Selecting the optimal product architecture, format, and configuration for your application can be a complex task. Get direct access to our mechanical and electrical engineers to navigate these decisions. We’ll work together to find a solution that meets all your technical and program requirements.
Our leadership team pioneered some of the industry's earliest and most successful AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA designs, helping to establish the modern COTS ecosystem. Today, we apply over 15 years of direct experience to every system we build.
As an established leader in the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and an Associate Member of the SOSA™ Consortium, we are trusted to engineer the enclosure and backplane systems that protect vital hardware for the world’s most critical military and aerospace programs. You can find a comprehensive portfolio of products for open standards architectures, including SOSA aligned, OpenVPX, AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, CompactPCI Serial, VME, and PXIe.
The Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) is a Department of Defense initiative that provides a common framework to reduce the time, cost, and complexity of developing and deploying mission-critical systems. Building to this standard provides clear, measurable advantages to your program.
Accelerate Timelines. The SOSA framework creates true multi-vendor interoperability, allowing you to deliver critical capabilities to the field faster with confidence that they will work together.
Maximize Performance. SOSA gives you the flexibility to design and evolve your system without being locked into a single vendor. You have the freedom to select components based on performance and leverage the best technology available.
Extend System Lifecycles. The modularity of SOSA standard means you can easily replace older processing boards with next-generation technology without disrupting the entire system architecture, which simplifies logistics and minimizes total lifecycle costs.
Deploy hardware you can trust in the most demanding conditions. Every project is managed through a rigorous, process-driven workflow that is ISO 9001:2015 certified and AS9100 ready. You will work directly with a dedicated team of system, design, and mechanical engineers to ensure the product you receive meets every technical requirement of your program.
Validate your product selection and ensure seamless integration before final delivery with a full range of engineering services. This support includes expert consultation, thermal simulation, and full system testing. Our global manufacturing and integration capabilities in North America, Europe, and Asia allow us to support your program from anywhere in the world.
When a standard product doesn’t fit your exact needs, modifying a proven design is the most cost-efficient path forward. This approach delivers the reliable, purpose-built hardware you require without the cost, risk, or lead time of a full custom build.
Pixus offers OpenVPX / SOSA / VITA Rackmount & Rugged Systems, Rugged Emerson-NI SDRs & Specialty Small Form Factor, Other Rackmount & Rugged Systems (VME, cPCI, xTCA, etc.), and Instrumentation Cases & Subrack Enclosures.
This category includes reliable enclosure systems for proven modular architectures, such as VME, CompactPCI, AdvancedTCA, and MicroTCA. Pixus provides the platforms necessary to support and sustain long-term programs that rely on these architectures.
A Rugged SDR is a Software Defined Radio (SDR) enclosed in a compact, ruggedized system designed to protect it from extreme environmental factors. These are deployed in harsh environments, shielding leading COTS technology from damage caused by extreme temperatures, shock, and vibration.
These systems are ideal for development, prototyping, and lab use. They include a wide range of modular electronic enclosures, cases, and subrack components that allow for rapid and cost-effective system configuration.
As a member of the SOSA™ Consortium, Pixus provides chassis and backplane platforms that are engineered to meet the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) standard. This ensures that the components adhere to a common architecture for improved interoperability.
OpenVPX (VITA 65) is a hardware standard that defines the mechanical and electrical specifications for 3U and 6U VPX modules, backplanes, and chassis. It was established to provide a framework for interoperability among various vendor products by specifying a set of system-level architectures. The Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) is an initiative driven by the United States Department of Defense to create a common, open architecture for sensor systems. SOSA uses existing open standards, with OpenVPX being a cornerstone. Pixus specializes in chassis, backplanes, and hardware managers for these systems.
Pixus offers a variety of advanced cooling solutions, including forced air, conduction cooling, heat exchange with fans, air flow through (VITA 48.8), air flow by (VITA 48.7), liquid cooled through sidewalls, and VPX REDI Liquid Flow Through Module Cooling (VITA 48.4).
Absolutely. Pixus provides expert guidance in selecting the right OpenVPX modules, boards, and other components. We also offer pre-integration services to ensure compatibility and functionality of plug-in cards from various vendors with our backplane and chassis systems.
Pre-integration services involve Pixus assisting in configuring embedded computing systems, potentially procuring and testing plug-in cards (PICs) from other vendors, and ensuring their compatibility with Pixus backplanes and chassis before final assembly. This streamlines the integration process for the customer.