Making the leap
Read the first and second part of the nationwide substation makeover series here. By Chad Hutchinson, Vice President of...
Edge computing for AI-enabled oil and gas applications
Oil platforms and offshore rigs operate in some of the toughest environmental conditions. Whether it’s salt fog, extreme temperatures,...
Operation: Substation transformation
Read the first part of the nationwide substation makeover series here. By Chad Hutchinson, Director of Product Development The...
Super server designed for autonomous and AI applications
Improving SWaP is a constant requirement for our customers and a design challenge that we regularly face. So, when...
Why we need to stage a nationwide substation makeover
By Chad Hutchinson, Director of Product Development Aging substations across the U.S. are buckling under the pressure of an...
How liquid cooling impacts hardware design
When considering liquid cooling for any rugged system, the overall design of the system needs to be addressed to...
COTS components in custom builds for Special Operations Forces
New, high-tech equipment is projected to enhance and expand Special Operations warfighters capabilities, and help hyper-enabled operators be as...
AI servers for autonomous trucks
As the trucking industry continues to implement autonomous vehicles into their fleet, they need compute hardware that is built...
Liquid cooling component considerations
In last week’s Jim on Engineering video, our EVP of engineering discussed Crystal Group’s 12-year history with implementing liquid...
The evolution of liquid cooling techniques at Crystal Group
A lot has changed since we first began implementing liquid cooling features into our systems in 2011. As our...
Suitcase computer steals the show at AFCEA WEST 2023
Our new RE2500 portable workstation computer made its tradeshow debut at AFCEA WEST 2023, showcasing our ability in rapid...
New vPAC Alliance accelerates next-generation Smart Grid
The global move to a sustainable energy infrastructure places stress on the power grid, as weather-dependent renewable energy sources...
AV servers for edge environments
While some autonomous applications only require successful operation in test labs or pristine conditions, many of our industrial and...
Vertical integration: A clear advantage
Our state-of-the-art facility was designed with our customer’s need for high-quality, custom solutions delivered on condensed timelines. As a...
Protecting Data in Use
What is Data in Use? Use it or lose it. As the adage goes, you have to use your...
Protecting Data at Rest
What is Data at Rest? It’s not as relaxing as it seems. We live in a hustle-bustle age when...
Protecting Data in Motion
What is Data in Motion? It’s exactly what it sounds like. Anytime information is moving between systems, it is...
Custom industrial server to eliminate oil platform downtime
Because of the remote nature of an oil platform or rig, any technology point of failure resulting in operational...
Innovative AV solutions for an evolving market
As the autonomous vehicle (AV) market continues to grow, evolving needs and new challenges have impacted the industry. Compute...
Introduction to secure data targets, attacks, and protections
How your secure data is being targeted every day. The steps you can take to protect your system: When...
Bringing AI to the power grid
Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled servers are one requirement for the adapting needs of the utilities market as substation computing...
How to clean and maintain our products
Our products are built for extremely tough environmental conditions. This means they are deployed in areas where they will...
How we test our components
Ensuring our products are reliable is always a priority, especially since they’re trusted to operate in some of the...
Computing power: Giving industrial and off-road equipment a brain
Teaching a compact excavator or a long-haul truck – or any type of machine – to perform tasks safely...
Journey toward a smarter grid: Substation virtualization is here and now
The current U.S. Smart Grid is outdated and inflexible, making power outages become even more frequent when extreme weather...
The support you need, when and where you need it
Our technical services team provides resources to our customers around the clock and around the world. Whether it’s answering...
Advancing energy modernization with VMware Validated Solutions
The ES373S17 substation server combines real-time automation, remote management, cybersecurity, auto failover, and zero-trust security features for the changing...
How oil companies can avoid pitfalls of automation technology
The allure of automation is surging across the oil and gas industry. Yet, even with its consistency, efficiency, safety,...
Substation server designed for the modern power grid
As the power industry goes through a major transformation to improve and protect energy resources, we developed our Crystal...
Wire harness quality testing
With the large and diverse amount of hardware that goes into our equipment, testing the quality of individual components...
Pride in the skies: Celebrating 75 years of the U.S. Air Force
Since 1947, the U.S. Air Force has worked relentlessly to protect the United States and its allies. Upholding their...
How we choose the perfect motherboard solution
There are many choices on the market when it comes to motherboards, with just about as many considerations when...
Bringing AV compute solutions to the edge
When we ship out products to our customers, we rarely get to see exactly how it’s being used, especially...
RS1004L21X2: Rugged 1U Twin Server
The RS1004L21X2 rugged 1U twin server is designed to provide high-power compute capabilities to applications like small aircraft or...
Getting to the ‘core’ of AV thermal management
By Jim Shaw, Executive Vice President Data-gobbling processors require new cooling solutions – and the AV industry needs standards,...
Crystal Group FG2: GPU ready servers
As the defense industry increasingly relies on artificial intelligence (AI) for their compute functions, we’ve updated our FORCE™ product...
Ready by 2024? New developments paving way to full-scale autonomy
The trucking industry being mired in a driver shortage has raised the level of interest in artificial intelligence-enabled trucks...
Solid state drive testing
For our equipment to be rugged, all the components must also withstand extreme environments. So, we are oftentimes asked...
Part 4: Now is the time
After 20 years of industry hesitation and resistance, the staggering scope of challenges hindering the wide-spread adoption and implementation...
Custom shipboard solution goes airborne
Whether it’s extreme altitudes, harsh climate conditions, lack of infrastructure, or any combination of challenging environmental factors, our customers...
AI at the tactical edge
The artificial intelligence (AI) industry has been rapidly changing as technology continues to evolve, more capabilities in smaller equipment...
Rugged, high-performance compute solutions ready to “sense, make sense, and act” for JADC2
As the current speed, evolution and severity of national and international threats continues to increase and escalate, the need...
Part 3: When creativity and capability collide
Ideas and intent can only carry progress so far. Without the right buy-in, infrastructure, investments, and risk threshold, innovation...
The world’s only ruggedized multi-4K video encoder and 4K IP KVM extender
Extend Your Reach with Multi-Channel HD Video-based data is critical to the accuracy and effectiveness of critical edge applications,...
Part 2: You say you want a revolution
Oil and gas visionaries started raising the idea of digital oilfields in the early 2000s. The focus of this...
Optimizing Smart Grid performance, protection, and profitability with virtualization
Our power grid is experiencing a major transformation. With more energy from renewable sources being introduced to the grid,...
Configuration management: Maximize performance while minimizing cost
Over the last two years, we’ve all learned to pivot, make changes on the spot, adapt to our “new...
Part 1: Incremental change versus bold transformation
Incremental innovation has been accepted by society as the safest way to improve processes, equipment, or business plans. Making...