Biometrics Fingerprint Scanner

A client chose Nuvation to create an ultrasound fingerprint scanner. Nuvation designed three custom boards, implemented a tone-burst generator into the FPGA, and developed a suite of embedded software for board support and system integration.

Biometrics Fingerprint Scanner

Design Features:

  • 3-board system and external custom power supply
  • Custom Power Supply for +/-15 and +/-36V inputs, ultra-clean power
  • Ultrasound image data processing
  • Low Noise analog TFT Interface Board, 125:1 SNR
  • FPGA-based Tone Burst Generator
  • Cypress FX2 MCU with USB2 host interface
  • Lattice FPGA LFXP2-8E5QN208C
  • PC Win XP USB2 drivers
  • On-the-fly adjustable bias voltages and tone burst frequency
  • Micro code engine for programmable signal timing generation
  • Support of three TFT designs