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Mil-Aero, DOD/DOE, and Homeland Security design projects are confidential. The projects we take on are non-classified but are often incorporated into top-secret system designs. Types of past projects include ruggedized systems, head-up displays, video flight simulators, secure communications, encryption, laser and optics, discrete power supply designs, SAS/SAR, microwave, GPS, analog sensors, data acquisition systems, digital signal processing systems, signal recon, high-speed image acquisition, surveillance systems, precision test and control systems, LCD displays, handhelds, electronic warfare guidance systems, aircraft guidance systems, and motor control.


Areas of Expertise
 
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High-speed imaging and video

· Secure communications, point-to-point or multipoint
· Head-up displays
· Ruggedized systems
· Guidance systems
· Wireless communications, GPS, microwave, custom RF
· Large FPGA and DSP arrays
· Precision analog
· Electro-Optical controllers
· Terrestrial and Space-based systems
· Custom power supply designs, AC-DC and DC-DC
· VME, CPCI, ATCA, other COTS designs

Project Examples
Signal Recon Hardware


· 3 large FPGAs in VME form factor
· High thermal efficiency design for high ambient temps
· 155MHz low jitter clock generation and distributions
· Nios processors for BIST at circuit speeds to 10GHz
· 26-layer design, 15,000+ nets, 0 cuts & jumps
LIDAR System






· Designed several subsystems for LIDAR application
· DSP algorithm development
· Low-jitter clock generator operating at 104MHz with 9 femtoseconds of peak-to-peak jitter
   
   
   
Ruggedized System



· For armored vehicle application
· Video display terminal withstands impact from 100 lb steel ball test and water jets
· Cost reduction of over $800k
· 266 MHz Intel Pentium MMX with LCD touchscreen and backlight
 
Secure Communications








· 6 large FPGAs in VME form factor
· Circuit speeds to 3.125GHz
· 25W low-power design
· BIST at circuit speed to test FPGA I/O and 36 SDRAM buses
· Design completed in less than 5 months, with 0 cuts & jumps




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