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About Elma Electronic
Elma Electronic is a global leader in embedded computing solutions, providing integrated chassis systems, board products, modular enclosures, equipment cabinets, and precision hardware components. The company is renowned for its reliability and long-term support, particularly in mission-critical defense programs worldwide.
Elma Advantage
Elma offers a wide range of modular, open standards-based products and technologies, including chassis, backplanes, boards, rotary switch solutions, and power supplies. These products comply with military standards such as MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-167, and MIL-STD-461E, ensuring high reliability and performance in demanding environments.
Services & Capabilities
Elma provides comprehensive program management, design verification, and testing services. Their in-house Design Verification and Test (DVT) lab ensures thorough testing and verification of performance, reducing time and expenses. Elma is ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100 certified, ensuring high-quality standards in all processes.
Defense Programs
Elma supports various defense programs with rugged solutions for C5ISR needs, including weapons control systems, radar systems, and missile guidance systems. They participate in programs such as Globalhawk, Predator, Trident Submarines, and the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
Open Standards
Elma's products are based on open computing architectures and standards, supporting the DoD's Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA). They are involved in the development of standards like OpenVPX, VNX+, and SOSA, ensuring interoperability and technology upgrades.
Product Offerings
Elma offers a range of products including OpenVPX/SOSA, rugged chassis, embedded boards, integrated systems, and rotary switches. Their solutions are designed to meet the needs of defense applications, providing high-speed, reliable, and customizable options.
Overview
Elma provides a range of chassis and development platforms designed for fast and efficient application development, particularly in defense and rugged environments. Their products support OpenVPX and SOSA standards, offering solutions for high-speed signal processing and harsh environmental conditions.
Chassis Features
Elma's chassis include open frame formats for easy probing and quick board changeover. They offer backplanes aligned with SOSA/VPX standards, rear transition slots, chassis managers, power supplies, and various cooling options. The chassis are designed to withstand extreme conditions such as temperature, shock, and vibration.
OpenVPX and SOSA Expertise
Elma collaborates with strategic board partners to provide the latest CPUs, GPGPUs, network switches, and I/O solutions. Their deployable chassis designs are optimized for harsh environments, considering factors like payload power, temperature extremes, and EMC.
Type 12 Chassis Family
The Type 12 chassis family offers versatile packaging solutions for rackmount installations. They are available in various heights and support multiple architectures, including OpenVPX, SOSA, VME, and CompactPCI. Enhanced cooling strategies and modular designs allow for customization and optimal performance in rugged environments.
ATR Chassis
Elma's ATR (Air Transport Rack) chassis are designed for rugged airborne and mobile applications. They offer convection, conduction, and liquid cooling options, with modular designs for customization. These chassis are used in critical defense programs worldwide.
Small Form Factor Solutions
Elma's small form factor enclosures are designed to reduce size, weight, and power (SWaP) in defense electronics. They support various board form factors and are engineered for rugged performance in space-constrained applications.
Embedded Boards
Elma supplies a range of embedded board products, including single board computers, networking solutions, data storage, and FPGA solutions. These products support open standards like OpenVPX and SOSA, as well as legacy standards.
Development Platforms
Elma offers development platforms like the E-Frame and CompacFrame, designed to accelerate the development and testing of plug-in cards. These platforms support OpenVPX and SOSA aligned backplanes and are configurable with various cooling, power, and monitoring options.
Integrated Systems
Elma provides integrated systems and services for defense applications, leveraging over 50 years of engineering experience. Their solutions include rugged systems, cabinets, racks, power solutions, and components designed to meet military standards.
Rugged Cabinets and Racks
The M-Series Optima cabinets are designed for high shock and vibration environments, meeting various MIL standards. They offer modular designs for easy installation and maintenance, with options for custom sizes and colors.
Integrated Rack Level Systems
Elma supplies integrated equipment racks for naval programs, featuring advanced I/O and cabling methods, lifecycle management, and shock and vibration mitigation.
System Accessories
Elma provides development accessories such as OpenVPX load boards, extender boards, and custom RTMs to streamline system testing and development.
Power Solutions
Elma offers rugged power solutions compliant with MIL standards, including PCI/104 power supplies and VITA 62 compliant solutions for conduction-cooled environments.
Enclosures and Components
Elma provides rugged enclosures and components like card edge retainers and EMC shielded front panels, designed for high shock and vibration environments.
Rotary Switches and Encoders
Elma's rotary switches and encoders are designed for extreme environments, offering features like the Swiss Click Indexing System and IP68 sealing for reliable performance.
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Products and Services for Defense Applications SYSTEM SOLUTIONS ENCLOSURES & COMPONENTS ROTARY SWITCHES

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Elma Electronic is a global leader in embedded computing solutions including integrated chassis systems, board products, modular enclosures, equipment cabinets and precision hardware components in standard and custom configurations. As a global organization, we keep close to our customers and partners worldwide with sales, design and manufacturing facilities across three continents. Reliability and long-term support with a history of deep technical expertise and precision engineering. That’s Elma. DEFENSE SOLUTIONS

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DEFENSE SOLUTIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Elma Advantage Building Blocks Services & Capabilities Defense Programs Open Standards OpenVPX / SOSA Small Form Factor Platforms Embedded Boards Development Platforms Integrated Systems Rugged Cabinets/Racks Integrated Rack Level Systems System Accessories Power Solutions Rotary Switches and Encoders Contact Information DEFENSE SOLUTIONS

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WHY ELMA? Elma Electronic has a proud history of providing missioncritical equipment for some of the most demanding defense programs across the world. As a trusted supplier we maintain multi-decade relationships with our customers by consistently delivering highly reliable embedded systems and components for use in land, sea and air platforms. DEFENSE SOLUTIONS

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Proven Building Blocks Elma provides a wide range of modular, open standards-based products and technologies using a combination of our own proven chassis, backplanes, boards, rotary switch solutions and power supplies; plus best in class products from our extensive partner ecosystem. The result custom and off-the-shelf solutions that work for you. DEFENSE SOLUTIONS

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Innovative Solutions DEFENSE SOLUTIONS

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A TRACK RECORD OF DELIVERING PRODUCTS MEETING A RANGE OF MILITARY STANDARDS ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ MIL-STD-810G: Environmental MIL-STD-167: Shipboard vibration MIL-STD-461E: EMI shielding MIL-STD-704E: Aircraft power MIL-STD-1275A: Vehicular power MIL-STD-5400: General aerospace MIL-STD-901D: Shock Reliability analysis per MIL-HDBK-217F

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ELMA.COM SERVICES AND CAPABILITIES An Experienced Approach COTS and custom designs form the backbone of our embedded systems. Our team of mechanical and electrical design engineers are experts in solutions pertaining to enclosure configuration, thermal management, I/O interconnect, EMC, shock/vibration, system monitoring, reliability and maintainability considerations. Design and test activities are supported by an in-house Design Verification and Test (DVT) lab in our Fremont facility. The lab enables Elma engineers to thoroughly test and verify performance each step of the way, reducing time...

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Programs Elma supports US and international defense agencies and programs with proven products and services, leveraging the most advanced technology and unparalleled integration knowhow. Our rugged solutions support critical C5ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) needs including: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Weapons control systems Radar systems Missile guidance systems Mission data recording Persistent surveillance Target tracking Engine control systems A sampling of programs in which Elma participates: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Globalhawk...

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OPEN STANDARDS Open Standards, Open Architectures Open computing architectures and standards lie at the very core of Elma’s products and services. These widely adopted, non-proprietary specifications help reduce development and integration cycle times and costs, offer interoperability, technology upgrades and reuse capability. In support of the DoD's Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) initiative, Elma's wide selection of products across multiple manufacturers are based on open standards architectures that encourage an ecosystem based solution. Our designs and partner solutions enable us to...

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OPEN STANDARDS Elma is a member of leading trade associations and technical working groups focused on open standards: VITA, SOSA, PICMG, and PCI-SIG. We actively participate in technical standards committees so you can count on us to be up to date with the latest technology. PICMG Standards Elma also supports the PICMG trade association and its modular architecture standards. CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA have been the most widely used in defense applications, supporting a range of multi-vendor, interoperable products and systemlevel solutions. The more recent, high-speed CompactPCI Serial (CPCI...

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OpenVPX and SOSA – Leadership Matters Our long-standing leadership and experience in critical worldwide defense programs, along with our full range of OpenVPX products aligned to SOSA, enable foundational roles for Elma in the research, development and deployment of equipment and infrastructure installed in the most demanding defense applications in use today. DEFENSE SOLUTIONS

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ELMA.COM OpenVPX DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT From development to deployment, systems aligned to OpenVPX and/or SOSA require a comprehensive approach with an eye on the end application. Elma is in the unique position to support our customers every step of the way. Our engineering team draws on years of experience along with our complete line of OpenVPX products including backplanes, best-in-class board products, power solutions, development and deployable chassis, plus a full line of system test and integration accessories. Assisting you throughout the development process ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Open access development...

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OPENVPX AND SOSA EXPERTISE No one knows OpenVPX like Elma Electronic. We are pioneers of and key contributors to the development of the OpenVPX family of standards (VITA 46, 48, 49, 60, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 76 & 86), with leadership roles in several key technical committees. Recent activities have brought the tri-service branches together with industry to develop the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) technical standard, following the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA). Elma is an early and leading industry participant in the development of these standards, which are based on the OpenVPX...

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