‘Cots’
A Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Protecting COTS equipment from severe vibration from
Equipment Reliability Institute, which we summarised at the time by saying "'Isolating COTS Equipment Aboard Military Vehicles', a short course meeting at NTS Laboratories, Fullerton, California, takes place on 3-5 March 2009. ".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Inertial unveils synchro/resolver output cards from
Inertial Aerosystems UK: "Inertial Aerosystems has introduced a new range of low-cost dual-channel PC104 compliant synchro/resolver output cards. ".
In August 2008, we covered the news from Xsens Technologies
- take a look at COTS sensors set for US Government ops
which says: "The MTi-G GPS-aided attitude and heading reference system from Xsens Technologies has been specified for a US defence contract.".
Take a look also at the news release from Equipment Reliability Institute, Isolating shipboard electronic equipment,
as well as Pan-tilt units keep sensors on target from Directed Perception,
and COTS servo drive is tough enough for military use from Copley Controls Corp.
Latest stories...
Ethernet-based device networks set to boom (January 2008)
Industrial Ethernet's migration into the device or I/O level of the automation network hierarchy signals its continued march downward in the enterprise architecture.
Reconfigurable I/O system aids machine control (November 2007)
Engineers can quickly design, prototype and deploy the customisable, commercial off-the-shelf hardware systems for embedded machine control and data acquisition.
Compact coupler eases Ethernet links (November 2007)
The highly efficient BK1250 acts as a bridge between Beckhoff's original Bus Terminal I/O line and high speed EtherCAT terminals for optimum interoperability.
Computer enclosures tolerate extreme environments (November 2007)
Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions can ruggedise commercial-off the shelf (COTS) products such as servers, data storage units and mobile electronics.
Servo drive toughens up for military COTS duties (September 2007)
Hardened drives can now be used to control rotary and linear motors/actuators in military applications and extreme industrial environments.
Data acquisition services package launched (May 2007)
DSPCon's professional services practice will help companies identify and optimise ROI opportunities across the enterprise while meeting regulations.
PC controls label printing machines (May 2007)
A label printer manufacturer needed a robust, high-reliability, small computer to be mounted inside each system.
Seminars target aerospace and defence industries (February 2007)
In early 2007 CD-adapco is holding a series of exclusive seminars that will explore flow, thermal and stress simulation technology within the aerospace and defence industries.
Further reading
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Protecting COTS equipment from severe vibration
'Isolating COTS Equipment Aboard Military Vehicles', a short course meeting at NTS Laboratories, Fullerton, California, takes place on 3-5 March 2009.
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COTS sensors set for US Government ops
The MTi-G GPS-aided attitude and heading reference system from Xsens Technologies has been specified for a US defence contract.
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