With its small diameter and rugged, durable housing, Elma Electronic’s MR50 1/2" rotary switch is a perfect fit for portable, mobile and space-constrained devices used in harsh environments.

The 2017 Supplier Excellence Award from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI), has been awarded to Elma Electronic. The award was presented to Elma Electronic in recognition of outstanding quality and delivery performance in 2017 for 100% on-time delivery and 100% quality. 

Elma has added four rugged power supply modules to its growing family of power solutions. The PCI-104-based PSUs can be used as the bottom module in any PC/104, PC/104-Plus, PCI-104, PCIe/104 or PCI/104-Express embedded system stack arrangement. They can also provide power for other small form factor (SFF) embedded computing systems, such as COM Express.

To support the rapidly developing activities begun under by the C4ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) initiative, Elma Electronic has released a 3U OpenVPX Convergence Development Platform. The new platform serves as a complete test environment to enable the integrated development of common, modular hardware architectures across critical C4ISR and EW systems.

  A railway-ready version of Elma Electronic's Cisco-enabled family of rugged systems has been developed for the network edge. It is designed to meet EN 50155, the new NetSys-5304 can be easily included within railway operations, either by the wayside or within the train itself.

Elma Electronic announces it has added EKF Elektronik, a premier designer of boards based on 3U CompactPCI Serial and PMC/XMC mezzanine standards, to its partner ecosystem. EKF brings 40 years of technical expertise in modular industrial computing to Elma’s portfolio of building blocks for embedded system solutions.

Elma Electronic announces the first of its kind, high speed 3U VPX backplane that supports integration of mixed payload modules, including COTS single board computers, switches and RF payloads for computer architectures used by the DOD’s Hardware/Software Convergence Initiative. The backplane technology will be showcased by Elma at AUSA in Washington DC.

Elma Electronic’s iD-Box 16 is a highly versatile, sleek enclosure cleverly designed to maximise use of space by meeting the exact dimensions dictated by a specific application. The enclosure combines superior ergonomic and environmental options with a modern, sleek look that can be uniquely tailored to an individual user’s needs, down to the millimetre.

Elma Electronic has announced a rugged, high performance embedded vision system incorporating four configurable Camera Link ports and a front-removable, multi-terabyte storage bay with SATA III interface, which is essential for high speed imaging data offload and transfer. Powered by an Intel Quad Core i7 processor, the OptiSys-5101 features an HD image frame grabber suited for optical inspection and video capture.

An expanded line of card retainers from Elma Electronic provides uniform retention force across the entire length of the device to ensure PCBs are held securely in place. Now available in more length and profile options, the SureLock family of multi-segment, extruded aluminum retaining devices is suited for rugged applications where PCBs slide into a channel in the cold plate assembly or enclosure.

Capable of withstanding harsh, rugged environments for use in IP-based military and defence applications, the StorSys-3000 3U VPX computer has been unveiled by Elma Electronic. An exceptionally high-capacity (NAS) Network Attached Storage mission system, the StorSys-3000 includes dual 10GbE ports that feature integrated TCP/IP offload engines.

Elma Electronic continues to roll out its line of Cisco routing solutions at this week’s highly anticipated Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. The family of Cisco-based platforms includes a series of fanless, compact systems that reliably deliver fast, secure network performance in mission-critical applications. 

Suitable for use in either optical or RF applications, Elma Electronic has introduced a 3U three-slot OpenVPX backplane which has been designed to meet VITA 65. The versatile backplane is extremely useful in environments that require various slot-to-slot optical or RF interconnects or that require optical or RF I/O together with a high speed data plane connection to slot one.

Two fanless, compact Cisco routing solutions have been released by Elma Electronic. The S50E-1, designed for use in harsh environments such as defence, mining, emergency services and disaster recovery operations, offers two routing ports and three switching ports in a SWaP-optimised, rugged chassis.

A miniature rotary encoder, which includes an illuminated 8+1 joystick, enabling seamless, accurate control using just one finger, has been introduced by Elma Electronic. The Multi Wheel Encoder features a Hall effect sensed incremental encoder output and 12 detents with magnetic indexing to ensure proper alignment and positioning through the life of the encoder. 

An embedded computer, which is designed for applications in demanding mobile environments, has been released by Elma Electronic. The S50G-1 features a Cisco-certified routing engine complete with the full suite of mobile routing protocols for network attached equipment on the move.

At electronica this week, Elma Electronic is showcasing the first in its family of SureLock multi-segment, extruded aluminum retaining devices. The new 325 Series securely holds in place printed circuit boards (PCBs) mounted directly to the board and slid into a channel in the cold plate.

To enable the use of commercial equipment in rugged and mobile environments, Elma Electronic is offering rack-level integration services. The company provides configuration control, lifecycle management and custom I/O and cabling services, supporting the installation of it's rack-level integrated systems from start to finish.

As of July 1st 2014, Elma Bustronic has been vertically merged into Elma Electronic. With both companies now operating under the name of Elma Electronic, backplane products will continue to be marketed under the Bustronic name as a product brand.

The first device in a new series of PCB-based audio switches, Elma Electronic introduces the A47 audio attenuator. Designed specifically to provide high-end volume control, superb sonic performance and precise switch feel, these low-profile switches provide 47 positions with selectable end-stops from one to six channels.