VSO Minutes – Revision 1.0

Wednesday, July 19 and

Thursday, July 20          

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Subject

Presenter

 

Call VSO meeting to order

Introductions, Agenda Review

Announcements, Minutes Approval

Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair

Elwood Parsons called the meeting to order and asked members to introduce themselves.  The agenda was reviewed.  The minutes were accepted as written.  No announcements were made.

IP Issues

-         Patent Policy Review

-         Call for Patent Disclosures

John Rynearson, VITA

John Rynearson reviewed the IP policy and ask for patent disclosures.  Rex Harvey, Parker, indicated that he was going to discuss a wedge lock concept that was covered by a patent.  Rex indicated that Parker was willing to provide RAND terms for this technology if it became an essential part of the VITA 48 standard.

Standards Report

John Rynearson, Tech Dir VITA

See presentation.  VITA 41.0, 41.1, 41.2, 42.1, 42.2, and 42.3 have be recognized as ANSI standards and will be available from the VITA office soon.

VITA 17.2, 10 Gbit Serial FPDP Report

Ralph Barrera, Curtiss-Wright

John Rynearson presented for Ralph.  See presentation.

VITA 41.6, VXS Control Plane

Michael Bonato, DRS-SS

See presentation.  Looking for participants for Thursday meeting.

VITA 41.7, Processor Mesh

Michael Munroe, Bustronics

Melissa Heckman reported for Mike Munroe.  Mike has been busy with other issues, but will return to VITA 41.7 activities shortly.

VITA 46, VPX Status Report

Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright

See presentation.  Discussion re: power supplies and compliance.

*** BREAK ***

 

 

VITA 47 Revisions

Dan Golden, Boeing

See presentation.  Dan is new to VITA and has taken over effort from Jim Robles.

VITA 48, ERDI

Mike Gust, Mercury Computer

See presentation.  Much discussion re: inboard versus outboard QD.

VITA 49, Digital IF

Bob Normoyle, DRS-SS

See presentation.

VITA 50, Cooling

Rex Harvey, Parker Hannifin

See presentation.   Discussion of how to proceed.  Come up with a calculator for quick estimates.  See slide by Bob Downing on air flow versus various heat sinks.  Shows the limits of air cooling.

VITA 51, Reliability Prediction

Lori Bechtold, Boeing

See presentation.  Getting more participation. DSCC has helped to develop the standard.  Will have face-to-face meeting at Sep VSO.

VITA 52, Lead Free

Lori Bechtold, Boeing

See presentation.  Much discussion re: tin whisker problem.

VITA 53, Market Surveillance

Stephen Cecil, CRANE

See presentation.  Steve is having a half day working meeting on Thursday.

*** LUNCH ***

 

 

VITA 55 Aurora on VME Report

Andy Reddig, Tek Microsystems, Inc.

No report.

VITA 56, EMC

David Slayton, GE

See presentation by David Pepper.  Looking for support and market direction.

VITA 57 Status

Malachy Devlin, Nallatech

See presentation.  General overview.  Think FPGA instead of CPU.  Pull individual modules together.  Explanation of concept.

VITA 58, Electronic Module Integration

Michael Humphrey, AP Labs

Report via email by Elwood for Mike who couldn't attend.  Mike hopes to have a preliminary drawing available by Friday.

Fluid Cooling Proposal

Frank Hom and Bob Downing from conference call with Eike Waltz

The IEC is starting a new project to develop a standard for a liquid cooled equipment practice for boards, chassis, and racks.  Eike is soliciting support for input from the US.  See statement of work and contact Eike if you are interested in this activity.  What role should VITA play?

Working Group Membership

John Rynearson

John discussed how to encourage more participation in working group.  In the future, observers will not be listed on ballots.

VITA 46 Working Group Meeting

 

See VITA 46 minutes.

VITA 48 Working Group Meeting

 

See VITA 48 minutes.

VITA 58 Working Group Meeting

 

No meeting was held.

Adjourn Meetings

 

 

 

 

Breakfast – 7:00 to 8:00 AM - Thursday, July 20, 2006

 

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Working Group

Conference Room

 

VITA 49 Working Group Meeting

Ski Shop

See VITA 49 minutes.

VITA 53 Working Group Meeting

Grand Ball Room 2

See VITA 53 minutes.

VITA 57 Working Group Meeting

Grand Ball Room 1

See VITA 57 minutes.

VITA 41.6 Working Group Meeting

Cancelled

Meeting canceled

VITA Marketing Group Meeting

Telecon Only