FMG has a number of experienced technical engineers and contacts to meet all your design needs in the areas of:
- Hardware Design
- Component sourcing and selection
- Embedded and application software
- PCB Layout
By meeting the design engineer and consulting with the manufacturer a hardware solution is agreed upon. The presentation of this solution can take different forms. For instance the solution maybe possible in a FPGA with analogue component feeding in the real world information. This can be implemented on a Lattice development boards. Time to market is very important and by using this approach a prototype is available in the minimum of time.
Once the system design is agreed – component selection can take place. Various approaches can be made to achieve the best /cost performance. For instance a custom design may be cheaper but the lead time can be over 16 weeks. Standard components on the other hand can seem expensive but they are readily available and allow quick time to market.
Various solutions are available for standard applications. For example TCP/IP Ethernet module can be supplied from different manufacturers. It depends on the added features which product is preferred. Simple demonstration kits are also available. For instance DC-DC converter kits to drive a constant current through high brightness LEDs from Seoul Semiconductor are supplied along with gerber and layout guidelines.
PCIexpress is emerging as the interconnect for the future – Gen 2 gives 5Ghz bandwidth for high data rate back plane support. Ready made application kits are needed to allow the designer to implement a good working system first time. Such evaluation kits are available with schematic, gerber files and layout guidelines.