Posted on 03/21/2022 7:21:36 PM PDT by Bobalu
Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division, a leading supplier of modular open systems approach (MOSA) solutions engineered to succeed, today introduced the Parvus® DuraCOR® Pi, the embedded industry’s first Raspberry Pi (RPi) powered mission computer for defense and aerospace applications.
(Excerpt) Read more at curtisswrightds.com ...
It basically turns a cheap Pi-based board into a rugged PLC.
I always thought the Pi ecosystem was a good fit for aerospace and mil uses... I'm shocked that the industry has adopted a 35$ processor board for serious uses.
If they had put the specs out there and asked for bids the devices would cost a huge amount...certainly not 35$ each....they went off-the-shelf.
I prefer a passive Pi. I don’t want my Pi’s weaponized.
Interesting. I know astronomy techies have been using them for years to build controllers for various add-ons to their scope hardware, they have always raved about how little they spent.
Yeah, I have a friend “in” to that. (He used to do terrain and target analysis developmental work for TI weapons computing!)
Have found the music to which penguins are dance.
A tune called “I’ll Tell Me Ma”.
At link below. The Kazoo interlude, minute 9:50- 10:00.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mK4vWSCKmQ
Oh, the amateur rocket guys are gonna love these!
Boy, that's a mouth full...
Great. Can’t even get a Pi 4 in 8gb RAM model right now and 4gb models are hard to find and mostly only available as part of a kit with a bunch of stuff you don’t need. The 2gb RAM model is pretty abundant.
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