Call for Participation

Public registration for voting on American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recognition of this draft standard is now open. This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members.

Closing Date: April 17, 2018

Description: The VITA 67 working group has completed the revisions and has voted to take the documents through to the ANSI process to be recognized as a revised ANSI standard.

• Revised VITA 67.1-2012, Coaxial Interconnect on VPX, 3U, 4 Position SMPM Configuration
• Revised VITA 67.2-2012, Coaxial Interconnect on VPX, 8 Position SMPM Configuration

ANSI function: ANSI facilitates the development of American National Standards (ANS) by accrediting the procedures of VITA, whose groups work cooperatively to develop voluntary national consensus standards. Accreditation by ANSI signifies that the procedures used by VITA in connection with the development of American National Standards meet the Institute’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process.

Policy: Potential balloters will be asked to specify one of the following interest categories when registering for a ballot.

• Producer – produces the end result of the standard or supplies components used in the standard.
• User – uses the end result of the standard.
• Government/Military – user or producer of the standard in government or military setting.
• Research – user or producer of the standard in a research setting.
• General Interest – neither a user nor producer.

The affiliation and interest category of each member of the balloting body shall be made available to interested parties upon request.

A balloter who has indicated a desire to be on the standards development committee’s list for a particular category or categories of standards shall receive the proposed standard(s), electronic ballot(s), and all appropriate information. 

Non-members of VITA should contact Jing Kwok for login credentials.

Public registration for voting on American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recognition of this draft standard is now open. This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members.

Non-members of VITA should contact Jing Kwok for login credentials.

Closing Date: March 5, 2018

VITA 57.4 (new Standard), FPGA Mezzanine Card Plus (FMC+) Standard

Abstract: This standard extends the VITA 57.1 FMC standard by specifying two new connectors that enable additional Gigabit Transceiver interfaces that run at up to 28Gbps.

Description: The VITA 57.4 working group has completed the draft and has voted to take the draft through to the ANSI process to be recognized as a new ANSI standard.

ANSI function: ANSI facilitates the development of American National Standards (ANS) by accrediting the procedures of VITA, whose groups work cooperatively to develop voluntary national consensus standards. Accreditation by ANSI signifies that the procedures used by VITA in connection with the development of American National Standards meet the Institute’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process.

Policy: Potential balloters will be asked to specify one of the following interest categories when registering for a ballot.

• Producer – produces the end result of the standard or supplies components used in the standard.
• User – uses the end result of the standard.
• Government/Military – user or producer of the standard in government or military setting.
• Research – user or producer of the standard in a research setting.
• General Interest – neither a user nor producer.

The affiliation and interest category of each member of the balloting body shall be made available to interested parties upon request.

A balloter who has indicated a desire to be on the standards development committee’s list for a particular category or categories of standards shall receive the proposed standard(s), electronic ballot(s), and all appropriate information.

Voter registration for ANSI recognition is now open:

• ANSI/VITA 46.1-2007 (R2013), VMEbus Signal Mapping on VPX

This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members. Non-members should contact Jing Kwok for login credentials.

This solicitation will be open until January 9, 2018. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the registrants for voting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

Voter registration for ANSI reaffirmation is now open:

• ANSI/VITA 46.4-2012, PCI Express on the VPX Fabric Connector
• ANSI/VITA 46.6-2013, Gigabit Ethernet Control Plane on VPX

This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members. Non-members should contact Jing Kwok for login credentials.

This solicitation will be open until January 9, 2018. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the registrants for voting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

Voter registration for ANSI recognition is now open:

• ANSI/VITA 66.2-2013, Optical Interconnect on VPX - ARINC 801 Termini Variant
• ANSI/VITA 66.3-2012, Optical Interconnect on VPX - Mini Expanded Beam Variant

This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members. Non-members should contact Jing Kwok for login credentials.

This solicitation will be open until January 9, 2018. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the registrants for voting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

Voter registration for ANSI recognition is now open:

• ANSI/VITA 58.1-2013, Line Replaceable Integrated Electronics Chassis Standard, Liquid Cooled Chassis

This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members. Non-members should contact Jing Kwok for login credentials.

This solicitation will be open until January 9, 2018. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the registrants for voting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

Voter registration for ANSI recognition is now open:

• VITA 17.3 (new Standard), Serial Front Panel Data Port (sFPDP) Gen 3.0

Abstract: This document defines VITA 17.3 “Serial FPDP Gen 3.0” (sFPDP), a high-speed serial communications interface. Included in this definition are various user data framing methods, supported system configurations, and the Link Layer Protocol.

This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members. Non-members should contact Jing Kwok for login credentials.

This solicitation will be open until January 9, 2018. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the registrants for voting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote.

Question: Do you want to be added to the ANSI ballot body for VITA 48.4?
Closing Date: Tue, Nov 28 2017 2:00 pm PST
Description: The VITA 48.4 working group has completed the draft and has voted to take the draft through to the ANSI process to be recognized as an ANSI standard. Voter registration for voting for ANSI recognition of the following draft standard is now open :

VITA 48.4-201x (New Standard), Liquid Flow Through VPX Plug-In Module Standard

Abstract: This standard establishes the mechanical design interface control, outline and mounting requirements for a liquid-flow-through cooled plug-in unit to ensure the mechanical intermateability of 6U VPX liquid-flow-through cooled plug-in module within associated subracks. The connector layout remains common with VITA 46.. This plug-in module uses liquid flowing through an integral heat sink of the unit for cooling the electronic components and circuit boards. The quick disconnect coupling assemblies allow fluidic coupling to the chassis coolant manifold.

This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register if you wish to participate in the ballots. Non-members should contact Jing Kwok, VITA Technical Director, for login credentials.

This solicitation will be open for 14 days. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the roster for voting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.

Voter registration for voting for ANSI recognition of the following draft standards is now open.

Closing Date: Mon, Jul 24 2017

VITA 68.0 (new Standard), VPX Compliance Channel

Abstract: VITA 68.0 is the Base Standard of the VITA 68.x family of standards for signal integrity compliance of VPX systems and components. This standard provides an overview of the VITA 68.x family of standards and defines common requirements for VPX modules and VPX backplanes that apply across the range of VITA 68.x standards.

VITA 68.1 (new Standard), VPX Compliance Channel - Fixed Signal Integrity 4 Budget Draft Standard

Abstract: VITA 68.1 is part of the VITA 68.x family of standards for signal integrity compliance of VPX systems and components. Please refer to VITA 68.0 for an overview of the VITA 68.x family of standards. This standard defines a VPX compliance channel fixed signal Integrity budget including module performance criteria and common backplane performance criteria required to support multiple fabric types across a range of defined baud rates.

The full documents can be obtained from the working group page.

Please select the "Register me" option to be put on the ANSI ballot roster. You MUST also indicate an interest category with your ballot in the comment field.

This ballot is open to both VITA members and non-members alike. You must register if you wish to participate in the ballots. Feel free to contact non-members who may have an interest in this standard. Non-members should contact the undersigned for login credentials.

This solicitation will be open for 14 days. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the roster for voting.

Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.

Jing Kwok

Technical Director, VITA

The VITA Standards Organization (VSO) has voted to reaffirm the following standards:

• ANSI/VITA 46.3-2012, VPX: 4x Serial RapidIO Signal Mapping
• ANSI/VITA 46.7-2012, VPX: 10Gbit Ethernet Signal Mapping
• ANSI/VITA 51.0-2012, Reliability Prediction
• ANSI/VITA 60-2012, VPX: Alternative Connector for VPX
• ANSI/VITA 66.1-2012, VPX: Optical Interconnect On VPX - MT Variant
• ANSI/VITA 67.0-2012, VPX: Coaxial Interconnect - Base Standard

As part of the VSO policy and procedures we invite members and non-members who are directly and materially affected by the standards in question to cast a ballot for the affirmation of this standard. If you wish to participate in the ballot please contact Jing Kwok, VITA Technical Director (jing.kwok@vita.com) for details to register. Registration for the ballot will close Friday, June 2, 2017.