Embedded Systems Design

We Turn Requirements Into Reality

Services

 

Systems Engineering

  • System Architecture Development
  • System & Subsystem
    • Concept Design
    • Concept of Operation (CONOP)
    • Trade Studies
    • Requirements: Definition, Analysis, & Capture
    • Risk: Definition, Analysis, & Mitigation Plans
    • Test: Definition, Development, & Plans
  • Experience with complex and real-time systems involving:
    • Software Components
    • Hardware Components
    • Firmware Components
    • Mechanical Components
    • Rapid Prototyping
  • COTS/GOTS Product Surveys
  • COTS/GOTS Product Integration

Software Engineering

 

  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Algorithms
  • Protocol Processing
  • Distributed Processing
  • System & Embedded Control
  • Socket Communications
  • Real-time Data Distribution
  • Real-time System Control
  • Message & Signal Handlers
  • Data Formatting
  • Application Frameworks
  • Kernel Optimization
  • Communication Packages
  • Real-time Operating Systems
  • HW/SW Boundary
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Vulnerability Analysis
  • High Speed I/O
  • Board Support Packages
  • Device Drivers

Hardware Engineering

 

  • Multi-Layer PCB Design
    • Mixed Signal
    • Data/Signal Acquisition
    • Data/Signal Generation
    • Sensors
    • CPU or DSP
    • High-Speed Custom I/O
    • Networking
    • FPGA
    • CPLD
    • Custom Interfaces
  • Analysis
    • High speed signal integrity
    • Power
    • Thermal

Firmware Engineering

 

  • Custom IP Cores
    • High-speed serial and parallel external interfaces
    • Memory Controllers: DDR, DDR-2, DDR-3, ZBT, SDRAM, SRAM, QDR SRAM
  • Digital Signal Processing:
    • Digital Drop Receivers, Filters, FFTs, Demodulators, Multiplexers, De-multiplexers
  • COTS IP Core Integration
    • Processors
    • DMA Controllers
    • Memory Controllers
  • SoFPGA Development
  • Simulation
  • Analysis
    • Timing
    • Power

Mechanical Engineering

 

  • Mechanical Design
    • Standard and Custom Rack Design
    • Chassis / Housing Design
    • Material and Component Selection
    • 3D Solid Modeling and Surfacing
    • Detailed Component and Assembly Drawings
      • Geometric Tolerancing
    • Mechanism Design
    • Rapid Prototyping
      • Stereo lithography
      • First Article Assembly
    • Manufacturing and Test Oversight
    • Electro-Mechanical
    • Custom Enclosures
    • Structural & Thermal Analysis
  • Mechanical Analysis
    • Multi-level Detailed Analysis
      • Electronic Piece Part
      • Circuit Card
      • Mechanical Component
      • System Level
    • Structural Finite Element Analysis
      • Modal, Random, Sine Sweep, Fracture
    • Thermal Finite Element Analysis
      • Steady-State and Transient: Conduction cooled, Air cooled, Liquid cooled, Radiation cooled
    • Tolerance Analysis
    • Venting Analysis
  • Electronics Packaging
    • Custom Component Packaging
      • Detailed Magnetics Drawings
      • Sensor Packaging/Mounting
    • Printed Wiring Board Design
      • Detail for Manufacturing
      • Voltage Spacing and Trace Width
      • Adherence to Standards
    • Circuit Card Assembly Layout and Design
      • Details for component mounting
      • Structural Stiffening and/or damping
      • Thermal layout and design
      • Protection of golden nodes
    • Flexible Circuit Layout and Design

Technical Training

 

  • Engineering Practices
  • Products

Research & Development

 

  • Experiment with new technologies
  • Find solutions for customer problems
  • Mentorship Program
  • Supporting proposal efforts
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Visualization
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Test COTS products

Product Development

 

  • StreamBlade TM SOE-4
    • Real-Time Stream Data Processing
  • StreamBlade TM MiniFX
    • Embedded Control & Processing
  • StreamBlade TM 5600
    • FPGA Based Processing Platform
  • Router Board
    • Wireless Transceiver Adapter Board

Supported Systems & Subsystems

 

  • Data/Signal
    • Acquisition & Generation
    • Real-Time Processing
    • Filtering & Selection
    • Protocol Processing
  • Control
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Equipment
    • Process
    • Chassis
  • Sensors
  • Instrumentation
  • Networking
  • Real-Time Data Distribution
  • Software Defined Radio
    • Demodulation
    • Interference Mitigation
    • Adaptive Beam Forming
    • Direction Finding