Industrial Computer Periphery

Industry
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

Project summary:Development of the various periphery and adapter boards or an Industrial computer manufacturer. Software driver development for Windows and Linux platforms.

Example of the developed boards and software: Ethernet extension board; LiFePo battery charge controller; USB swit ch; Illumination sensor and Windows drivers for automatic brightness control on a screen; Touch screen hardware and drivers for a tablet PC; HDMI - LVDS adapter.

Core and IO boards for complex automation

Industry
omputer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

Project summary:Core Board: 8x layers PCB ; Quad-core Cortex-A7; 512Mb DDR3 RAM, 2xEthernet; HDMI; USB OTG IO Board: Multiple Analog and Digital I/O; RTC; HDMI output multiplexor.

Battery Management System

Industry
Energy storage

Project summary
To achieve industrial scale battery storage capacity (up to several megawatts) development of special Battery Management System (BMS) was required. The project focus was on fail safe design, precise control of cells parameters and large scalability

Project know-how & IP

1. Management of modern LiFePo4 cells including: safety of operation; calculation of SoC, SoH and internal impedance; special operation modes to extend battery life time and performance.
2. Management of high voltage battery stacks.
3. Reduction of maintenance costs through: remote equipment monitoring and diagnostic (IoT); modular system design.

Services rendered
Firmware, Hardware and Software development

Technologies involved
Electronics design (power, digital and analog), Digital signal processing (FPGA, VHDL), Firmware (C), Embedded software (Linux, C++, QT, Node.js , JavaScript), SaaS based SCADA web visualization

Data acquisition and control boards for an analytical device

Industry
Laborartory Instrumentation

Project summary:Control and acquisition board: STM32F7 processor, Xilinx Spartan FPGA, 16 x 16 – Bit DAC, Photomultiplier interface, Ethernet; Firmware for real-time control and acquisition; digital signal processing; OTA. Conditioning controller board: Bistable and proportional valves, pump; pressure, and temperature sensors interface and regulation

High Purity Gas Generators

Industry:Laboratory equipment

Project summary:High technology start-up company needed engineering and scientific support to develop their product line. The project demanded control of various physical and chemical processes by the means of specially designed hardware and firmware. But the real challenge was to achieve high diversity of the product line at minimal production and maintenance costs.

Project know-how and IP

1. Electronics engeneering, firmware ang control algorithms development for
• Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
• Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA)
• Catalysis
2. Reduction of maintenance and support costs through
• Remote equipment monitoring and diagnostic (IoT)
• Modular concept of the devices structure
3. Achieve high diversity of the product line at minimal production cost
• Modular hardware design
• Flexible software

Services rendered
Firmware, Hardware and Software development, Scientific support, Industrial design support, production support

Technologies involved
Electronics design (power, digital and analog); Sensor technics; Firmware (C, Assembler), Embedded software (Linux, C++, QT), SaaS based SCADA web visualization

Thermostat with Powerline Communication

Industry
Home automation

Project summary
Development of remote thermostat with powerline communication

Project know-how & IP
Design according to EMI/EMC and electrical safety regulations

Services rendered
Hardware development

Project summary:

Customer needs an electronics design for a split thermostat electronics with power-line communication between the UI module placed in a living room and a heater control module placen in a cellar of a house

The project requires spacial attention to fulfil saferty and electrical compatibiltiy regulations; fit the target manufacturing cost and fulfil the functionality requirements.