Scalable Aircraft Hardware Open System Technologies (HOST) Prototype Development

Crossfield Technology LLC proposes to develop 3U VPX prototype modules to demonstrate Scalable Hardware Open System Technologies (HOST) interoperability, modularity, and upgradeability. A 3U VPX module with a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) System-on-Chip (SoC) will implement a VITA 46.11 Chassis Manager under embedded Linux on the FPGA SoC’s quad-core ARM® processor. A 3U VPX HOST Switch Profile 1 module will feature dual Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) M.2 Solid State Disk (SSD) slots for ultra-high-speed data storage. Crossfield also proposes to develop an Intelligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC) on a Microsemi SmartFusion2 SoC and will use the IPMC to monitor the states of the proposed VPX modules and communicate with the Chassis Manager.