BuiltSAFE
ROCK-2 Rugged, 3U OpenVPX Mission Computing Chassis

DATASHEETTMLow-SWaP, versatile chassis for flight safety certifiable application• Rugged, low-SWaP 3U OpenVPX™ chassis• Certifiable to DAL-C (DO-178C/DO-254)• Up to 4 Freescale QorIQ™ P3041 processor (2GB DDR3L/ea.)• Optional Intel® Core™ i7• Full I/O avionics interface with advanced video and graphics processing• Sealed, forced-air, conduction-cooled chassis (-40°C to +70°C operating temperature)
HIGHEST DAL• Pre-integrated and pre-qualified to DO-160 and MIL-STD-810

Mercury’s BuiltSAFE™ products bring the highest level of flightsafety assurance to aerospace and defense applications. Our
proven, reusable Design Assurance Level (DAL) certified artifacts for mission computing, avionics, networking and datalink
comms processing save time and cost while decreasing risk.

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The BuiltSAFE ROCK-2 is a series of rugged, modular, pre-qualifiedchassis’ for subsystem pre-integration for low-SWaP C4ISR applications that require flight safety certification. “Designed for Safety”
is a Mercury core competency. From the outset, BuiltSAFE ROCK-2chassis have been engineered with DO-178C/DO-254 design safety
rules, documentation and independent verification and validation
applied across the whole development process.
ROCK-2 supports mixed safety-critical levels of HWCI and CSCI via
their multi-slot/multi-processor partitioned architecture. BuiltSAFE
ROCK-2 solutions may be delivered with all the documentation andartifacts required for RTCA DO-178C/DO-254 certification up to level
C (although, please contact Mercury directly for other and higher
DAL level certifications).

Mercury Systems is a leading commercial provider of secure sensor andmission processing subsystems. Optimized for customer and mission
success, Mercury’s solutions power a wide variety of critical defense
and intelligence programs.

BuiltSAFE for Avionics
Mercury’s expertise and experience in safety certifiable solutions has
been built on successful execution of dozens of programs over threedecades. This domain knowledge is the foundation of our BuiltSAFE
portfolio of open architecture modules, systems and software foravionics, communications, video servers, and mission computing.

Customizable to C4ISR and specific applications
With the ability to interact with sensors, acquire and process dataand share it over a network or other standard avionics bus, BuiltSAFE
ROCK-2 solutions feature all the core functions required for modern
C4ISR applications.
Every mission computer configuration serves specific purposes, eachrequiring certain interfaces to the outside world. ROCK-2’s front-panel
and custom I/O board are easily modified to suit needs. Additional
application tailoring is achieved via a spare chassis slot which may beloaded with application functions and/or off-load the main CPU(s).

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3U VPX slot configuration

Avionics mission computer

Mercury’s 3U OpenVPX slot configuration addresses the increasingneed for I/O and processing power with extended product lifecycle
support. This configuration’s I/O and graphics functions are implemented as XMC mezzanines. The processor mounted on a SBC XMC
mezzanine that uses the Computer-On-Module (COM) architecture,enabling the processing to be easily upgraded. The MFCC-8557 is thefirst of a series of SBC XMC mezzanines. The Freescale T1/T2 version
will soon be available.

Our avionics mission computer configuration adopts the Integrated
Modular Avionics (IMA) concept and is ideal for airborne applications
requiring a central mission computer that manages several functions ofdiffering criticality levels, ranging from DAL-E to DAL-C. This configuration leverages the DAL safety-certifiable of its three major building
blocks within the BuiltSAFE ROCK-2 series: AVIO-2353, MFCC-8557
and VGP-2870.
With up to two Freescale QorIQ™ P3041, the avionics mission computer configuration delivers all the DMIPS required to process the video/
sensor payload acquired through various MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429,
RS-232/422/485, GPIO, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI interfaces and to display
information via 6 DVI and DisplayPort video outputs.
Front Panel

Spare

Spare

CPUVGP-2870

CPUMFCC-8557

Graphics

MFCC-8557

AVIO-2353Interfaces

I/O BoardBackplaneIntel configuration
The Intel configuration offers an Intel processor based alternative tothe avionics mission computer configuration. This configuration provides similar I/O communication functionalities driving the BuiltSAFE
AVIO-2353 through the VPX PCIe bus. The BuiltSAFE VCP-2864 enables
the capture of two 1080p30 video streams (frame grabbing) with
optional H.264 video compression (both streams) using the BuiltSAFE
VCP-8166 XMC. Driven through the OpenVPX PCIe bus, this combination is both low-power and low-latency (typically 1-2 frames).
Front Panel

Backplane

Storage

Ethernet
Switch

VCP-8166

MFCC-8557

Decoding /Encoding*Video Capture
VCP-2864
CPUI/O Board
Core i7

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Chassis Configurations

Building Blocks
BuiltSAFE MFCC-8557: COTS, safety-certifiable SBC XMC
The BuiltSAFE MFCC-8557
is a DAL-C certifiable XMC
2.0 SBC. It is specifically designed to meet the DO-178C/
DO-254 certification processof your system. The MFCC-8557 can be delivered with all documentation, certification evidences and supporting artifacts required to prove
compliance with avionics industry design assurance qualifications.

Built for reliability, the BuiltSAFE MFCC-8557 is provided with a comprehensive set of Power-On, continuous and initiated Built-In-Tests.
• DAL-C (DO-178C/DO-254)• Conduction-cooled (-40°C to +85°C)• Freescale QorI P3041 CPU• 4x PCIe Gen2 interfaces on XMC (full mesh support)• 1x DAL-C certifiable Fast Ethernet interface on XMC• Low power: 15W typical• Maintenance interfaces:
1x 1000BASE-BX
1x SGMII
1x USB 2.0 OTG
1x USB 2.0 HOST
2x UARTs
1x SATA 2.0

BuiltSAFE AVIO-2353: Avionics communication interface board
The BuiltSAFE AVIO-2353 isa 3U OpenVPX board featuring a rich set of avionics I/Os. Featuring MIL-STD-1553,
ARINC-429, RS232/422/485
and GPIOs, it provides all the standard interfaces used to communicate
with electronic sensors for avionics and other processing subsystems.
Utilizing Mercury FlexIO™ technology, the BuiltSAFE AVIO-2353 pinout
can be customized (number and type of I/O) to the specific application
requirements. The AVIO-2353 can be driven either through the OpenVPX PCIe bus or via a XMC SBC (BuiltSAFE MFCC-8557) installed onits XMC mezzanine site. Engineered with DAL certification in mind, theAVIO-2353 can be optionally delivered with a certification kit ensuring success in the process which results in a DO-178C/DO-254 DAL-C
certified system.
• DAL-C (DO-178C/DO-254)• Conduction-cooled (-40°C to +85°C)• Low power: 11W typical• Mercury FlexIO technology• I/O set optimized for avionics:• 2x dual redundant MIL-STD-1553• 16x Rx and 8x Tx ARINC-429 channels• 10x configurable RS-232/422/485 serial channels• 5x LVTTL compatible 5V tolerant GPIOs

BuiltSAFE VGP-2870: Video I/O graphics processor
The BuiltSAFE VGP-2870 is a
3U OpenVPX high-performanceembedded GPU board. It iscapable of performing 2D and3D graphics generation functions as well as operating as a general purpose GPGPU for intensive
data computation. Featuring 6 independent video outputs and 2 video
inputs, the VGP-2870 covers all major video processing scenarios suchas capture, overlay, encoding and decoding. The BuiltSAFE VGP-2870
can be driven either through the OpenVPX PCIe bus or from a XMC
SBC (BuiltSAFE MFCC-8557) installed on its XMC mezzanine site.
Engineered with DAL certification in mind, the BuiltSAFE VGP-2870 canbe optionally delivered with a certification kit ensuring success in theprocess which results in a DO-178C/DO-254 DAL-C certified system.
• DAL-C (DO-178C/DO-254)• Conduction-cooled (-40°c to +85°C)• AMD Radeon™ E8860 embedded graphics processor• 2D and 3D graphics generation• GPGPU data computation• On-board analogue and digital video input• Up to 6 independent video outputs• Supporting major video use case:CaptureOverlay
EncodeDecodeRecordingStreaming

Technical Specifications

BuiltSAFE Product Ordering
ROCK-2Axxxx01

ROCK-2 3U OpenVPX, SWaP optimized, rugged, 		modular, pre-qualified, COTS subsystems, evaluation 		
platform

ROCK-2Cxxxx01

ROCK-2 3U OpenVPX, SWaP optimized, rugged, 		modular, pre-qualified, COTS subsystems

Electrical power supply VITA 62

OW6-8557

MFCC-8557 VxWorks653 board support package

Power Consumption

OWX-8557

MFCC-8557 Linux board support package

CERT-8557S*MFCC-8557 DO-178C certification kit

Compliance
Mechanical environment: MIL-STD-810G, DO-160G
Electromagnetic environment: DO-160G
Climatic environment: DO-160G

Minimum Typical

Maximum Units

CERT-8557H*MFCC-8557 DO-254 certification kit

40180

DW6-2353

AVIO-2353 VxWorks653 driver

DWX-2353

AVIO-2353 Linux driver

CERT-2353S*

AVIO-2353 DO-178C certification kit

CERT-2353H*AVIO-2353 DO-254 certification kit

Interfaces

DW6-2870

AVIO-2870 VxWorks653 driver

ARINC 429 Tx and Rx for high and low speed

DWX-2870

AVIO-2870 Linux driver

CERT-2870S*AVIO-2870 DO-178C certification kit

RS232/422/485 configurable serial channels

CERT-2870H*

AVIO-2870 DO-254 certification kit

Fast Ethernet (100BASE-T)*For more information contact factory

Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)

Related BuiltSAFE Hardware Products

150Watts

MemoryUp to 512GB flash disk

Dual redundant MIL-STD-1553

USB 2.0 HOST

ACS-6076

4-slot 3U OpenVPX sealed forced air, conduction-cooledchassis (0.8”, 0.85”, 1.0” Pitch, 250 Watts) with MIL 		
connectors

Analog audio IN

MFCC-8557

Freescale QorIQ P3041 XMC safety critical SBC

Digital and/or analogue video inputs

AVIO-2353

3U OpenVPX avionics I/O board

Digital and/or video outputs

VGP-2870

3U OpenVPX video I/O and graphic processor

RIOV-2478

3U OpenVPX conduction-cooled high-performance 		
embedded computing SBC

Maintenance/mission mode

FDISK-8432

Flash disk storage XMC

Board support package: VxWorks®653, INTEGRITY-178 tuMP®,Linux

Environmental Specification

USB 2.0 OTG
Discrete configurable I/Os

Software

Built-In-Tests (PBIT, CBIT and IBIT)

Condition

Limits/standards

Operating temperature-40°C to +70°C

Storage temperature-55°C to +85°C

Dimensions

Temperature variation

5°C per minuteWithout connectors: 124 x 194 x up to 335 mm (W x H x D)

Altitude

Up to 25000 feet

Vibrations

DO-160G Section 8

Operational shocks and crash safety

DO-160G, Section 7

Humidity

DO-160G, Section 6

Fungus resistance

DO-160G, Section 13

Salt sprayDO-160G, Section 14

Waterproofness

DO-160G, Section 10

Sand and dust

DO-160G, Section 12

EMI/RFI

DO-160G: Section 15 to 22, Section 25

Bench handling

MIL-STD-810F: Method 516.4

Weight4Kg to 8Kg

MTBF>5,000 hours AIC @ +40°C

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Drivers: MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, RS232/422/485, Gigabit Ethernet, DSIO, USB,audio, video