FREMONT, California, July  25, 2008 – Elma Bustronic Corporation, an industry leading designer and manufacturer of high performance backplanes has developed a new size for its line of VXS Backplanes.  The 8-slot VXS Backplane features a Star routing topology and fits in most 4U high horizontal mount enclosures. 

 The 8-slot Star VXS Backplane complies to the VITA 41.0 specifications.  It features one hub slots and seven payload slots in a 14-layer controlled-impedance stripline design.  Backplane simulation confirms strong signal performance.   The 6U high backplane has power studs in 3.3V, 5V, 12V, and GND along the top and bottom of the backplane to allow for flexible power options.

Bustronic also offers VXS Star backplanes in 5 slots and an 8-slot with one hub, 5 payload, and 2 legacy VME64x slots.  Dual Star topologies include versions in 8, 12, 18, 20, and 21 slots.   Other Bustronic innovations for VXS include a Switchless Mesh, Processor Mesh, VXS/VPX Hybrid backplanes, and Extender Card.   The Switchless has 3 point-to-point mesh slots and 2 legacy VME64x slots.  The Processor Mesh has a unique Mesh configuration for VXS.