Chassis and Backplanes
Unitronix supplies rugged chassis, backplanes and accessories for embedded and defence applications. Drawing on trusted partnerships with Dawn VME and LCR Embedded Systems, we deliver modular platforms built for demanding environments — from laboratory development to full deployment. Our offerings cover VPX, SOSA-aligned and custom system architectures, including power, cooling and interconnect solutions tailored to your project requirements
Don’t forget the older kit, VME, cPCI are also supported, these architectures are still going and need support, call us and let us know your problem.
Rugged ATR chassis include conduction cooled VPX, air cooled VPX and liquid cooled VPX ATR solutions. All ATR chassis are designed for plug in cards in alignment with the SOSA technical standard. LCR engineers apply advanced design methods that continue to ensure field proven performance in mission critical defence applications in the most extreme environments.
LCR’s integrated systems address a full range of operational needs across the defence spectrum and are provided with best in class partner payload sets per your requirements. They enable out of the box installation and testing of your application specific hardware and software. Rugged designs ensure every solution is ready for operation in demanding environments.
Development chassis for VPX and SOSA aligned module payloads. The DK3 / DK6 for 3U and 6U VPX system design, support air and conduction cooled modules with quick conversion that tracks and streamlines your development cycle.
DAWN ENCLOSURES
A complete product offering of general purpose, development, rugged and ATR packaging solutions supporting the VITA™ and PICMG® system architectures.
VPX Enclosures: VPX enclosures based on OpenVPX (VITA65) and VPX REDI (VITA48) specifications. General Rackmount Enclosures: Enclosures in a variety of configurations, backplanes, cooling and power options. Rugged Enclosures: Rugged, mission critical and ATR enclosures for military, aerospace, commercial applications. Shock Isolated Equipment Racks: Shock isolated and EMI shielded equipment racks for mission critical deployable systems. Custom Enclosures: Modified COTS and full custom enclosure designs, standard or rugged, compliance tested. Development Chassis: Tabletop and portable development chassis in a variety of backplane and power configurations.
DAWN CARD CAGES
A full line of shielded and non-shielded general purpose and rugged card cages which feature a quality aluminium frame construction and multiple card guide options.
General Purpose Card Cages
Standard heights available from 3U, 6U and 9U, 2 through 21 slots wide. Standard or IEEE1101.10 extrusion configurations, with or without rackmount flanges.
Rugged Card Cages
Dawn’s patented DuroCage extruded-aluminium rail system available in 3U, 6U & 9U standard card cage configurations.
Dawn is the leader in VITA 62 compliant power supplies for the mission critical market. Wide range of standard features, highly configurable through custom firmware.
DAWN BACKPLANES
Standard and custom backplanes include Gen3 VPX, VPX, VME, VME64, VME64x, VXI, H.110, PXI and CompactPCI along with switched fabric configurations.
3U VPX Backplanes
Dawn’s VPX backplanes are based on VPX (VITA46), VPX REDI (VITA48), OpenVPX (VITA65) and VITA 68 VPX compliance, available in a wide range of profiles and topologies.
6U VPX Backplanes
Dawn’s VPX backplanes support development systems, deployable rack mount and mission critical systems for convection and conduction cooled modules.
3U CompactPCI 2.1
PICMG 2.1 compliant cPCI, 2 through 8 slots, 32 bit or 64 bit configurations, +5VIO or +3.3VIO, Short tail connectors on J1, long tail connectors on J2.
6U CompactPCI 2.16
PICMG 2.16 compliant cPCI, 2 through 8 slots standard sizes, left-justified CPU slots, shrouds on all J3, J4 and J5 connectors.
6U CompactPCI 2.1
PICMG 2.1 compliant cPCI, 2 through 8 slots standard sizes, left-justified CPU slots, shrouds on all J3, J4 and J5 connectors.
6U VME64x Monolithic
VME64x Monolithic, 2 through 21 slots, optional J0 2mm connectors, shrouds on all J2 and J0 connectors, 8 layer stripline/microstrip design.
6U VME Monolithic
VME Monolithic, 2 through 21 slots, short-tail 96-pin DIN connectors standard on J1 slots, shrouds on all J2 connectors, 8 layer stripline/microstrip design.
3U VME Discrete J1
MEbus Specification Rev. C1 compliant, 3 through 21 slots, automatic or manual BUSGRANT/IACK jumpers front and back accessible.
3U VME Discrete J2
VMEbus Specification Rev. D, draft 3.03 IEEE 01014-1991 compliant, 2 through 21 slots, long-tail connectors standard.
DAWN ACCESSORIES
VPX: A full line of accessories for the VPX marketplace based on the various VITA Standards for VPX, offering unique and innovative features.
cPCI/ cPCI Bridge 64 bit & 32 bit. cPCI extended backplane 18-21 slots.
Ethernet Conversion Modules: 10G-KR/KX/SGMII to 10G/1G-BASE-T Conversion Module. Convert Backplane SERDES interfaces (KR/KX/SGMII/USXGMII/) to 10G/1000/100 BASE-T for External Chassis interface.
Rear Transition Modules: Universal 6U or 3U VPX Rear Transition Module. 06-1019265 Universal RTM breaks out every RJ1-RJ6 connector to a high speed Samtec connector.
Transition Module Extender Cards: Extension of VME64x RTM boards from rear of backplane. Some systems have obstructions such as power supplies behind J1 which prevents direct insertion of RTM’s.
6U Extender Boards: 6U VMEbus and VME64 extension standards extender boards are primarily used to adapt the depth of a 6U board to fit into a deeper-sized card cage.
Test Extender Boards: 3U, 6U and 9U VMEbus, VME64x and Universal testing applications test and form factor extender boards. Excellent power and ground distribution.
Prototyping Boards: 3U and 6U VME, VME64x and CompactPCI prototyping boards. 0.1″ pin grid arrays allow for easy and efficient testing of your active components.
Slot Load Boards: Dawn invented the slot load board (US Patent 5,157,326) to provide all necessary features to conduct thermal analysis, design validation and system characterisation. Available in all standard bus architectures and custom.
Slot Bypass Boards: 6U VME and VME64x slot bypass boards provides jumpering for BG/IACK signals through P1. Excellent way to fill empty system slots. Air flow management can also be improved.
Filler Panels: 3U, 6U and 9U high quality filler panels in variety of widths. Standard, IEEE1101.10 versions and customisation of standard panels. Alodine coated for maximum electrical conductivity and superior corrosion resistance. Complete with all required mounting hardware.
Front Panels: 3U, 6U and 9U high quality front panels in variety of widths. Standard, IEEE1101.10 versions and customisation of standard panels. Alodine coated for maximum electrical conductivity and superior corrosion resistance. Complete with all required mounting hardware.
Overlays: Adds or expands VSBbus architecture for your host VMEbus architecture. Geographical addressing is user defined at each slot. Daisy-chain jumper option accessible from overlay rear.
Power Busbars: Dawn’s busbar sets are designed to reduce assemble time connecting +5V, +3.3V and GND to backplanes by allowing the use of one or more large wire cables rather than multiple smaller ones.
Power Entry Modules: 3U and 6U N+1 compatible 47-pin plug-in power supply power entry modules.
