Sarsen Technology Ltd

ARINC is the technical standard for the predominant avionics data bus used on the majority of commercial and transport aircraft. It defines the physical and electrical interfaces of a two-wire data bus and a data protocol to support an aircraft avionics local area network.

Sarsen Technology offers a range of ARINC interface cards based on a number of standard form factors, including PCI, PCI Express, PMC / XMC, cPCI/PXI, PC104-Plus and more.

This web site can only detail a representative sample of the complete range. For a detailed review of your application please contact one of the engineering team to discuss your requirements.

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are integrated circuits (ICs) that can be reprogrammed to suit specific application or functionality requirements after manufacturing.

Unlike application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), which are typically designed and used for a specific system, FPGAs are completely reconfigurable, making them an ideal fit for many different markets.

Sarsen Technology supports a wide range of PCIe hardware based on both Xilinx and Intel FPGAs, and can also supply a full range of software development tools and software drivers to get your FPGA system to market on-time and on-budget.

Xilinx FPGA boards based on:
Xilinx Zynq SoC
Xilinx Zynq UltraScale MPSoC
Xilinx Zync UltraScale RFSoC
Xilinx UltraScale
Xilinx UltraScale+

Intel FPGA boards based on:
Intel Stratix V
Intel Stratix 10
Intel Arria V
Intel Arria 10

Sarsen Technology supports a range of high performance computer graphics hardware based on NVIDIA and AMD technology for applications including GPGPU computing, video capture and processing, streaming & recording, compression, video format conversion, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and data archiving.

XMC and VPX form factors are the most popular, and modules are available in rugged, extended temperature variants for use in hostile environments. Extended life cycles are supported and products are ITAR-free.

Solutions are available for miltary avionics, UAV surveillance, ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance), medical imaging and industrial inspection.

There are three principle devices that provide connectivity between one computer and another. Switches, routers and network hubs are all able to function as a data transfer device.

Network switches intelligently handle packets of data, determining where the packet needs to go and sending it to that computer only. Bandwidth isn't shared, making switches incredibly efficient. Network routers are different in that they connect multiple networks, bridging the gap and determining the best path for forwarding the packets. Routers also use protocols such as ICMP to communicate with each other and configure the best route between any two hosts.
Sarsen Technology supplies 10 Gigabit and Gigabit Ethernet embedded switch cards for superior networking and communications performance. These switches can support compliance with the VICTORY specification as an Infrastructure Switch and Router, as well as a wide variety of protocols. We also support a range of Network Interface Controller (NIC) modules and embedded Ethernet solutions for CarrierClass™ systems.

Specialist services routers from X-ES offer a comprehensive suite of Cisco IOS® software solutions with Cisco Mobile Ready Net capabilities to provide highly secure data, voice, and video communications to stationary and mobile network nodes across wired and wireless links.

This web site can only detail a representative sample of the complete range. For a detailed review of your application please contact one of the engineering team to discuss your requirements.

System on Modules (SoMs) are board level circuits that integrate a system function in a single module.

There are many benefits in using an SoM, including a wide choice of CPUs and that it can be integrated into many embedded computer applications. The design is centred on a microprocessor with RAM, input/output controllers and all other features needed to be a functional computer on a single board.

Sarsen Technology offers a wide range of SoMs based around ARM and PowerPC architectures, from entry level models right through to high end ruggedised boards. This web site can only detail a representative sample of the complete range. For a detailed review of your application please contact one of the engineering team to discuss your requirements.

The number of video-related applications we have been involved with has increased dramatically in recent years.
From UAVs and military surveillance to medical imaging and industrial inspection the ability to capture, process and deliver continuous streams of video data depends entirely on the performance and reliability of the computer system used.
Sarsen Technology works with a number of manufacturers who offer a range of high performance and high reliability video and graphics processing solutions, including the Tyton VS2 H.265 video encoder module from EIZO Rugged Solutions.

The small form factor systems we supply, including ATR and 1/2 ATR chassis are designed to fit easily into confined areas on any platform, making them ideal for space constrained applications such as ground vehicles, manned & unmanned aircrafts, helicopters and UAVS.

We work with hand-selected manufacturers to provide our customers with high performance, SWaP-C, rugged COTS embedded systems created specifically to be deployed in challenging environments. The systems are all designed with data resilience, dependability and application integrity in mind.

Durable components such as special single board computer hold-down brackets, shock-mounted hard drive carriers, high capacity cooling fans, easily accessible system air filters, cooling fan speed control and locking cable inter-connects are used to provide the ruggedisation levels required for your project.

Supporting a wide range of form factors, including VPX, XMC/PMC, COM Express®, and cPCI, many of the rugged systems we supply have been designed to meet the rigorous standards of MIL-STD-810 and DO-160, while incorporating the latest power-saving and performance-enhancing technology.

If you need to get your project off the ground quickly a purpose-designed development system could simplify and streamline the process to enable projects to move at a much faster rate.

Sarsen Technology supplies and supports a range of development systems for both FPGA and CPU-based boards, including PCIe and VPX integrated platforms. These systems provide completely standalone setups for developing embedded applications. Each system is tested and configured before shipping and various options for I/O boards, application-specific IP, single board computer, and hard drive are available, depending on the system.

Configured with COTS boards specific to your application and software backed by a highly-responsive team of support engineers, system development is straightforward.

Sarsen Technology works with a number of manufacturers that specialise in designing and manufacturing ultra high-speed digital recording and playback subsystems for scientific research, defence/intelligence, aerospace, radar simulator, astronomy and instrumentation applications. Peer to Peer protocols allow direct data streaming from data collection systems and sensors to storage devices without traditional host computer overhead.

The high speed recording and playback systems we supply help to overcome bottlenecks common to RAID and other traditional storage and recording environments. With sustained recording/playback rates up to 1.6GB/second, we provide solutions with off-the-shelf products as well as custom design for leading edge applications. These include standard COTS PCI, PCI Express and FPDP mezzanine boards as well as a comprehensive range of 19” Rackmount, CompactPCI and PXI system level solutions. These standard solutions can be customised for specific application requirements. Support for PCI Express (PCIe) allows quicker integration with your complex data gathering environments.

Sarsen Technology supplies and supports a range of high-performance and extremely rugged VPX and CompactPCI power supplies from X-ES. These PSUs enable integrators to reduce the SWaP, cost, and complexity of their system. These power supplies have been designed and tested to a number of military standards, and feature 300 W of output power from a single 0.8 in. slot.

Sarsen Technology has a range of commercial and rugged expansion modules available, in a number of form factors including XMC, PMC, PC/104 and MiniPCIe

Computer data storage is a core function and fundamental component of computers. All computers require storage space and memory to run programs and store files. There are different types of memory and storage, and each has its own purpose.

The modules we supply are designed for embedded systems, offering highly-secure, rugged storage all within an industry-standard form factors. We can also provide modules with support for AES-256 XTS encryption and several military sanitisation protocols, including a fast clear, and solid-state SLC NAND flash technology.

We also support the latest in PXI Express storage capacity and slot flexibility. The DM series of storage modules from Conduant support standard rotating disks as well as mSATA and PCIe NVME M.2 SSDs in capacities ranging from one to eight terabytes.
Conduant provides a number of RAID and RAID-capable configurations, including the LTXe storage array. The LTXe and other Conduant RAID products offer exceptional performance and capacity for a wide variety of high performance data storage applications requiring a greater level of disk drive fault tolerance.

Sarsen Technology supplies and supports a very wide range of embedded Single Board Computer (SBC) solutions on many industry-standard formats. The embedded computers we supply are used in a wide variety of market sectors: military, telecommunications, aerospace, instrumentation, transportation, research, medical, industrial and broadcast.

There are a huge number of supported processors, including the very latest from Intel®, AMD, Texas Instruments, NXP, ARM, Intel, Xilinx and Analog Devices. The processors are hosted on an extensive range of COTS form factors: ATCA, COM Express, CompactPCI, EBX, EPIC, PC/104-Plus, PCI Express, PICMG® 1.3, PMC, VME, VPX and XMC, and a number of non standard modules too.

This web site can only detail a representative sample of the complete range. For a detailed review of your application please contact one of the engineering team to discuss your requirements.


In total, we offer in excess of 300 individual SBC solutions and this web site can only detail a representative sample of the complete range. In addition, many of the single board computer solutions we support can be customised to meet your application requirements.

MIL-STD-1553 was first published as a U.S. Air Force standard in 1973, and first was used on the F-16 Falcon fighter aircraft. It was originally designed as an avionic data bus for use with military avionics, but has also become commonly used in spacecraft on-board data handling (OBDH) subsystems, both military and civil. It now is widely used by all branches of the U.S. military and has been adopted by NATO as STANAG 3838 AVS. MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard that defines the mechanical, electrical, and functional characteristics of a serial data bus

Sarsen Technology supplies and supports an extensive line of MIL-STD-1553 hardware, including multi-channel interface cards for most computer backplanes and real-time Ethernet converters. We also offer software development kits and APIs which allows users to quickly and reliably integrate a MIL-STD-1553 network to their application. Most of the cards/devices have signal capture and signal generation capability, and can both execute and pass the SAE-AS4111 5.2 protocol tests. All cards/devices are available with Dual Function (BC/BM or mRT/BM) for Full Function (BC/mRT/BM) configurations.

This web site can only detail a representative sample of the complete range of MIL-STD-1553 hardware and software solutions. For a detailed review of your application please contact one of the engineering team to discuss your requirements.

Sarsen Technology provides embedded computers including Intel FPGA boards and
Xilinx FPGA boards for a range of networking applications - data centres, high performance computing, network packet processing, airborne Internet services, terabit routers, video media gateways, call server platforms, application servers and many more...

This web site can only detail a representative sample of the complete range. For a detailed review of your application please contact one of the engineering team to discuss your requirements.

Multi Protocol interface cards and Ethernet devices provide unparalleled value in combining MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC interfaces on a single product. When combined with a common software development kit, API or bus analyser, these products are some of the most advanced, easiest to integrate 1553+ARINC products on the market.

This web site can only detail a representative sample of the complete range of multi protocol ARINC and MIL-STD-1553 hardware. For a detailed review of your application please contact one of the engineering team to discuss your requirements.

High Performance Embedded Computer for High Energy PhysicsIntel Xeon E5-2400 Series19’’ / 4U with 17.8 inch depthEcrin

CCVPX-16AI32SSC1M
32-Channel, Differential, 16-Bit Simultaneous Sampling Conduction-Cooled VPX Analog Input Board
3U VPXGeneral Standards
XCalibur1641
NXP QorIQ Eight-Core P4080 Processor-Based 6U VPX Module
NXP QorIQ P4080*6U VPXX-ES
TOPAZE-D
Rugged 3U VPX System based on Intel Xeon-D
Intel Xeon D3U VPXECRIN Systems
Condor GR3 3U VPX GPGPU/SBC Module
3U VPX GPGPU / SBC with CUDA Support
GeForce GTX 950M with Intel i3 or i53U VPXEIZO
XChange3021 3U VPX Switch
3U OpenVPX Integrated Switch Module
Dual Core ARM-A93U VPXX-ES
XPedite7674
Intel Xeon D 3U VPX-REDI SBC with Xilinx Kintex Ultrascale FPGA
Intel Xeon D / Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA3U VPXX-ES
XPedite7470
Intel Core i7 3U VPX-REDI SBC
Intel Core i73U VPXX-ES

Blackbird
Intel Skylake EPU System
Intel Skylake i3/i5/i7EPUVersaLogic
Raven Bay Trail EPU
Intel Atom Bay Trail EPU
Intel Atom E38xxEPUVersaLogic
Hawk
Intel Atom "Bay Trail" based EPU
Intel Atom E38xxEPUVersaLogic
Osprey
Low Power Intel Atom 'Bay Trail' EPU System
Intel Atom E38xxEPUVersaLogic
Falcon
Atom "Tunnel Creek" based EPU
Intel Atom E6x0TEPUVersaLogic

myOPALE
Remote Embedded Modular Computer
Intel Skylake / Kaby Lake146 x 42 x 200mmECRIN
Tetra
Low Power i.MX6 ARM Cortex-A9 SBC
NXP i.MX6 Quad CoreCOM Express Basic (95x125mm)VersaLogic
µONYX
Ultra Compact SWaP-C Optimised Rugged System
Intel 6th Gen Core i7/i5SFF - 208 x 163 x 107 mmECRIN Systems
XPedite7650
Intel Xeon D-1500 Rugged COM Express® Basic (Type 7) Module
Intel Xeon DCOM Express Type 7X-ES
XPand6052
Rugged COM Express System with CISCO IOS
Intel Core i7COM ExpressX-ES
XPedite5850
NXP QorIQ T4240 12-Core COM Express® Mezzanine Module
NXP QorIQ T4240COM ExpressX-ES
XPedite7450
Intel® Core™ i7 Rugged Basic COM Express Module
Intel Core i7COM Express Type 6X-ES

Iguana
Intel Atom "Luna Pier" Single or Dual Core EPIC Form-Factor SBC
Intel Atom D425/D525EPICVersaLogic