Before standards like OpenVPX and VITA 51.1 became the norm, rugged computing was plagued by the "proprietary trap." Companies would build incredible backplanes and boards, but they wouldn’t talk to each other. You couldn't mix a CPU board from Vendor A with a switch board from Vendor B without a headache of custom wiring and firmware.
The Vita 51.1 PDF has a wide range of applications across various industries, including: vita 51.1 pdf
The formula from the PDF: λp = λb × (πQ × πE × πT...) where λb is the base failure rate from the component database. Before standards like OpenVPX and VITA 51
For any engineer tasked with a new VPX (VMEbus eXtensions for Instrumentation and Test) design, downloading the is the first step toward a credible reliability analysis. For any engineer tasked with a new VPX