R4U8S User's Manual
Introduction
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Chapter 1 -
Introduction
The R4U8S rack, described in this document, is the 8-slot member of Kontron activities of 19-inch Rack Mount
Industrial Chassis for 6U (VME64x double Eurocard bus) air-cooled boards.
The R4U8S modular design enables to fulfil the requirements of application areas ranging from the
environmentally benign right through to deployed industrial, airborne and naval applications. The R4U8S racks
accept all Kontron VME64x boards and any air-cooled VME64x bus boards complying with ANSI/VITA 1.1,
ANSI/VITA 1.7 and ANSI/VITA 38 standards.
The R4U8S rack may be installed in a standard 19-inch rack cabinet enclosure.
The R4U8S is backed up by the full range of Kontron integration and qualification services. This ranges from
the delivery of the rack equipped with boards and integration test report, to the qualification of a full managed
system in compliance to the requirements of airborne or naval applications.
Figure 1: R4U8S Overview
