Preliminary bill-of-materials research with the expected costs for each item considering the expected buying volume. Total cost per unit prediction, including BOM, manufacturing services, logistics and taxes costs. Projects cost definition. Selling price per unit estimation. Sales scenarios with their respective cash flows estimation. IRR, NPV and payback for each scenario.
Projects Management
Time management, costs management, scope management, risks management, quality management, human resources management, communications management, procurement management and integration management. Monitoring reports available to the clients through the internet on the Clients Area.
Analog Eletronics
Electronic projects for video and audio analog signals handling. Noise reduction and prevention techniques. Analog filtering. Safe A/D and D/A conversion. Analog equalizers, multiplexers and switches. Proficiency on Analog Devices and Texas Instruments video encoders and decoders families.
Digital Eletronics
Electronic projects for high-speed digital signal handling (even above 1GHz). High speed standards like LVCMOS, LVDS, PECL, DDR. Employing of digital electronic components like serial and parallel flash memories, DDR2 SDRAMs, FPGAs, DSPs, microcontrollers, clock generators, VCXOs, reclockers, digital crosspoints, serializers, deserializers and cable drivers.
PCB Layout
More then 50 multilayer PCBs designed. Very high speed tracks are routed considering all possible return paths so that impedance matching is really accomplished. Wide experience on SMD parts and BGA parts utilization and routing. We know the PCB manufacturing process, so our projects take into account all the tricks that can make this process a lot easier for the PCB manufacturer, reducing delay and defect risks.
Digital Signal Processing
Digital signal processing through FPGAs an DSPs. Digital filtering and equalization. Up-scaling and down-scaling. Frame-rate conversion. Sample-rate conversion. Interlaced to progressive conversion and vice-versa. Video and audio mixing. Video effects. Encoding and decoding utilizing MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264 and others. Video signals synchronization (genlocking).
FPGAs
Several IP cores developed on VHDL for high-quality digital video processing. More than 300MHz signals processing done on FPGA logic. Advanced constraining techniques for IP cores optimization and frequency reach, like CLB by CLB placement, considering every stage of logical delay. Full logic simulations are performed before prototyping in order to choose the right FPGA series and in order to plan the better I/O distribution along the chip, optimizing the PCB routing process later. Proficiency on Xilinx FPGAs since 50 I/O Spartan to 1100 I/O Virtex families. Dominated tools: ISE, ChipScope, PlanAhead, EDK and modelsim.
DSPs
Fixed and floating point DSP experience. Programming in C/C++ and optimizations in assembler for real-time functions. Firmware development with or without operational system. Texas Instruments and NXP DSPs knowledge.
Microcontrollers
Fast microcontrollers application for general management of electronic systems. Proficiency on the utilization of standardized on-board interfaces, like I2C, SPI. Peripheral components controlling, like board conditions monitoring, temperature, power sources monitoring and start-up sequencing, keys and LEDs matrix controlling, RGB or monochromatic LCDs controlling, infra-red interface controlling, communication interfaces controlling. Wide experience on utilization of Microchip and Silabs microcontrollers, including the development of an entire operational system with colorfull windows based graphical interface for a portable LCD and even an tasks scheduling system for it.
PC based software
MS Windows based software development. Software examples: electronic product configuration through a graphical interface, device drivers, tests software for volume production phase, data transfer software. Utilized technology: MS Visual C++.
Machine Vision
Acquisition, segmentation, pixel tracking, filtering, OCR, patern recognizing and electronic interfaces for industrial production lines.
Serial and Parallel Interfaces
Utilization of standardized data transfer interfaces, like USB, UART, SD-SDI, HD-SDI, PCI, CompactFlash, SD-Card, ATA, SATA, SPDIF, AS3, Ethernet and IP, and others.
Video and Audio Standards
Knowledge about the main A/V standards supplied by SMTPE, EBU, ITU, AES, MPEG, Dolby, like: NTSC, PAL, HDMI, DVI, xVGA, SDI, HD-SDI, AS3 digital audio, SPDIF, AC3, MPEG2/4, DolbyE, etc.
DFT, DTC, DFM
Techniques like design-for-tests, design-to-cost and design-for manufacturability during the project phase, in order to reduce need for new board revisions, make production easier and reduce costs.
PCBs manufacturers management
We have worked with the main electronic boards mounting service companies in Brazil. We create support material for these companies to reduce mounting errors risks, like pick-lists, prototype board photos, positioning maps for manual placement, test procedures documents, and so on.
Mounting service companies management
We have worked with the main electronic boards mounting service companies in Brazil. We create support material for these companies to reduce mounting errors risks, like pick-lists, prototype board photos, positioning maps for manual placement, test procedures documents, and so on. We also have a close relationship with some EMS companies in China and India, that can handle low prototype volumes to high OEM productions.
Partnerships with the supply Chain
Networking with brazilian supply chain of electronic components. Technical contacts with brazilian and foreign FAEs to quickly solve technical issues.
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