Over the years, REFLEX CES has developed expertise working with ruggedized and rack-mounted systems. REFLEX CES has the capability to develop customized systems to achieve precise customer requirement such as specific form factor, ruggedized level,or environmental qualification (thermal, vibration, shock, MTBF, and more).
REFLEX CES can support you during all phases of your rugged system development (from prototype to full mass production), as:
Custom 3U VPX board with cold conduction
(RF application, VPX Form factor, Wedglock, cold conduction)
Full Custom Rugged system (board and mechanical)
(Aircraft Military Application, Rigid-Flex design, MIL STD Qualification – EMI and vibration)
To address these requirements, REFLEX CES works with a complete network of suppliers and partners. This allows us to address technical problems such as:
REFLEX CES has the internal engineering skills to follow and specify those different mechanical developments and qualification plan.
Environmental qualifications | Norms |
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Climatic tests | IP65, Stanag 4370 AECTP230 Ed 3 |
Vibration and shock tests | JESD N°22B103B ; VITA47-Vibration V3 Choc OS2 MIL-STD-810F; AECTP 400, METHOD 414 |
Electromagnetic fieldresistance | MIL-STD-461 |
CE markings (electrical safety, EMC) | Norms EN 60950, IEC 61010, IEC 60950, EN 55031, EN 61000, etc |
FCC/CSA markings (electrical safety, EMC) | FCC part15, NMB / ICES-003 |
CB Scheme markings | |
Risk assessment study/Reliability (FMEA, MTBF) | FIDES /Telcordia SR-332 issue 3 standard |
Transport licence | UN38.3 for battery transportation |
REFLEX CES is able to handle all or parts of your project. We support you from specification to design, tests, qualification and industrialization.
Do not hesitate to contact us regarding your project.
REFLEX CES is able to support you on your custom development by involving all internal development capabilities: hardware, mechanical design, thermal, software, firmware. We offer you a concrete support customer service:
An acquisition unit was based on a Stratix® 10 FPGA and Xeon CPU
A storage unit was based on a Xeon® CPU and NVMe disks, QSFP+ (40Gb Ethernet)
Targeted markets :
Environmental qualifications | Norms |
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Climatic tests (pressure, temperature, moisture) | Stanag 4370 AECTP230 Ed 3 |
CE markings (for Europe): | |
electricalsafety | Norms IEC 61010 |
EMC | Norms EN 61000 |
MTBF (mean time between failures) | FIDES /Telcordia SR-332 issue 3 standard |
REFLEX CES is able to handle all or parts of your project. We support you from specification to design, tests, qualification and industrialization.
Do not hesitate to contact us regarding your project.
The main value of a system customization for the customer is to start the project with a commercial off-the-shelf system, in order to reduce development cost and technical risks, improving product Time to Market.
Our Hydra14S server is the perfect example of a customization, based on an off-the-shelf COTS server, customized by REFLEX CES. For more detail, please download our Product specification
Hydra 14S Server (by REFLEX CES)
(32x 100G Ethernet optical port, 4x Stratix 10 2.8k INTEL FPGA)
REFLEX CES is able to support you on your custom development by involving all internal development capabilities: hardware, mechanical design, thermal, software, firmware. We offer you a concrete support customer service:
Rugged and embedded PC
(modified by REFLEX CES to integrate custom/COTS boards)
Embedded PC
(modified by REFLEX CES to integrate custom/COTS boards : FPGA, NVME, ..)
After minor or major changes of these OEM systems (PC, servers), our “MOTS” systems are submitted for environmental qualifications (MTBF, CE, FCC, CSA marking for example).
REFLEX CES is able to handle all or parts of your project. We support you from specification to design, tests, qualification and industrialization.
Do not hesitate to contact us regarding your project.
Capitalizing on its 20 years expertise in design and development of complex FPGA-based systems, REFLEX CES can guide you through the definition, achievement and support of a product range.
Thus, REFLEX CES can build a strong and privileged partnership with its customers, to ease access to the latest technologies while ensuring the firmware’s as well as software’s backwards compatibility.
For example, REFLEX CES has developed for a major player in the France defense market, a full range of products developed on custom and Intel® FPGA-based PCI Express boards.
REFLEX CES is able to handle the development of mid-to-highly complex boards and systems, regarding the following areas of expertise:
Thanks to a strong development and integration expertise, REFLEX CES has successfully made evolve this product over 10 years. Different applications have been covered, while following the FPGA technologies evolution, and keeping a constant software perimeter:
Thanks to a reliable network of partners (for PCB, SMT, Mechanical, Plastics), and internal processes for quality control, integration and follow-up, REFLEX CES can handle and is sized forthe production of electronic boards and systems. As proof, REFLEX CES has a production capacity of 40 000 boards per year.
REFLEX CES relies on a strong EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) network.
REFLEX CES is able to manage your project during all phases: product development, system integration, manufacturing and assembly, PCB design and layout, model shop rapid prototyping.
REFLEX CES and its subcontractors are respecting IPC 610 and IPC 600, regulatory standards in electronic.
The prototyping activity is the action of creating and testing samples, before replicating it in the industrialization and production phases
In REFLEX CES, a unique research & development team internally manages the entire prototyping activity, from conception to final technical validation, including interaction with customers.
REFLEX CES takes care of the complete turnkey production and assembly services:
The NPI process defines the stages required for a smooth transition from design to manufacturing:
Our rugged and rackmount systems can be developed for harsh environment, small spaces, with an active or custom passive thermal dissipation, according to your needs. We offer our expertise for a full system development, but also only for COTS board integration, and with or without custom boards development.
Rugged systems and rugged computers by REFLEX CES are specially created to meet all your environmental requirements, such as hardening, tropicalization, specific qualification, thermal issues, temperature, humidity&altitude, vibrations & shocks.
Rack-mountable systems by REFLEX CES are created to fit into limited rack spaces, specific rack enclosure, where footprint is controlled.Power distribution is conceived within the rack-mount embedded system.
FPGA boards inside are developed with small form factor in order to fit into small slots, usually pci slots. Expansion slots may be used if needed.
All bays, server racks and rack rails are configurable according to your needs.
REFLEX CES also offer modified COTS, and full turnkey solutions.
Ruggedized and rack-mounted systems can be explained as the development of customized systems to achieve precise customer needs such as ruggedized level, specific form factor to fit in a specific space, dissipation, or environmental qualification (thermal, vibration, shock, MTBF, and more).
REFLEX CES has a strong history of working with rugged or rackmount systems, and all associated aspects and requirements (such as following the customers specs, fitting into slots or adding expansion slots, creating customizable heatsink, connectors, bracket, power supply, etc)
REFLEX CES ruggedized and rack-mounted systems are compliant with applicable electronical norms; more certifications can be applied according to your needs.
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