VSO Meeting

November 20-21, 2002

Resort Suites - Scottsdale, AZ

Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair, called the meeting to order and asked members to introduce themselves. After introductions the agenda was reviewed and several additions were made. The minutes from the July and September meetings were approved as written. Elwood asked for announcements.

No announcements were made.

John Rynearson, VITA, presented the ANSI and VSO patent policy and called for patent disclosures.

Eric Nickerson, Teradyne, noted that United States patent number 6,379,188 owned by Teradyne contains intellectual property (IP) as demonstrated in the 2mm HM ZD connector manufactured by Tyco and ERNI. Eric noted that licensing agreements currently in place with Tyco allow Tyco to use this technology and to provide this technology to one other company. However, Eric stated that neither Tyco nor ERNI can license Teradyneπs IP on RAND terms to other companies as was stated in the Tyco and ERNI letter to VITA regarding their willingness to license the HM ZD connector to others on RAND terms as required by ANSIπs patent policy.

Elwood Parsons, representing Tyco, stated that Tyco was not responsible for the claims of other companies regarding Tycoπs willingness to license its IP.

John Rynearson gave a presentation reviewing ANSIπs patent policy and how to determine what is an essential patent.

The membership discussed this issue and upon motion duly made, seconded, and approved, asked Teradyne to state its position on its willingness to license the technology contained in United States patent number 6,379,188 on RAND terms.

VITA Report

Ray Alderman, VITA Executive Director, reported on various VITA activities including the 2003 Bus&Board conference.

Standards Report

John Rynearson gave the standards report.

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VITA 34, New Framework

Bob Downing, VITA 34 Chair, reviewed the history of VITA 34. Click here for presentation. Frank Hom, APW, gave an update on the current status of VITA 34. Click here for presentation.

VITA 34 Cooling

Larry Thompson, VITA 34 Cooling Chair, gave a presentation on cooling techniques, safety concerns, and overall system requirements. Click here for presentation

Richard Hodges, Stratoflex Division of Parker Aerospace, gave a presentation on fluid couplers. Click here for presentation.

*** LUNCH ***

VITA 34, ATR Review

Mike Macpherson, MITRE, gave a presentation on the history of the ≥ATR≤ box and how the VITA 34 form factor might fit into an ATR box. Click here for presentation.

VITA 41, VXS

Bob Tufford, Motorola, gave a report on the status of VITA 41. Click here for presentation.

Tim Minnick, Tyco, gave a presentation on test data comparing the RT2 connector versus the RT3 connector. Click here for presentation.

Henry Wong, Motorola, discussed the status of the alignment pin. Click here for presentation.

Steve Paavola, Sky Computers, discussed the pin assignments for the payload board and how best to minimize skew. Click here for presentation.

VITA 39, PCI-X on PMC

Greg Novak, Motorola, and Michael Franco, Artesyn, discussed the results of the latest working group ballot. All the issues have been addressed and VITA 39 will be moved to ANSI ballot.

VITA 40, Service Indicator Standard

Craig Hartley, Sun, reviewed VITA 40. Click here for presentation. VITA 40 is currently in a working group ballot.

VITA 42, High Speed Processor PMC

Greg Novak reviewed the status of VITA 42. Randy Banton, Mercury, presented an update on similar efforts in the RAPIDIO trade association. The efforts of VITA 42 will be coordinated with the RAPIDIO trade association as appropriate. Greg indicated that there will be several conference calls in December to discuss VITA 42.

VITA 43S, Nexgen Hot Swap Mezzanine

Dick Somes, PICMG Technical Director, provided an update on the efforts in PICMG on a hot swap mezzanine module. Click here for presentation. Michael Franco, Artesyn, is the chair of the VITA 43 study group.

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned until Thursday morning.

Thursday, November 21, 2002

Elwood Parsons called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM. Bob Downing announced that their would be a VITA 34 working group meeting to discuss mil/cots requirements after the VSO meeting was over.

VITA 44S, Pn4 Differential Routing

John Rynearson gave a report for Dick DeBock, Thales, who was unable to attend the meeting. Click here for presentation.

Working Group Reports

VITA 1.5, 2eSST

The comments from the previous ballot have been incorporated into the draft and VITA 1.5 will be placed into the ANSI process.

VITA 1.7, Increased Current DIN Connector

The draft has been updated with comments from the working group ballot. VITA 1.7 will be placed into the ANSI process.

VITA 17.1, Serial FPDP

VITA 17.1 completed a successful working group ballot and has been moved into the ANSI process.

VITA 30, 2mm Euroboard

The working group is currently determining how to update this draft to include connectors and proposed form factors for VITA 34.

VITA 31, Serial I/O on 2mm

This effort has been tabled.

VITA 31.1, Gigabit Ethernet on VME64x

This draft has successfully completed a working group ballot and will be forwarded to the ANSI canvass process.

VITA 34, New Framework for Embedded Modular Systems

The working group will continue to refine the injector/ejector mechanism and is examining how best to structure the standard.

VITA 36, PMC I/O Modules

The draft for VITA 36 will be submitted to a working group ballot and upon successful completion forwarded to the ANSI process.

VITA 39, PCI-X on PMC

VITA 39 has completed a successful VSO ballot and the draft has been updated and will be put into the ANSI process.

VITA 40, Service Indicator Standard

The initial draft has been submitted to a working group ballot and is available for general review from the VSO web page.

VITA 41, VXS

The working group is updating the draft to include new drawings because of connector changes. The goal is to start a working group ballot by December 20 and to complete the standard by the Bus&Board Conference.

VITA 42, High Speed Processor PMC

Greg Novak, VITA 42 chair, will coordinate the efforts of the working group with the efforts in the RAPIDIO trade association. The working group plans to start teleconferences in December.

VITA 43S, Hot Swap NexGen Mezzanine

Michael Franco, VITA 43S chair, plans to coordinate his activities with other mezzanine efforts.

VITA 44S, Pn4 Differential Routing

Feedback from this meeting will be used to determine the next step for this study group.

John Rynearson presented the schedule for 2003 VSO meetings.

There being no further business, Elwood Parsons adjourned the meeting.

Submitted By:

/s/ John Rynearson, VITA Secretariat