This document discusses computer-on-modules (COMs) from MEN for use in mission-critical environments. It describes MEN's standard COM product range including rugged COM Express modules, and highlights key benefits of MEN's COMs such as long-term availability, reliability, robustness, and support for conduction cooling. Several application examples are provided for markets such as rail, aerospace, industrial automation and medical.

1. Textmasterformat bearbeiten
 Second Level
 Third Level
– Fourth Level
 Fifth Level
February 17, 2017
COMs – Computer-On-Modules
for a World in Motion

2. 217.02.2017
The MEN Computer-On-Module Family
Product overview
Why COMs from MEN?
Technology background
Target markets
Application examples
Summary and outlook

3. 317.02.2017
Standard Product Range
Rugged COM Express
COM Carriers & Evaluation
ESMexpress, ESMini, ESM

4. 4
Why COMs from MEN?

5. 5
COMs for Mission-Critical Environments
Ruggedness
 Temperature, shock, vibration
Reliability
 Functional safety up to SIL 2
Cost
 Standard high-speed interfaces
 No switch fabrics
 Standard OS compatibility
 Long-term availability of 15+
years

6. 6
VITA 59 – Mechanics Concept
Advanced cooling
 Up to 35 W power dissipation
 Fanless conduction or
convection cooling
 PCB mounted between
frame and cover
 Frame and PCB to
transport heat to cover
 Cover transports heat to
passive heat sink or housing
Sealed electronics
 Immune to humidity and dust
 100% EMC proof

7. 7
VITA 59 – Rugged COM Express
COM Express compatibility
 Form factor
 Pin-out
 One design meets two standards
 VITA 59
 COM.0
VITA 59 Rugged COM Express COM.0 COM Express

8. 817.02.2017
Robustness
Rugged for harsh environments
 -40°C to +85°C, fanless operation
 Shock, vibration
 Humidity, dust, chemical influence
Qualified and developed in
accordance with standards, e.g.
 EN 50155, EN 50128, EN 50129
 IEC 61508
 DO-160, DO-254 etc.
 Reliable for mission-critical applications

9. 917.02.2017
Competence in Environmental Qualification
Pre-qualification in our in-house laboratory
 EMC emission
 Radiated emission disturbances
 Contacted emission disturbances
 EMC immunity
 ESD, burst, surge, BCI
 Electromagnetic field immunity
 Variation of voltage supply
 Electrical safety
 High voltage tests
 Environmental
 Temperature and humidity
 Shock, bump, vibration, drop
Accredited tests in external test labs

10. 50% standard products
 Modular and flexible COTS
design
 Optimization of cost and time-
to-market
50% custom solutions
 Tailored to the application
requirements
 Fully compliant to market
standards
1017.02.2017
Competence in Custom Solutions

11. Target Markets
Markets
 Rail and public transport
 Aerospace
 Marine
 Heavy vehicles
 Power & energy
 Industrial automation
Sample applications
 COTS and custom
 See following pages
24

12. 12
Vehicle Computer for Transportation
The customer
 With 63 production and engineering sites in
26 countries and 19 service centers across the
world, the company is the global leader in the
rail industry.
The application
 Complete system configuration based on VITA59
Rugged COMExpress
 System configuration will be fully custom specific
The electronics
 Carrier board for 2 COMs
 I/O board with physical interfaces and wide
range power supply
 MVB interfaces with customer MVB controller
 Cert Pack for SIL2 / SIL3

13. 13
Universal Control Equipment
The customer
 Global player in power generation and
rail transport
The application
 (Safety-critical) control of all types of
train functions
The electronics
 Custom PowerPC MPC 855 COM for
6U 220mm Eurofer carrier
 E.g. triple redundant for emergency brake
 Custom Ethernet switch
 E.g. with built-in CPU board as
coordination for the power cars
 Custom repeater
 Fully compliant with EN 50155

14. 14
Avionics Display Processor
The customer
 Leading European supplier of avionics
displays
The application
 Flight-critical avionics display for small to
medium commercial aircraft
 Computer-On-Module used in various types
of displays for new and retrofit projects
The electronics
 Custom development of a CPU module
based on ESMexpress
 Based on Freescale QorIQ with memory,
FPGA and I/O
 Sophisticated power control and
thermal management

15. 15
Mining Machines – Control Platform
The customer
 Global leader for underground mining machinery for the
extraction of coal and other bedded materials
The application
 Master controller for the control and automation
system used on mining machines
The electronics
 IP67 compliant cassette housing
 2 standard Intel Atom based ESMini COMs MM2,
each with 2 GB
 Carrier board design by MEN with I/O features,
connectors, and storage specific to customer
requirements
 VxWorks and Windows XP Embedded
 -10º C to +70º C (screened; passive cooling)
 > 10 years availability

16. 16
Ventilators for Intensive Care
The Customer
 Low-pressure, high-flow gas valves for
medical applications, automation of
respiratory support devices
The Application
 Control of ventilation devices with patient
monitoring for invasive and non-invasive
adult, pediatric and infant therapy
The Electronics
 ESM COMs, EM1A with MPC5200B and
EM10 with MPC5123 under VxWorks
 Application-specific I/O completely in
FPGA graphics, binary I/O, pulse width
measurement, quadrature decoder,
frequency counter, Ethernets and UARTs
 Custom carrier board developed by Hamilton

17. 17
Industrial Robot Control
The Customer
 High-speed precision robots for painting,
cleanroom and all automation needs
The Application
 New generation robot head controller
 To improve cost, compatibility, flexibility,
long-term availability
The Electronics
 ESM Mini MM1 using VxWorks
 Custom carrier with PCI slots, USB

18. Advanced Technology for Your Application
Long-term availability
Scalability
Robustness
Conduction cooling options
Reliability
Modularity
Family concept