Portable, rugged, battery powered communications box supports interface to various off-the-shelf standard sensors and communications interfaces. The unit uses a MPC8349 PowerQUICCII and provides up to 8 high-speed USB 2.0 interfaces, up to 8 10/100 Ethernet interfaces and up to 8 FireWire (IEEE1394A) interfaces.
Field upgrades are easily accomplished via the standard CompactFlash card socket and options are available for external AC power. Dual battery trays allow for hot swapping of batteries while the unit is operational. FDI designed all the electronics, provided software running under GHS Integrity OS and designed custom mechanicals and plastics.