ENGINEERING

 
Silicon Engines provides a broad range of Engineering Design Services. We have many repeat customers who rely on us for:
 

  • Quality, innovative designs,
  • Quick-turnarounds, and
  • Cost effective solutions.

 
Our development lab contains a comprehensive set of tools and equipment needed to build electronic prototypes and fully validate designs. Hardware tools include soldering and reflow equipment, AC/DC power supplies, oscilloscopes, RF spectrum analyzers, thermal chamber, and over 10,000 stocked electronic components. Software tools include ICE and JTAG debuggers, logic analyzers, development boards, and the latest compilers covering many semiconductor families.

Services Available

 

  • System architecture
    • Hardware/software design tradeoffs
    • Electromechanical considerations
    • Design for scalability
    • Design for testability
    • Design for manufacturability
  • Hardware design
    • Digital & Analog design
    • Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, DSPs
    • Sensor, actuator circuit interfaces
    • Power supplies
    • Motor control
    • LCD & LED display interface
    • High intensity lamp controls
    • USB, Ethernet, CAN, LIN, SPI, I2C, RS-232, RS-485
    • Camera interfaces
    • RF, antenna design
    • Low power, portable designs
    • Temperature monitoring/control
    • Battery chargers
    • EMC, EMI, ESD, FCC, CE, UL, CSA
  • Software design
    • C, C++, C#, .NET, Visual Basic, HTML, PHP, Perl, assembly
    • Windows, Windows CE, Linux
    • USB, ZigBee, TCP/IP, CAN, J1939, ISO-9141, ISO-14230, LIN
    • GPS, GSM, cellular modems
    • DSP algorithms, FFT frequency analysis
    • Error detection/correction: CRC, Golay, Reed-Solomon, Viterbi
    • AES encryption, hash codes
    • Morphological image processing, pattern recognition
    • PC side software, User Interface design
    • Boot loaders, infield updates
    • High level, Low level design documentation
    • Code reviews, SEI/CMM
  • PCB layout
  • Component procurement
  • Prototype assembly
  • Test & Validation
  • Product cost analysis
  • Regulatory & compliance
  • Technical documentation