Diamond Systems GEODE Intel Core i7-1185GRE Modular Rugged Mission Computer with IP67 and 9-60 V DC MIL Power

Rugged programmes often need a handful of extra signals that a standard mission computer does not offer, and adding them usually means a new enclosure, new cables and a long lead time. The Diamond Systems GEODE is a mission computer designed to avoid that. Its I/O connectors sit on a board that plugs directly into Diamond’s Jasper carrier board, which removes most internal cables, and pre-integrated expansion connectors take up to 110 additional I/O signals without any change to the enclosure.

Compute comes from a COM Express Type 6 module, so the processor can be changed later without mechanical changes. The base GEODE uses an 11th Gen Intel Core i7, with the i7-1185GRE as the default in Diamond’s configuration worksheet, and up to 64 GB of RAM. The COM is thermally coupled to the top of the enclosure through a conduction cooling heat spreader. Storage is an M.2 2242 or 2280 SSD up to 2 TB, with a SATA connector for an add-on drive, and the operating system is Windows 10 or Ubuntu Linux.

Standard I/O on the GEODE covers HDMI, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, three USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports and four RS-232/422/485 ports. HDMI and USB 3.0 use high-speed rugged circular connectors, and the remaining I/O uses MIL-DTL-38999 connectors. Expansion runs through two minicard sockets and a PCIe/104 socket with up to four x1 links and one x16 link, depending on the COM, and the Jasper data acquisition option adds 16 analog inputs, four analog outputs and 22 GPIO with autocalibration.

The GEODE is housed in a three-part enclosure that eliminates T joints and seals every joint for IP67, and it is rated to MIL-STD-810H shock and vibration. Diamond’s optional JMM-7500 supply accepts 9-60 V DC with MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704 and MIL-STD-1275 compliance, and a MIL-STD-461 filter on the connector board suits applications where filtering alone is enough. The system operates from -40 to +80 °C. For NVIDIA AI in the same enclosure family, see the GEODE-OSB.