Product category:
Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Parvus Corp | Subject: PC/104 hardware
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 June 2002
Embedded PC hardware powers bio-warning
system
The world's most advanced chemical-biological point detection system infrastructure, SensorView, uses embedded PC/104 hardware components from Parvus.
The world's most advanced chemical-biological point detection system infrastructure, SensorView, uses embedded PC/104 hardware components from Parvus Relying on Parvus' 10BaseT Ethernet hub and Ethernet network interface (NIC) boards, SensorView is able to remotely command and control a network of nuclear, biological, and chemical detectors, collectors, identifiers and triggers to deliver early-warning automated detection, identification and communication of biological warfare agents (BWAs) and events
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Created by software development company, Ricciardi Technologies (RTI), the SensorView System is the same "pedigree" control system that is used in the only point detection system slated for mass production by the Joint Program Office for Biological Defense (JPO-DS) of the US Department of Defense (DoD).
The environmental fan card from Parvus was also used in SensorView's PC/104 card stack to cool the unit's power supply and CPU module.
The fan card offers RTI an intelligent PC/104 thermal management solution that uses dual fans and a temperature sensor to circulate air and monitor internal chassis conditions.
The SensorView Control Unit (SVCU) is available through RTI and can be packaged in a rugged aluminium enclosure from Parvus if desired.
"RTI specifically selected Parvus' PC/104 computer boards as the foundation for the SensorView Control Unit (SVCU) because of PC/104's characteristic advantages over other form factors and Parvus' ability to supply high-performance Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) embedded components", said David Godso, Director of Engineering for RTI.
After more than two years of writing source code for the SensorView system and preparing it for market, RTI expects SensorView to be used for both homeland security initiatives, as well as civilian first response agencies.
Leveraging commercially available PC/104 computer hardware from Parvus, RTI was able to develop the SensorView control unit without any near-term end-of-life issues and with the widespread vendor support for PC/104 technology.
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