Carlo Gavazzi Expands Their Custom PICMG Service Offering

One of the hallmarks of any manufacturer of rackmount or embedded computing systems is the ability to focus on meeting the needs of a dynamic marketplace via customization services.

Based in Brockton, Massachusetts, Carlo Gavazzi Computing (News - Alert) Solutions (www.gavazzi-computing.com), a sister company of Carlo Gavazzi Automation Components and a whollyowned subsidiary of Carlo Gavazzi AG, a publicly-traded, global electronics group, has long been known for their innovative electronic packaging and system expansion solutions. Recently Gavazzi has expanded its PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (News - Alert) (PICMG) service offering to provide custom connectivity solutions for harsh environments and the enterprise office.

It’s not surprising, since they’ve been an innovative leader in system architecture for computing platforms for many years, engineering solutions for the military, industrial and telecom industries and offering core product lines in electronic packaging, serial I/O and system expansion.

Carlo Gavazzi’s engineers employ interoperability testing, custom integration and packaging to inexpensively develop quality Compact- PCI (cPCI), AdvancedTCA (News - Alert) (ATCA) and MicroTCA solutions for users in the industrial, military and telecommunications markets.

Carlo Gavazzi engineers work with each user to develop or retrofit an optimal connectivity solution, including 2- to 14-slot AdvancedTCA solutions for remote office applications. Because of demanding power, thermal management and connectivity requirements, designing custom backplanes and chassis can be a tricky affair; fortunately, Carlo Gavazzi performs various kinds of interoperability testing to evaluate system performance. Gavazzi has expertise in shelf management software, such as the offering from Mark Overgaard PigeonPoint Systems (the preeminent supplier of shelf and board management solutions for AdvancedTCA), and so Gavazzi is able to customize solutions down to the shelf management and firmware components.

An Executive Member of PICMG, Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions engineers a wide range of new and legacy PICMG technologies. The company’s CompactPCI (News - Alert)/VME enclosures are engineered with a versatile open architecture for applications where a traditional “whitebox” computer won’t meet exacting requirements. AdvancedTCA models are customizable in various slot configurations to suit individual bandwidths, and MicroTCA (News - Alert) models are engineered to be smaller, economical connectivity solution than ATCA. Every Gavazzi solution meets PICMG guidelines and can also be designed to the NEBS (Network Equipment-Building System) specifications (just in case you want to drop your machine from a six-foot height, send thousands of volts through it or hit it with a flamethrower). IT

Richard Grigonis (News - Alert) is Executive Editor of TMC’s IP Communications Group.

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