Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor
| Introduced | October 19th, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Slot | Supports 4-slot OpenVPX, VPX REDI 1” pitch backplane |
| Power | 200W military power supply for MIL-STD-704 aircraft and MIL-STD-1275 vehicle use |
| Dimensions | Height: 7.62” Width: 6.00” Depth: 7.00” |
The Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor is a baseplate conduction cooled chassis[1] designed for rugged environments with airborne and ground mobile applications, extended temperature, as well as extended shock & vibration tolerance. It was developed by Hybricon Corporation and is the first ever chassis designed to comply to OpenVPX, VPX and REDI draft specifications.
At MILCOM 2009, Hybricon along with Curtiss-Wright Controls released the Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor conduction-cooled chassis integrated with Curtiss-Wright Controls' small form factor 3U OpenVPX-compliant cards, including single-board computers, expansion carrier cards and graphics controller OpenVPX-compliant boards in the first display of a live OpenVPX system. The SFF-4 is designed in a supporting role for input/output for airborne and ground vehicle control applications, supporting I/O for Ethernet, serial, video, 1553 or Canbus.[2] The SFF-4 also can be customized to different I/O complements can be supported with a different backplane. The SFF-4 chassis is designed specifically for use for rugged environment in MIL-STD-704F aircraft and MIL-STD-1275B vehicles for airborne and ground mobile applications.[3]