Pixus Technologies announced new 3U OpenVPX backplanes in a 1-slot size in various formats. This includes versions that are VPX only, and designs with VITA 67.3c, VITA 67.3d and VITA 66.4 cutouts for RF and optical connector inserts.

The suite of 1-slot power and ground only 3U OpenVPX backplanes from Pixus had been expanded to include MultiGig RT3 compatible versions. The higher speed RT3 supports 25 Gbaud/s signal allowing 100 GbE cards to be utilized.  Additionally, there are options for Meritec® rear shrouds and cables to be installed. Pixus will still continue to offer the lower cost MultiGig RT2 versions of these backplanes.

Pixus offers OpenVPX and SOSA aligned backplane/chassis systems in commercial, development and MIL rugged formats.  The company also provides IEEE and Eurocard components for the embedded computer market.