White Papers and References:
    
Industrial Computing
CompAmerica's Systems leverage the latest standards in software development, it's IC Rack Systems are built to NEBS, NEMA and Euro Standards, here are some white papers on the state of Software Development, NEBS and ESTI systems and cabinet standards that will help you familiarize yourself with what we are building.  If you have any questions, call us at 888-ASK-CSS-1 !!  NOTE: all of our industrial computer systems are suitable for hazardous and office environments alike and equal or exceed all the standards indicated applicable at time of order.  NOTE that we not only utilize our own testing facilities, we have fabrication partners, out-sources and vendors who have their own testing plants and facilities in which systems are tested.

MODERN DAY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT:

The Intel Software Technology Website
The Microsoft .Net Architecture Website
The Microsoft Developer's Network Library

The IBM Software Development Platform
W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium
Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology
Outline of Software Engineering Standards - IEEE / James W. Moore

GNU Coding Standards - the Free Software Foundation
The IEEE Software Standards Collection
Adaptec's Certified Storage Professional Chapter 4: RAID (DEFINED)

The 61131 PLC Open Forum

NEBS COMPLYING HARDWARE TECHNICAL WHITE PAPERS:

What is NEBS ? (an Award winning FAQ, and every question answered about NEBS)
What Every Startup Needs to Know About NEBS  
  (Evaluation Engineering, May, 2002.)
A Comparison of NEBS and ETSI Industrial Packaging Standards
Designing Electronic Enclosures - A Balancing Act
Next Generation Electronic Enclosure Design (Verizon)  
The Whys of GR-1089-CORE Lightning and AC Power Fault Requirements     
  (Conformity, September 2003.)
Design Criteria for Rugged Enclosures
The Ruggedization "Gold Standard" US Army Mil Spec 810F
Excerpted White Paper on Ruggedized PCs and Notebooks  
Design Considerations for Slide Mounts
Designing Slide Mounts into Cabinets and Chassis (reprint)

PICMG PROCESSOR/PLANAR BOARD STANDARDS & WHITE PAPERS:

The PICMG v. 2.0 Standard for Industrial Computers

    This is the PICMG Standard specification used for
         our x86 backplanes and single board computers. Read this set of specifications here

All about the PICMG Standards Organization...
PICMG Passive PCI/ISA Backplane Technical White Paper...
A Glimpse of the future: PICMG v3.0 and the INTEL Intelligent
   Platform Management Interface (PMI)

NEMA CABINETRY STANDARDS DEFINITIONS:

The entire set of NEMA and ANSI standards
NEMA-250 - Types of Electronics Enclosures

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND AGENCY LINKS:
Here are the principal industry standards associations and agencies, you can obtain more information about
the standards we use in preparing industrial computers that comply with them...

Industry Standards




 

IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission




 

FCC - Federal Communications Commission




 

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc



 

VITA - VMEbus International Trade Association

PICMG - PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group




 

NEMRA - National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association





 



 



 

 

 

 

 


 



 

 

Agency Links




 

CSA - Canadian Standards Association

TUV - Testing and Assessment




 

VDC




 

UL- Underwriters Laboratories Inc





 



 

 

 

 

Industry Links




 

Telcordia Technologies

PCI-SIG







 

ANSI- American National Standards

 

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said papers.