PC/104-based systems are handling processing and networking duties on many Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) flying missions around the globe today: Several examples include serving as mission computers on the MQ-5B Hunter and acting as mobile network router systems on the Predator.

By integrating PCI Express into the tried and true PC/104 stackable format, the powerful PCIe/104 architecture was born. By enabling lane shifting of the PCI Express links, system developers gain an elegant way to blend flexibility and high performance.

Choosing an embedded architecture for your system can be a daunting task. It necessitates an alignment of your short- and long-term requirements with the design tradeoffs of each available embedded architecture.

Unmanned vehicles, throughout their long history, have typically been focused around the military and national security industries. The initial use of these vehicles was simple: To remove humans from high-risk situations and go to places where humans could not.