About Us
Dynatem offers a broad range of 3U and 6U VMEbus and CompactPCI
modules which are especially well suited to industrial and rugged
real-time applications. Processors supported include the Motorola
68000, PowerPC and CPU32 families, as well as Intel Pentium®
and Pentium® II processors. A broad range of I/O boards
is also available. PMC and Industry Pack mezzanine standards
are fully supported for I/O expansion. Support is offered for
OS-9®, VxWorks®, and pSOS+®. In addition, x86 products
additionally support Windows NT®, QNX®, Solaris™
and Linux™.
History
Dynatem Inc., located in Mission Viejo, CA, was founded in
1981. Since that time, the company has concentrated on designing
embedded systems based upon the Motorola family of microprocessors
and also, more recently, on the Intel processor family. In order
to have the most flexibility possible in system design, Dynatem
has developed its own board-level designs and integrated these
products with the designs of other board-level manufacturers.
The VMEbus architecture has been a primary focus of Dynatem
since 1987, and low-power rugged system design has been a major
characteristic of many of these systems. More recently, much
of the design effort has involved PCI-based architecture. The
key to embedded computer design has always been the system level
software. A major portion of Dynatem's engineering efforts has
been the development of real-time software drivers based upon
operating systems such as OS-9, VxWorks, pSOS+, and VRTX. More
recently, VMEbus drivers for Windows NT, Solaris, QNX and Linux
have become a major portion of our design efforts.
Integration
Dynatem supports a broad range of VMEbus, CompactPCI and stand-alone
modules. In order to offer more system level options, many of
Dynatem's processor modules support either the popular Industry
Pack(IP) mezzanine standard or the PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC)
standard. These standards offer a virtually unlimited range
of I/O, communications, graphics and memory expansion. This
enables the processor board to be customized; thus, optimizing
the functionality for each VMEbus slot. We support the mezzanine
cards of various vendors and create new software drivers for
them when necessary. In some situations, customers’ unique
applications require more customized software, which we can
provide, even to the application level. In all cases, we support
the integrated product. Dynatem offers the capability to go
the extra distance in providing this type of integration service.
In another common situation, software drivers must be modified
to share a backplane with another vendor's product. The reality
is that this situation requires a much higher level of support
and Dynatem's strength is the ability and willingness to provide
it.
Custom Design
Even with the availability of mezzanine cards and special software
drivers, the reality is that many OEM programs need special
hardware design modifications to achieve the requirements in
the least amount of space and with the lowest cost. In these
situations, the ability to modify a design quickly and to do
so at a minimum cost to the customer is a real asset. In many
OEM applications, even the VMEbus can be eliminated, thereby
reducing the complexity and cost of the system. Although any
vendor would do this type of customization for very high volumes,
Dynatem has the capability to make this type of modification
for surprisingly small quantities. At Dynatem, we understand
that if we can meet the requirement at the lowest cost, its
good for the customer and it’s good for us.
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