New Way of Thinking about Modular Architectures VITA 93 QMC Portfolio: Tews Optimises Mezzanine Designs

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Tews Technologies GmbH has further expanded its VITA 93 QMC portfolio to meet the demands of modern mezzanine developments. This expansion offers engineers working in challenging and dynamic environments new opportunities for robust and efficient designs.

VITA 93 – QMC marks according to Tews a fundamental shift in mezzanine design. It addresses the need for compact, scalable, and high-performance I/O under strict SWaP constraints. This is especially important in the aerospace and defense sectors. By providing a broad QMC ecosystem early in the standard’s lifecycle, TEWS empowers system designers to integrate QMC with confidence in next-generation embedded platforms.

“VITA 93 is more than a new form factor. It’s a new way of thinking about modular architectures,” said Tim Tews, General Manager of TEWS Technologies. “By bringing the most comprehensive QMC portfolio to market early, we drive adoption of the standard. We give customers a clear, low-risk migration path to future-proof embedded systems.”

Eight New QMC Modules Covering Key I/O Functions

With the new options in the VITA 93 QMC portfolio, system designers can benefit from a wide range of solutions specifically tailored to meet the technological challenges of the time. The developments also focus on minimising power consumption and making efficient use of resources, which not only contributes to cost reduction but also takes ecological considerations into account.

The newly announced QMC modules conform to the VITA 93.0 specification and span a wide range of commonly required I/O functions, enabling flexible system configuration using a consistent small-form-factor mezzanine architecture:

• TQMC402 – a 4-channel isolated RS232/RS422/RS485 programmable serial interface
• TQMC500 with 20 isolated analogue inputs, simultaneous sampling
• TQMC601 – 32 isolated 15-60V digital inputs
• TQMC602 – 16 digital in, 16 digital out (0.3 A), isolated
• TQMC603 – 20 digital outputs (5-36V, 0.3A), isolated
• TQMC603 – 20 digital outputs (5-36 V, 0.3 A), isolated
• TQMC801 – 1000BASE-KX Ethernet
• TQMC802 – a 4-channel isolated CAN FD

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TCPS210: The First QMC Carrier for CompactPCI-Serial Systems

Complementing the QMC module portfolio, TEWS Technologies also introduced the TCPS210, claimed to be the first CompactPCI-Serial carrier with QMC sites. The 3U carrier supports three QMC sites and integrates a non-blocking PCIe switch to distribute host bandwidth efficiently across installed modules.

The QMC Carrier is according to Tews designed to support integration into conduction cooled systems. For enhanced system monitoring, an IPMC controller is mounted on the TCPS210, enabling real-time QMC health status tracking and seamless communication.

The TCPS210 enables system designers to build highly modular, space-efficient I/O subsystems within CompactPCI-Serial platforms while taking full advantage of the QMC standard. This marks an important milestone in extending the VITA 93 ecosystem.