Over the years, some aspects of designing rugged computers using COTS components have remained the same, while other areas have greatly changed. Here’s the latest on design and manufacturing of ruggedized systems for harsh environment applications, including shock and vibration, temperature, protection from dirt and dust, and EMI/RFI shielding
The HPC M5U-22 is based on a ruggedized 5U enclosure with operating specs that include altitudes to 12,000 feet, temperatures of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius, 5 to 95 percent noncondensing humidity, and resistance to vibration and shock. This system also offers a high-power redundant power supply and RAID options for additional hard drive redundancy.
Elliot Schroder has been serving in the US Army Reserve since March 2005 and was recently promoted to Colonel from his previous positions of Lieutenant Colonel and Engineer Battalion Commander.
Commercial computer technology continues to influence military mobile computing requirements as warfighters demand that their field equipment have the same functionality and capability as their personal devices. Consequently, rugged mobile computing is getting a major boost as the Department of Defense (DoD) pushes the defense industry to ruggedize commercial technologies for military use.
Military applications such as satellite imaging or UAV sensor feeds require high-performance computing that uses parallel processing to solve complex computational challenges.