Pigeon Point Systems

Pigeon Point Systems




Customizing a Microcontroller for Hardware Platform Management RTC Magazine, June 2011 Interview with Mark Overgaard CompactPCI, AdvancedTCA, & MicroTCA Systems, April 2011 SA Forum Educates Viewers about the Hardware Platform Interface (HPI) AdvancedTCA Newsletter, December 2010-January 2011 Using Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs for Hardware Platform Management RTC Magazine, October 2010 Implementing system management in OpenVPX MIL/COTS Digest, September 2010 Using Mixed Signal FPGA for xTCA Hardware Platform Management AdvancedTCA Newsletter, April-May 2010 MicroTCA Hardware Platform Management Architecture Embedded Know-How, October 2009 LAN-Attached TCA Management Controllers: How to Build and Use Them RTC Magazine, October 2009 PIGMG's xTCA meets VME and VPX head-on Military Embedded Systems, July 2009 Using I2C for "Behind-the-Scenes" Management RTC Magazine, June 2009 Interoperable Firmware Upgrades for PICMG Management Controllers RTC Magazine, August 2007 MicroTCA.0 Spec Adapts and Extends PICMG Hardware Platform Management RTC Magazine, November 2006 AdvancedTCA Specification Revision Adds Hardware Platform Management Benefits CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, September 2006 Hardware Platform Management Building Blocks Speed ATCA and AMC Product Development RTC Magazine, Februrary 2006 Removing ATCA's Architected Single Point of Failure RTC Magazine, October 2005 Remote Reliable Firmware Upgrade on PICMG Board Managament Controllers CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, May, 2005 The Quickest Way to Compliant & Interoperable Intelligent Platform Mgmt for AdvancedMC Carriers & Modules CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, October, 2004 Platform Managagement for PICMG Architectures CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, Spring, 2004 AdvancedTCA Revision Further Strengthens Shelf Management CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems E-Letter, June, 2004 The Quickest Way to a Compliant and Interoperable Intelligent Platform Management Controller for AdvancedTCA CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems, April, 2004 ATCA E-Keying Aids Fabric Management RTC Magazine, February, 2004 Management Building Blocks Speed AdvancedTCA Shelf & System Development CompactPCI Systems, September, 2003 Off-the-Shelf Management Solutions CompactPCI Systems, May/June, 2003 Management Building Blocks Speed AdvancedTCA Product Development CompactPCI Systems, March, 2003 Adding Compatible Hot Swap Support to Linux RTC Magazine, March, 2002 CompactPCI Report: Hot Swap Infrastructure Interface Specification - PICMG2.12 CompactPCI Systems, July/August, 2000 PICMG Hot-Swap Software: A Progress Report RTC Magazine, March, 1999 Software Strategies for Hot Swap CompactPCI Embedded Systems Programming, August, 1998 Software Closes the CompactPCI Hot-Swap Circuit RTC Magazine, June, 1998


Using Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs for xTCA Hardware Platform Management Provides an overview of the xTCA management architecture, with a focus on board and module local management controllers, plus an introduction to using SmartFusion devices to implement such local controllers.


xTCA Hardware Platform Management: the Big Picture AdvancedTCA Summit, October, 2009 LAN-attached Management Controllers: Challenges, Solutions, and a PICMG Update AdvancedTCA Summit, November, 2010 An Introduction to the SA Forum Hardware Platform Interface Service Availability Forum Application Webcast Series Removing the Architected Single Point of Failure in AdvancedTCA AdvancedTCA Summit, December, 2005


Pigeon Point Shelf Manager User Guide An introduction to configuring, using and updating the Shelf Manager, including specific aspects for the ShMM-500R and the ShMM-1500R. Pigeon Point Shelf Manager External Interface Reference A reference for the command line, Web, SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and RMCP (Remote Management Control Protocol) interfaces of the Shelf Manager. Pigeon Point HPI User Guide An introduction to configuring and using Pigeon Point's HPI solutions. Monterey Linux User Guide (Au1550 Edition) An introduction to installing, configuring and using Monterey Linux, Pigeon Point’s Linux distribution that hosts the Pigeon Point Shelf Manager on the ShMM-500R.