V3-1703 DO-254 DAL A Safety-Certifiable Single Board Computer

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions’ V3-1703 is the DO-254 safety-certifiable variant of the VPX3-1703, an OpenVPX™-compliant 3U single board computer (SBC) that combines the high performance of the NXP^® Layerscape^® LS1043A Arm^® quad-core A53 processor with advanced I/O capabilities. Designed for space-constrained applications, the V3-1703 represents the latest step in the evolution of low-powered rugged Arm-based commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) SBCs designed specifically for safety-certifiable applications.

Arm processing

The challenge of high-density computing is to pack the greatest functionality into the smallest standard form factor, with the lowest power possible while retaining maximum flexibility. In conjunction with its processing power, the V3-1703 meets this challenge by offering an impressive complement of I/O capability in order to satisfy the most demanding application needs with a low power footprint. For applications requiring information assurance, the V3-1703 supports NXP’s Secure Boot and trust capabilities.

The V3-1703’s integral high speed backplane and XMC connectivity allow for multi-GB/s data flows from board to board through the backplane interface and from the backplane to XMC site supporting the acquisition, processing, and distribution of sensor data (such as video, radar, and sonar data). A rich I/O complement includes two Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports, four serial channels, up to four output LVTTL discrete digital IO (DIO), up to four input 5V tolerant LVTTL discrete DIO, and an XMC site with 64-bits of I/O mapped to the backplane.

The V3-1703 is supported by non-certifiable operating systems, such as Curtiss-Wright developed U-Boot, Linux, and Wind River VxWorks 7. As well, the board is supported by DO-178 certifiable operating systems through BSPs from our partners: DDC-I, Green Hills Software, and Lynx Software Technologies.