COTS Solutions for Rugged and Mission-Critical Environments
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Reliable Embedded Computing for a World in Motion COTS Solutions for Rugged and Mission-Critical Environments

About MEN “ Founded in 1982, MEN Mikro Elektronik develops, produces and qualifies computers for extreme environments – where ruggedness and reliability count. Our electronic systems are embedded in vehicle and wayside control, supervision and communication, infotainment and security, wireless and wired network solutions in today’s IoT world.” “ Our expertise makes us successful in several markets: railway and public transportation, aerospace, shipbuilding, commercial vehicles, agricultural and construction machines. Close to 300 highly motivated employees, located in Germany, France, the...

About MEN Product Portfolio Our Standard Safe Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 » MTCS – Modular Train Control System » Safe Single Board Computers 19" CompactPCI® Systems and Box PCs . . . . . . . 10 » In-Vehicle Focus » Multi-Wireless Focus » Industrial Focus » Storage System Focus » Switch and WAP Devices Panel PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 » Devices » Display Electronics CompactPCI® / Serial – Board Level . . . . . . . . . . . 16 » CPU Cards » Peripheral Cards Advanced...

Our Custom Design Service It is MEN’s goal to find a tailored solution for the application together with our customers. While using as many standard COTS components as possible, parts of the solution may include customization: COTS and Custom Design Expertise » System level Whether standard or custom, MEN products benefit from our unique development expertise: » Board level » Component level (in FPGA) The Design Process Custom design at MEN follows a defined development process from specification to design, verification and validation of a product, which is part of our quality management...

About MEN Safe Computing Products for safety-critical applications are developed according to railway standards EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129 in order to reach safety integrity levels SIL 1 to SIL 4 - or according to avionics standards RTCA DO-254 and DO-178B in order to reach safety levels DAL-E up to DAL-A. MH50C – Modular Train Control System MTCS is an open and modular railway computer platform based exclusively on standard hardware and software. It is certifiable up to SIL 4 in all its single parts and complies completely with the EN 50155 and EN 50121-4 railway standards. » SIL 4...

About MEN CompactPCI® Systems Modular 19" and Rugged Box PCs It is MEN’s goal to find the most cost-effective solution together with our customers. For many applications, it is possible to use either one of our application-ready, built-to-order standard systems in 40 HP format or a modular and robust standard box PC. Network functionality is often already implemented in these devices and can be extended by using one of our standard switch, router or WAP devices. Modular 19" CompactPCI® Systems Taking the modular approach of CompactPCI® to its optimum level: The built-to-order approach of...

Industrial Focus MH70I – 40 HP Modular Industrial PC » Intel® Core™ i7 or Celeron® with standard HMI graphics » Up to 16 GB DDR3 DRAM soldered, ECC » Up to four SATA hard disks for a RAID » CompactPCI® slots for fieldbus functions, RS232, analog I/O, digital I/O, Ethernet 2 » 2 CompactPCI® Serial slots for SATA RAIDs, Ethernet » 2 PCI or PCI Express® slots for half-length cards » Single or redundant power supplies or UPS (AC or DC) » System supervision (temperature, fan, power supply) » AMD Embedded G-Series Dual-Core APU » Slot for Hilscher real-time Ethernet fieldbus interfaces PROFINET,...

Designed to operate in harsh environments, MEN panel PCs withstand up to -40°C to +70°C (+85°C) operating temperature, shock, vibration, drop, resonance, humidity, chemicals, etc. They are either developed according EN 50129 or IEC 61508 and often comply with standards like EN 50155 for railways or with the automotive E-mark. They are available up to 10 years and more, thanks to MEN’s superior obsolescence management. DC2 – Rugged 10.4" Touch Panel PC Product offering starts with the board-level electronics, which can turn into a fully customized design or be a standard device. Intel® Atom™...

CompactPCI® / Serial – Board Level Today’s users appreciate the modularity and robustness of CompactPCI®. Based on this established standard, CompactPCI® Serial offers fast serial data transfer with CompactPCI® PlusIO as the migration path between the two. The front-panel layout as well as the uniform pin-out and placement of its extension card connectors make all PICMG 2.0 and 2.30 CPU boards compatible with all successor boards. CompactPCI® PlusIO forms the migration path to CompactPCI® Serial, allowing users to build hybrid systems. Designed to operate in harsh environments, MEN...

Examples of Peripheral Cards PICMG Standard Special Features PCI Express Mini Card Carrier 2 PCI Express Mini Card slots, 2 SIM card slots (expandable up to 18 slots total), Up to 6 reverse SMA antenna connectors for wireless applications (GPS, GSM, WLAN, UMTS, HSDPA) Up to 16 additional SIM cards on a special adapter board Windows, Linux Binary I/O Card for Railways 16 binary I/O via 4 spring cage terminal blocks (4 optically isolated groups, 4 channels for each group) EN 50155 compliant, voltage range 14.4 VDC to 154 VDC Driver support for all operating systems GSM/GPS interface Front...

About MEN Computer-on-Modules Designed to operate in harsh environments, all MEN COMs withstand up to -40°C to +85°C operating temperature, shock, vibration, drop, resonance, humidity, chemicals, etc. They are designed to comply with standards like EN 50155 for railways or with the automotive E-mark when integrated in the final system. MEN products are available up to 10 years and more, thanks to MEN’s superior obsolescence management. Based on our experience with ultra-rugged ESMexpress and ESMini COMs, MEN has driven the standardization of Rugged COM Express. Rugged COM Express is based...