Kontron announced today the introduction of its new application ready MicroTCA Starterkit which is operational out-of-the box. The MicroTCA Starterkit includes the Kontron MicroTCA system OM6060 with AC-Power supply and an entry-level MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH) AM4901 together with the new Kontron MicroTCA configuration management software OMVIU. Kontron OMVIU delivers a Graphical User Interface for fast and convenient system configuration.

The editors from SPS Magazin, have chosen the PCIe/104 Embedded Single Board Computer Kontron MICROSPACE MSMST as a Trend100 product of the year 2010/2011. The Kontron MICROSPACE MSMST becomes one of the 100 most important new products in 2011 and will be recognized in the SPS Magazin's automation atlas. Products for the award were selected based on being innovative, user-friendly and equating to a current trend in the market. The Kontron MICROSP...

Kontron announced its partnership with Thales, a leader in In-flight entertainment and connectivity systems, to design and manufacture the Enhanced Terminal Wireless LAN Unit for the company's GateSync system. The Thales GateSync system is a high-performance wireless ground connectivity solution for airports and airlines. The eTWLU, a critical element of the systems onboard networking, is a small sealed ARINC-763 compliant wireless transceiver th...

Kontron announced it will be a supplier for BoardConnect, the wireless onboard in-flight entertainment solution from Lufthansa Systems. The core equipment from Kontron includes an ACE Flight 600 airborne video server and a Cab-n-Connect cabin wireless access point with integrated Wi-Fi antenna. In addition, Kontron will provide a wireless Inseat Display that is also available for airline carriers.

Kontron extended its COM Express basic ETXexpress-SC Computer-On-Module product family with three entry-level modules equipped with the cost-optimized Intel Celeron dual core processor and Intel HM65 Platform Controller Hub. The new Intel Celeron processor-based SKUs are entry-level additions to Kontron's comprehensive COM Express Computer-on-Modules line, based on Intel's monolithic microarchitecture. With these new versions, the Kontron ETXexpr...

The new Kontron chassis monitoring board CMB is a unified solution for VPX and VME systems to streamline system monitoring and management of rugged applications. The Kontron CMB centralizes out-of-band monitoring and management of installed boards and relevant system parameters such as temperature, airflow and power supply in mission-critical COTS systems with high demands on reliability, availability and ruggedness. OEMs and system developers wi...

Kontron announced its strategic entry into ARM architecture, enabling a new breed of embedded scalable building blocks for application-ready platforms with low-power consumption. The first products planned for 2011 will be in the module and board form factors. Under development at Kontron is a new module format, optimized for usage with ARM System-On-Chip processor types. The modules will enable ARM processors, single, dual and quad core, to be u...

Kontron has announced the 4U rackmount server KISS 4U PCI760 MIL-STD, the latest addition to the KISS server family which is specifically designed for long-term operation in land and naval based defense applications. This server platform has been tested and certified according to the MIL-STD-810F and 461E specifications and can be configured application-ready ensuring efficient development and time-to-market for military applications with the hig...

Kontron AG continued the past months' dynamic business trend in the second quarter, achieving revenue of EUR 145.2 million. This represents about 25 percent growth compared with the prior-year period (EUR 116.1 million). Total revenue is EUR 275.3 million in the first half of 2011 compared with EUR 213.8 million in the first half of 2010. This represents an increase of about 29 percent. The strongest growth rates were achieved in North America (4...

Kontron has announced another addition to the rugged and extremely quiet KISS industrial server family, the Kontron Industrial Silent Server KISS 4U PCI761. The new, 4U rack-mount server with 64-bit Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor and long-term availability combines outstanding performance density with extreme flexibility via 12 expansion slots. Application developers will benefit from a flexible platform which can be configured with a wide range o...

Kontron introduit ce jour un kit de développement de services de machine à machine (M2M) intelligents comportant un système prêt à déployer pour services intelligents, équipé d’un processeur Atom d’Intel. Développé en collaboration avec Intel Corporation, ce kit basé sur un Computer-on-Module (COM) de format standard constitue une puissante solution « plug & play » qui permet aux ingénieurs de développer et de tester la connect...

Smart grids technology agreement concluded with largest Russian electricity network operator / New development for automated information exchange in telecoms, transportation and security/safety - Kontron AG is aiming to further expand its position as a globally leading provider of embedded computer systems through new developments in important key technology areas. As announced by the company's CEO, a long-term technology agreement has been signe...

Universal AdvancedMC processor module for a wide variety of MicroTCA and AdvancedTCA applications -Kontron introduced today its new universal single-width AdvancedMC processor module AM4120. This board is the first member of a new Kontron AdvancedMC product family with the Freescale QorIQ processors. The new AdvancedMC family is targeted to cost sensitive applications as well as powerful data plane and control plane applications. The universal Ko...

The nanoETXexpress Industrial Group is further strengthening its global presence with the addition of new members. The growing number of members highlights the position of nanoETXexpress in the market as the COM Express® based de-facto standard for highly ultra-small and energy-efficient designs. The wide-spread acceptance of the form factor introduced first by Kontron is due to its 100 percent compatibility with the COM Express® specification,...

Kontron AG, a globally leading provider of embedded computer systems, has announced two design wins totaling $41 million: One of the world's largest measurement technology company's will deploy Kontron technology for its EXT wireless communications test sets. Over the next five years, the new platform generation for the communication test set project will be based on Kontron's COM Express ETXe-CD modules and Intel Core 2 Duo chipsets. Production ...

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Today Kontron announced the 3U OpenVPX PCI Express and Ethernet hybrid switch VX3905 which delivers extremely high transfer rates in centralized VPX and OpenVPX platforms. With up to 4 x 6 Gen1/Gen2 PCIe backplane ports for the data plane, it provides ten times the I/O bandwidth found in systems deploying today and paves the way for a new generation of high performance embedded computing (HPEC) applications. OEMs will benefit from flexible OpenVP...

The new Kontron 2.5-inch Pico-ITX embedded single board computer (SBC) KTA55/pITX is Kontron's smallest SBC platform based on the AMD Embedded G-Series with Fusion technology.

With the new Kontron PCI/104-Express single board computer (SBC) MICROSPACE MSM-LP, Kontron expands its PC/104 portfolio with an energy-efficient platform for demanding environmental conditions.

Kontron today announced that its new double-width AdvancedMC processor module AM5020 has been selected as an Editor's Choice Product for the March/April issue of the Military Embedded Systems Magazine. Kontron introduced the AM5020 as a powerful and fully featured single board computer for SWaP (size, weight and power) optimized high-performance MircoTCA.1 system designs.