For the military, the adage 'failure is not an option' probably holds true more than ever. It applies to even the smallest component throughout the value chain of the sophisticated equipment needed in combat.
For South African electronics group, Parsec (Stand N3-110), such quality control is second nature. As Tobie van Loggerenberg, Parsec business development director, says: "Our commitment to quality and proper process control ensures that all products, irrespective of the complexity or specification, will meet the requirements of our clients."
He has confirmed that Parsec's VF360 module under development is now in production for a longstanding customer in the EW arena. The production order is destined for equipment in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
"We designed the VF360 to operate as a payload module with system controller capability," explains Van Loggerenberg. "It is available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions; for this order, 20 units are conduction-cooled and 10 are air-cooled. We're working towards delivery in the last quarter of this year."
The VF360 is an FPGA mezzanine card carrier that would be sought typically by OEMs or system integrators for use in a wide range of I/O requirements.
Its 3U VPX module provides an ultra-high bandwidth platform to both the military and civil markets. "Of course, in the military environment, computation and bandwidth-intensive applications, like radar, networking, SIGINT, EW, SDR and video, would rely particularly heavily on a module like ours."
Parsec's production division is geared towards providing total turnkey electronic production to clients either requiring a start-to-finish solution (from concept to deliverable products) or for those requiring only contract manufacturing.
"As design authority on certain state-of-the-art products, Parsec is able to offer technology transfer to customers who are especially keen on indigenisation of their industry," Van Loggerenberg concludes.
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