The Power Management features are supported through a new Curtiss-Wright developed common software API and include Power Disconnect, CPU power throttling, Peripheral Component power throttling, and Power Surge Protection. The Power Management features will become available on the Company’s COTS Continuum™ VPX/VPX-REDI, VME and CompactPCI board products and will first be offered on the SCP/DCP-1201, VPX6-185, and SCP/DCP-1901 SBCs and the CHAMP-AV 5 and CHAMP-FX2 DSP engines.
The COTS Continuum Power Management includes many features. It provides a Power Management Software API, which enables users to quickly and easily control their board configuration to ensure that system power is optimized and all requirements are met. The Power Disconnect feature provides users with the ability to power down a module via an external hardware mechanism. This feature can be used to support a fail-over concept for system configurations that require redundant CPU modules at the chassis level.
The CPU Low Power Mode of the COTS Continuum Power Management enables the board’s CPU to operate at lower power modes under software control. This feature also provides a single variant configuration that supports both low- and high-performance modes to reduce logistics costs. The same model of a board can be configured for different power performance levels, eliminating the need to specify and order a different model for each power mode variant required. It also comes along with Peripherals Component Low Power Mode enabling users to reduce power dissipation for component functions.
Another significant feature is the Power Surge Prevention that reduces power-up surge currents. This provides a significant benefit for technology insertion applications when a legacy chassis’ power supply is unable to support dynamic performance. Sequential system power-on can ensure that the legacy power supply experiences a waiting period in between providing power to each individual board to eliminate power-up surge currents.
About COTS Continuum
COTS Continuum is Curtiss-Wright’s new product architecture designed to make customers more productive and able to leverage new technologies more quickly and with less risk. The COTS Continuum architecture includes a Common Software Architecture (CSA), hardware and mechanical architecture for future Curtiss-Wright products. It standardizes I/O routing and pin-outs, electrical interfaces, and API’s to all hardware functionality, and provides a common HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) and user documentation across product lines. The net result is a common out-of-box experience between product families and next generation products benefiting all users by easing their technology insertions.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.
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