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This is a listing of VME Equipment Enclosures and VME Chassis manufacturers. The types of products or equipment they produce are listed under the company name, in alphabetic order. There are a number of terms, which all mean the same thing, used to describe an electronic enclosure which hold circuit cards: Case, Chassis, Crate, Mainframe, and Enclosure. The enclosures may also be sub-divided into Rack-Mount, Wall-mount, Tower, or table-top; Commercial, Industrial, Rugged, or Military. A Sub-rack is not a complete electronic enclosure and may only include a metal frame and a card cage. A Card Cage has no enclosure at all and is just a frame [with card guides] to support the particular CCA form factor used.
A VME Chassis will be between 1 and 21 slots (the maximum).
Care should be taken producing a 21 slot chassis, with the addition of slide rails the
width may exceed a standard 19" [EIA-310] rack.
A backplane will start with 2 slots, one slot has no value [1 slot backplanes may not
even be produced].
The VMEbus chassis may except 3U cards, or 3U and 6U cards, and now 9U cards. The
chassis may have a separate card cage to handle the 3U cards. The chassis only need
provide the P1 side of the back plane when only 3U cards are used. 6U cards require
both P1 and P2, and 9U would require the P1, P2, and P3. A P0 connector (between P1 and
P2) for 6U cards may also be provided. Regardless of the size of the card the chassis
will accept (3U, 6U, or 9U) all the slots are on .8" centers. The chassis may be a
table-top or rack-mount.
VME32 provided a +5volt,and +/-12volt supply; VME64 added a 3.3volt supply. The 5volt
supply should provide only 50mV of ripple. No currently produced power supply meets
50mV, I've seen notes on the web indicating an attempt to update this number. Refer
to VME Bus Description
How to write a VME Chassis specification to be
produced by a another company.
Including design hints on what to include with a VME chassis
Act/Techno {VME Chassis-Fan Trays}
Aitech Defense Systems Inc. {Rugged VME Chassis -
Military VME Chassis - Military Mobile VME Chassis}
Colmek Systems Engineering {Rugged VME chassis and
chassis engineering in general}
Curtiss-Wright Corporation {VME
ATR/Commercial Chassis}
Dawn VME Products {3 to 5 Slot VME Chassis - Full
Size VME Chassis - Standard - TableTop}
Elma Electronics Inc.
{Tower-Desktop-Industrial-Rugged-[Military] to 901D}
Extreme Engineering Solutions {VPX and CompactPCI
Development Platforms, Deployed Systems, ATR, rugged, air- and conduction-cooled,
Integrated Systems}
kontron {VME Rugged-Standard-3 to 18 slot}
MacroLink Inc. {VME Rugged Chassis
manufacturer}
MCH Systems {Rugged retma rackmount and ATR VME
chassis}
OKW Enclosures Inc. {Single/Double Aluminum
VME chassis A/B Size Enclosures}
Pixus Technologies {VPX and VME
subracks, chassis, & backplanes}
Schroff North America {VMEbus Subracks}
Tracewell Systems {VME Chassis,
SubRacks, Backplanes, Accessories}
Vector Electronics & Technology, Inc.
{Vertical or horizontal VME Chassis accepting 3U or 6U cards}
Electronic Equipment Rack Standards
EIA-310-D Cabinets, Racks, Panels, and Associated Equipment
IEC 60297-1 Mechanics for Racks - 19 inch common standard (DIN41494}
IEC 297-x Dimensions of Panels and Racks
MIL-STD-901D SHOCK TESTS. H.I. (HIGH-IMPACT) SHIPBOARD
MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, AND SYSTEMS, REQUIREMENTS FOR [Shock]
MIL-STD-167-1 MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT (TYPE 1 -
ENVIRONMENTAL AND TYPE II - INTERNALLY EXCITED) [Vibration]
MIL-STD-5400 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AEROSPACE, GENERAL SPECIFICATION FOR [See
MIL-HDBK-5400]
MIL-STD-810E ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS AND LABORATORY TESTS
[Humidity]
MIL-STD-46IE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBSYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT [EMI/EMC]
MIL-STD-462 Measurement of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of
Subsystems and Equipment [EMI/EMC]
MIL-STD-704F AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC POWER CHARACTERISTICS
MIL-STD-1275B CHARACTERISTICS OF 28 VOLT DC ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN MILITARY
VEHICLES
MIL-A-8625A - Anodic Coatings for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
MIL-C-5541E - Chemical Conversion Coatings for Aluminum and Aluminum
Alloys
Chassis Height is also given in 'U', 1U = 44.45mm,
2U = 88.90mm, and so on.
Chassis Width may be given in 'HP', 1HP = 5.08mm (0.2in).
HP ~ Horizontal Pitch.
Additional Chassis Components;
Board
Keying Manufacturers
Chassis Leveling Products
Card Guide Manufacturers
Chassis Design Considerations and Hints;
How to specify an Equipment Chassis.
{Electronic Equipment Enclosure and Chassis Manufacturers}
This is a listing of VME Equipment Enclosures and VME Chassis manufacturers. The types of products or equipment they produce are listed under the company name, in alphabetic order. There are a number of terms, which all mean the same thing, used to describe an electronic enclosure which hold circuit cards: Case, Chassis, Crate, Mainframe, and Enclosure. The enclosures may also be sub-divided into Rack-Mount, Wall-mount, Tower, or table-top; Commercial, Industrial, Rugged, or Military. A Sub-rack is not a complete electronic enclosure and may only include a metal frame and a card cage. A Card Cage has no enclosure at all and is just a frame [with card guides] to support the particular CCA form factor used. Additional electronic Equipment manufacturers may be found by selecting the OEM Equipment icon below, or component manufacturers may be found by selecting the Components icon below.
