DDC values the relationships with our business partners and strives to develop the highest quality products for our customers. We’re happy to announce that the following companies are part of DDC’s strategic alliance.

With a legacy spanning over a century of manned flight and technology innovation led by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the business units of Dy4 Systems, VISTA Controls, Synergy Microsystems, Systran, Peritek and Primagraphics have unified into the Embedded Computing organization of Curtiss-Wright Controls. Embedded Computing brings together the leading suppliers of state-of-the-art open systems architecture commercial and rugged boards and chassis for the embedded computing market, each with a heritage of over twenty years of delivering leading edge technology to the COTS industry. Combined, the Embedded Computing companies provide system integrators with a single end-to-end supplier offering commercial and rugged grade COTS computing solutions that span the full range of embedded system technology from board-level products to fully integrated sub-systems For additional information, go to www.curtisswright.com.

Dynapar is a world-leading manufacturer of optical and magnetic encoders and resolvers with more than 50 years of experience in engineering and manufacturing rotary feedback devices.  Dynapar was founded in Gurnee, Illinois in 1955 and has been expanded through strategic acquisitions to include Dynapar™ Harowe™ Hengstler™ Acuro™  and NorthStar™ brand product lines.  Dynapar is now uniquely a provider of technologies spanning optical, magnetic, and resolver-based feedback.  Pioneering the first true vector-duty hollow-shaft encoder launched Dynapar’s strong presence in several industries, including steel, paper, elevator, oil and gas, wind energy, medical, material handling, and industrial servo manufacturers.  From frameless resolvers to large mill-duty tachometers, Dynapar has the industry covered.  Dynapar customers rely on expertise and support provided from the U.S. sales and manufacturing location in Gurnee, Illinois.  For more information, go to www.dynapar.com.

Mercury Computer Systems is the leading provider of computing systems and software for data-intensive applications that include image processing, signal processing, and visualization. We work closely with customers to architect comprehensive, purpose-built solutions that capture, process, and present data that have a meaningful impact on everyday life — from detecting aneurysms, designing safer, more fuel-efficient aircraft, identifying security threats, and discovering oil; to developing new drugs, and visualizing virtually every aspect of scientific investigation. For further information, please go to http://www.mc.com.

For 30 years, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has been a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation — a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging PCs and commercial technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for test, control and design applications through easy-to-integrate software, such as NI LabVIEW, and modular measurement and control hardware for PXI, PXI Express, PCI, PCI Express, USB and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has 4,000 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past seven years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.

Parvus Corporation is a leading provider of rugged computer hardware platforms to the military, transportation, homeland security and medical device industries. We specialize in rugged mobile IP networking solutions, PC/104 embedded mission processors and flat-panel vehicle LCD displays suited for airborne, land and marine applications. Parvus was founded in 1983 and is the US arm of the Eurotech Group, a world leader in pervasive computing with operations across Europe, North America and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.parvus.com/.

Stratos Optical Technologies has a rich history of optical and mechanical packaging expertise and pioneered several optical technologies including innovative form-factors and harsh environment capable products. Today, Stratos Optical Technologies offers connectivity products and subsystems for fiber transport of HDTV video, FTTH provisioning, and harsh environment mil/aero communications — with or without built in OEO transceivers.
For more information call 800.323.6858 or visit the company website at www.stratosoptical.com

Trompeter is a best-in-class producer of RF interconnect products, including RF connectors, cross-connects, patching, cable assemblies and related tools for coaxial, twinax, and triax applications markets worldwide. Trompeter is ISO9001/2000 registered, and also meet the requirements of MIL-I-45208. The company is co-located with Semflex, a sister company, at 5550 E. McDowell Rd., Mesa AZ. For product information and ordering call 800-982-2629 or visit the website at www.trompeter.com.

VMETRO provides integrators of high-end embedded computer systems with products and services from development through deployment. Our products range from Digital Signal Processing Boards, I/O Modules, Data Recorders and Bus Analyzers for PCI Express, PCI/PCI-X and VME. For additional information, go to www.vmetro.com

Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software is the technology leader in real-time operating systems (RTOS) and device software optimization for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY operating system family, MULTI development environment, optimizing C/C++ and Ada compilers, and JTAG probes enable software developers to produce totally reliable, absolutely secure and maximum performance products - in the least time and with the lowest costs. For more information, visit Green Hills Software on the web at www.ghs.com.

Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process from concept to deployed product.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call 1-800-872-4977.

LynuxWorks, a world leader in the embedded software market, is committed to providing open and reliable real-time operating systems (RTOS) and software tools to embedded developers. The company's LynxOS family of operating systems offers open standards with the highest level of safety and security features, enabling many mission-critical systems in defense, avionics and other industries. Since it was established in 1988, LynuxWorks has created technology that has been successfully deployed in thousands of designs and millions of products made by leading communications, avionics, aerospace/defense, and consumer electronics companies. LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San José, Calif.  For more information, visit LynuxWorks on the web at www.lynuxworks.com.

Xilinx leads one of the fastest growing segments of the semiconductor industry - Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) - with over 50% market share. PLDs are very flexible and can change functionality even after being manufactured, enabling faster time-to-market. For additional information, go to www.xilinx.com.