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Mobile real-time target machine - Ruggedness

This target machine is certified to withstand high levels of shock and vibration (EN60068-2-6 and EN60068-2-27). Furthermore the enclosure is solid chromated aluminum with high EMI protection (CE, EN50081-2, EN50082-2, EN60950).

Supported operating temperature range is 0ºC to 60ºC and optionally -40ºC to 75ºC.

The front and back plates are anodized aluminum. The enclosure has no holes for cooling. Cooling is accomplished entirely by conduction. The machine doesn't contain any mechanically moving parts like CPU fan or hard disk. The CPU and chipsets are cooled by conduction and instead of a hard disk an flash device is used.

I/O module expansion is accomplished through the use of PMC I/O modules. The PMC modules get mounted onto a PMC carrier board which is itself mounted onto the mainboard. The mainboard and the PMC carrier board(s) form a rigid unit. Because the enclosure's I/O connectors are the PMC module connector no internal loose cabling is necessary. This leads to a very clean and rugged design.

Test conditions of certification

Sinusoidal vibration: EN 60068-2-6

  • Frequency range: 10-150 Hz
  • Acceleration: 2g
  • Test time: 20 cycles

Shock: EN 60068-2-27

  • Pulse half sine: 11ms
  • Acceleration: 15g
  • 3 pulses for 6 directions (3 axes, 3 pulses each, positive and negative)

Function test

  • After each test it was verified that no reboot happened and that the target machine therefore was fully functional

Customer quote

"Up and running in less than a day!"

Darren Hartman,
HUSCO International

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