CAPABILITIES


HARDWARE DESIGN

  • Schematic Capture and PCB Layout

    • Altium Designer preferred

  • Component creation and library management

  • Best practices for signal integrity and electromagnetic compatibility

    • Layer stack up, power distribution and decoupling, grounding, and shielding

  • High speed digital interfaces

  • Analog circuit design/simulation

  • Generation of documentation

    • Assembly drawings, fabrication drawings, gerber files, bills of materials

  • Utilization of contract manufacturers in US and China for prototype and production PCBA runs


FW/SW DEVELOPMENT

  • MCUs

    • ST, Microchip, Atmel, Cypress, TI

  • FreeRTOS

  • Bare metal interrupt driven embedded applications

  • Embedded Linux

  • Wireless integration

    • BLE, WiFi, LoRa

  • Embedded communication protocols

    • UART, SPI, I2C, I2S, CAN, USB3.0/2.0, Ethernet

  • Desktop GUIs that interact with hardware

    • Python, C#


MANUFACTURING & TEST

  • Utilization of contract manufacturers in US and China for prototype and production runs

  • FCC, IC, and CE radiated and conducted emissions compliance testing

  • Test fixture development

    • Bed of nails, etc.

  • Test software development

    • LabVIEW, TestStand, Python PyVISA


RAPID PROTOTYPING

  • 3D modeling of fixtures and enclosures

  • 3D printing

  • Limited 3-axis CNC milling

  • In house capability for low volume PCB assembly

  • Hardware bring-up and debugging

  • Precision hand soldering and rework