paul ; Dorr, David

Author_Institution

Racal-Dana Instruments, Inc., Irvine, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

20-23 Sep 1993

Firstpage

579

Lastpage

584

Abstract

This paper discusses a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) approach to a ruggedized VXIbus card cage as it relates to MIL-STD-28800E, Type II, Class III, Style D, focusing on technical trade-offs within a VXIbus system. The approaches discussed will allow COTS VXIbus products to be housed, deployed and utilized in a rugged environment and meet 90% of the mil-standards required. Some of the key points of discussion are how the system temperature requirements of -10°C to +55°C are met in a system when COTS products are rated between 0°C to +50°C, and how the ssystem can handle shock and vibration per MIL-STD-28800E, Type II, Class III, Style D when most COTS products are designed to meet only MIL-STD-28800E Type III, Class IV, Style E

Keywords

automatic test equipment; computer interfaces; military standards; peripheral interfaces; -10 to 55 degC; 0 to 50 degC; COTS products; MIL-STD-28800E; VXIbus card cage; mil-standards; rugged environment; technical trade-offs; transportable testers; Control systems; Engineering management; Heating; Instruments; Project management; Temperature control; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Testing; US Department of Defense;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON '93. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0646-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.1993.396305

Filename

396305