Jim on Engineering: Episode 71 - MIL-STD-810 Humidity

Jim on Engineering, Episode 71: Jim Shaw, Crystal Group’s EVP of Engineering describes the testing process and procedures for MIL-STD-810 Test Method 507.5 Humidity. This method applies to material that is likely to be stored or deployed in a warm, humid environment, an environment in which high levels of humidity occur, or to provide an indication of potential problems associated with humidity. While we think that Iowa has high humidity levels, check out what Crystal Group’s test chamber can perform in creating humid conditions especially to Jim’s eye glasses in this demonstration.

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Jim on Engineering: Episode 70 - MIL-STD-810 Test Method 506.5 Rain

Jim on Engineering, Episode 70: Jim Shaw, Crystal Group’s EVP of Engineering describes the testing process and procedures for MIL-STD-810 Test Method 506.5 Rain. The purpose of the standard is to help determine effects of rain, water spray or dripping water on electronics. How can we demonstrate that? Take a ride with Jim in the Crystal pickup to a car wash.

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Ultra Small Embedded Computer for Rugged Environments - RE1401 NUC

RE1401 NUC platform is a highly configurable, fan cooled, ultra-small form factor system designed around Intel’s 5th or 6th Generation Core i5®/i7® CPU options.

Crystal Group Inc., a trusted manufacturing partner of rugged commercial-off- the-shelf (COTS) custom-developed computers, displays, switches, and storage devices, has recently announced the introduction of the RE1401 NUC (Next Unit of Computing), an extremely compact, high performance rugged embedded computer appropriate for operational deployment in harsh environments.

The RE1401 NUC provides current leading edge computational architecture in a small rugged package., This platform brings desktop performance to a compact device size with the flexibility to scale up based on productivity needs for a wide range of applications.

Measuring 16cm x 4.83cm x 12.20cm and weighing only 0.907 kilos., the RE1401 NUC is small enough for placement in size-constrained areas and rugged enough for the harshest environments including shock and vibration. It is ideal for military and industrial installations requiring computer processing and data collection.

With a rugged all-aluminium compact chassis footprint, the RE1401 NUC is based on Intel’s NUC motherboard form factors 5th or 6th generation i5/i7 workstation. The RE1401 NUC features a single removable SSD and single fixed SSD with a removable SD card slot. The system utilises standard USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, a 3.5mm headset jack, one or two mini-Display ports and HDMI 2.0 or mini HDMI. Mounting alternatives include table-top and tray options. The RE1401 NUC is compatible with any of six operating systems – Windows® 7/8.1/10, Server 2012 R2®, Ubuntu®, Fedora®, or Open SUS

The RE1401 NUC is optimised for environments where a traditional desktop is not ideal due to SWaP and allows for maximum integration flexibility. The unit’s low profile design is easy to use for transportation, storage and deployment, making it a valuable choice for many harsh environment applications.

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MIL STD 810 Test Method 505.5 Solar Radiation | Jim on Engineering, Episode 69

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering describes the testing process and procedures for MIL-STD-810 Test Method 505 Solar Radiation.  Aided by the company mascot “Hopper” Jim explains how solar radiation testing is characterized by the sun’s heating and ultraviolet photodegradation effects.

  

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MIL-STD-810 Test Method 504 Contamination by Fluids | Jim on Engineering, Episode 68

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering describes the testing process and procedures for MIL-STD-810 Test Method 504 Contamination by Fluids.  These tests help to determine if materiel is affected by temporary exposure to contaminating fluids such as may be encountered and applied during its life cycle, either occasionally, intermittently, or over extended periods.

  

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MIL-STD-810 Test Method 503 Temperature Shock | Jim on Engineering, Episode 67

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering describes the testing process and procedures for MIL-STD 810, Method 503 – Temperature Shock. These standards describe the tests for electronic equipment operating in environments where there are rapid temperature swings such as very cold to very hot.

  

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MIL-STD-810 Test Method 502 Low Temperature | Jim on Engineering, Episode 66

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering describes the testing process and procedures for MIL-STD 810, Method 503 – Low Temperature. These tests look for the performance of electronic circuitry under low temperature conditions.

  

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Crystal Group Introduces the RS4104 and RS4198L24 High Performance Computing Rugged Servers

Crystal Group Inc., a trusted manufacturing partner of rugged commercial-off the-shelf (COTS) custom-developed computers, displays, switches, and storage devices, announced the introduction of the RS4104 and RS4198L24, two high performance and highly configurable rugged servers.

These platforms are rack mounted servers designed to feature Dual Intel® Haswell or Broadwell E5 Xeon processors paired with high performance co-processors like the Xeon PHI or nVidia’s Tesla products to achieve tremendous computer processing and exceptional performance.

Data collected in the field is rapidly growing in volume and is often expected to be analysed within minutes or hours, not days. Crystal Group has designed these units to accept GP/GPU engines such as the Xeon Phi, AMD FirePro, or the nVidia Tesla platforms. The combination of the processing power of the server class motherboard and the parallel processing capability of dedicated co-processors make these devices ideal for data intensive applications including Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR), radar signal processing, training and oil & gas exploration. The data can be gathered from the boards, analysed quickly and is immediately made available for decision makers.

The RS4104 and RS4198L24 are driven by leading edge Intel® Haswell or Broadwell E5-2600 V3 or V4 processors and can be configured with up to 1.5TB Registered DDR4 of memory, delivering high performance for most processor intense applications.

The RS4104 also supports up to 10 PCIe 3.0 x8 or 5 PCIe 3.0 x16 expansion slots for add-in cards and is powered by a 1780W power supply. The unit is 20” in depth, 17.5” in width, and fits onto an EIA-310 rack with options for Crystal Glides, fixed mount or Jonathan rails.

The RS4198L24 supports up to 10 PCIe 3.0 x16 expansion slots (8 of which can support double width cards) for add-in cards and is powered by 3200W 2+2 power supplies. The unit is 24” in depth, 17.5” in width, and fits onto an EIA-310 mounted with Crystal Glides.

The RS4104 and RS4198L24 4U are compatible with industry standard operating systems such as Windows 7®, Windows 10®, Windows Server 2008®, Windows Server 2012®, VMware® and Linux® operating systems.

MIL STD 810 Test Method 500 Low Pressure | Jim on Engineering, Episode 65

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering continues to describe different test methods that comprise MIL-STD-810. This episode focuses on Method 500 Low Pressure/Altitude.

 

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MIL-STD-810 Test Method 501 | Jim on Engineering, Episode 64

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering describes the testing process and procedures for MIL-STD 810, Method 501 – High Temperature Operation.

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A Deeper Dive Into MIL-STD-810 | Jim on Engineering, Episode 63

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering explains the variety of environmental tests that comprise MIL-STD 810. In future episodes of Jim on Engineering he will examine MIL-STD 810’s individual test methods in more detail.

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Hyperconvergence | Jim on Engineering, Episode 62

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering explains what hyperconvergence is all about and what it means to the rugged industry.

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Secured Assets | Jim on Engineering, Episode 61

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering explains the concept behind secured assets and why adherence to product security and pedigree is important

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Importance of Cleanliness in the Production Process | Jim on Engineering, Episode 60

If you want to know what and how the products from Crystal Rugged are made. Check out Jim Shaw's, Executive Vice President of Engineering Video Blog. He explains in detail topics related to operational, deployable, and high reliability computing applications.

In this video blog Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering explains the reasons why maintaining a clean production process is critical in the manufacturing of electronic components.

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