RTM6-185 Curtiss-Wright Rear Transition Module

The Curtiss-Wright VPX6-185 Freescale Power Architecture MPC8640/1-Based Single Board Computer is one of a family of modules from Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions to employ the open-architecture VITA 46 standard. VITA 46, also known as "VPX" was collaboratively developed by COTS industry leaders which included prime military integrators to marry high-speed serial interconnect such as sRIO and PCIe. It is well suited to the military/aerospace which can take advantage of and utilize this form factor and feature set in their demanding applications. The VPX6-185 provides single board computer (SBC) functionality to the Curtiss-Wright VPX family that includes quad-processor DSP, FPGA accelerator and XMC/PMC carrier modules.

The VPX6-185 is based on the MPC8640/1 processor. Available in single-core and dual-core versions with AltiVec and up to 2 GB of high-bandwidth DDR2 SRAM, the VPX6-185 provides high-performance processing, the massive 10 GB/s bandwidth of VPX and a long list of features and I/O interfaces to satisfy the most demanding requirements of embedded computing. Available in a full range of environmental build grades, the VPX6-185 is targeted to the challenging data- and digital signal-processing needs of tactical aircraft, armored vehicles, and harsh environment naval systems.