NIS manufactures four distinct chassis families – Embedded, Military-tested, Rugged COTS, and COTS each with its own set of features tailored to specific application types. All COTS chassis models comply with IEEE-1101.1/.10/.11, are designed for virtually any Eurocard and PICMG backplane types, such as VME, VME64x, VXS, OpenVPX, etc., and CompactPCI™. Additionally, select chassis models can be configured with PICMG backplane types, such as PCIe and PXI, or active motherboards in ATX or Server form factors; complete custom / hybrid host board solutions are also feasible.

Most COTS chassis models are designed for EIA-310-D rack mounting, or ordered in a tabletop configuration. Some models are also available as decorative instrumentation-style enclosures.

NIS’s COTS chassis are generally low cost, easy to maintain, feature aggressive airflow and a low MTTR. Fixed or FRU/LRU fan trays are ordering options for many models, as is choice of power supply: low cost ATX; high-grade industrial switcher; or plug-in N+1 redundant, hot swap.

NIS’s highly touted System Environmental Health Monitor (SEM) can optionally be installed in virtually all COTS chassis models. User communications with the SEM can be done locally via serial port, or remotely via Ethernet port. Built-in HTTP and SNMP protocols allow technicians to set up the system with minimal effort. The SEM monitors and controls key chassis parameters such as temperature, fan speed, input and output power, backplane or motherboard status (with RESET capability). Available analog and digital lines allow our customers to set up their own I/O monitoring and control of populated board. For cost sensitive chassis configurations, NIS offers a SEM-Lite fan controller that continuously monitors internal chassis temperature and throttles fan speed accordingly.