HIGH WYCOMBE, UK – January 21, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS, and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has introduced a new FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) module, the FMC-XCLK2, its first FMC clock generator card. The FMC-XCLK2 is a quad channel clock generator card that features low jitter and phase matched outputs. Available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled rugged versions, the card provides the high quality clock source required for high frequency data sampling applications and can support RF output frequencies ranging from 50MHz to >2GHz. This card provides a cost-effective, compact alternative source for clocking and synchronizing I/O, whether provided by Curtiss-Wright Controls’ broad family of ADC and DAC FMC cards or the customer’s own I/O.

The card is designed for use in demanding military applications such as Electronic Counter Measures (ECM), Software Defined Radio (SDR), and RADAR that require high-speed ADC and DAC components. The FMC-XCLK2 speeds and simplifies the integration of FPGAs into embedded system designs. It complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’ growing family of high-speed ADC FMC cards, including the recently announced ADC511, ADC513, and FMC-520, providing a complete ADC/DAC solution for DSP applications.

“Curtiss-Wright Controls is committed to leading the industry with high performance FMC solutions, going beyond offering analog I/O FMC cards with important system components such as the FMC-XCLK2 clock generator for high frequency data sampling,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “Our growing family of FMC FPGA I/O mezzanine cards significantly speeds and simplifies the use of FPGAs in rugged deployed embedded digital signal processing applications.”

The FMC-XCLK2’s RF clocks are derived from either an onboard or external 10MHz master reference source. The RF output frequency is defined by a build option using a narrowband, but low jitter, VCO/PLL frequency multiplier. An FMC-XCLK2 can also be used as a 10MHz reference clock source to other system components such as clock generators.

The FMC-XCLK2 easily interfaces to FPGA-based host board such as Curtiss-Wright Controls’ Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGA based FPE650 (Quad FPGA VPX), HPE720 (MPC8641D/dual FPGA VPX) and FPE320 (3U FPGA VPX) boards. For the majority of applications, all that the FMC-XCLK2 module requires of the host card is power.

FMC-XCLK2 Key Features:

• 4x phase matched output (good for multi-IO sync)
• Onboard 10MHz reference
• 50MHz to over 2GHz outputs
• Optional 10MHz master reference output or external source
• Low jitter

About FMC (VITA 57)

FMC modules enable I/O devices that reside on an industry standard (VITA 57) mezzanine card to be attached to, and directly controlled by FPGAs that reside on a host board. About half the size of a PMC mezzanine module, FMCs provide a small footprint, reduced I/O bottlenecks, increased flexibility, and reduced cost through the elimination of redundant interfaces. To maximize data throughput and minimize latency, the FMC connector provides numerous I/O pins that support high-speed signals for moving data between the FMC and the FPGA.

Pricing for FMC-XCLK2 starts at $4,995 US. Availability is Q1, 2010.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing business group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls. For more information about Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing visit www.cwcembedded.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 21, 2010 — Actel today announced that its low-power ProASIC®3 and ProASICPLUS® FPGA families have been designed into flight-critical applications on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial airliner. Flight computers, cockpit displays, engine control and monitoring systems, braking systems, safety warning systems, cabin pressurization and air conditioning systems, and power control and distribution systems all make use of Actel’s highly-reliable flash-based FPGAs. The commercial aircraft successfully completed its maiden test flight on December 15, 2009.

“Actel’s history and proven track record of providing low-power, high-reliability FPGAs to the aviation market was leveraged by a number of design teams working on the safety-critical subsystems for the Boeing 787, resulting in many of our FPGAs being used in each aircraft,” stated Ken O’Neill, director, military and aerospace product marketing at Actel. “We are proud to be part of this innovation, offering not only high-reliability digital logic for multiple systems on the new airliner, but also delivering the quality support demanded by Boeing and its subcontractors. Actel was the first FPGA supplier to achieve certification of its quality system to the aerospace industry AS9100 standard.”

Actel’s flash-based ProASIC3 and ProASICPLUS devices are low-power, single-chip, live-at-power-up solutions that combine high-performance and high-reliability with nonvolatility and in-system reprogrammability.Unlike SRAM-based FPGAs, Actel’s flash-based FPGAs are immune to neutron-induced configuration upsets. For an avionic system designer, this immunity is essential because the occurrence of troublesome neutron radiation is approximately 150 times higher at commercial aviation altitudes than at sea level. Particularly detrimental in safety-critical aerospace applications, radiation-induced configuration upsets can cause SRAM-based FPGAs to lose vital configuration data and consequently behave unpredictably. Read more about neutron-induced configuration upsets at www.actel.com/products/solutions/ser.

About Actel

Actel is the leader in low-power FPGAs and mixed-signal FPGAs, offering the most comprehensive portfolio of system and power management solutions. Power Matters. Learn more at www.actel.com.