Hardware Development

Robust systems require robust hardware. EBS-SYSTART GmbH develops robust hardware for all industry sectors. Our developers take your system requirements to determine your hardware requirements and the standards you need to meet. These requirements are then used to develop hardware offering optimal functionality, durability, and serial production costs. Of course, we support you through every certification process, whether it's product safety, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), energy efficiency, or environmental tests.

Hardware development services:

• Concept creation with respect to functionality and meeting standards
• Analogue and digital circuit design
• Simulation of critical circuit units
• Circuit board unbundling (layout)
• EMC analysis and ESD protection circuits
• supporting your hardware certification processes

Technologies used:

• Micro-controllers: 8-, 16- and 32-bit technologies from Freescale, ST, NXP, Texas Instruments, Atmel, Microchip
• Logic design: FPGA and CPLD based on Xilinx and Altera
• Interfaces: LAN, WLAN, USB, Bluetooth, CANopen, Powerlink, Profinet, RS485 and many more
• Switching regulator topologies: PFC ZVS, SEPIC, half and full bridges, boost and buck converters, LDO
• Lighting: various LED
• Visualization: diverse display manufacturers with and without touch-screen operation
• Processor modules: various module manufacturers
• Positioning: GPS modules
• Mobile: GSM modules

CAD for schematics and layout:

To create your schematics and layouts, we offer a choice of two CAD systems:

• Altium Designer
• Cadsoft Eagle

We bring hardware development experience from projects with companies working in aerospace, medical, lasers, logistics, robotics, computing, printing, and special machinery.

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Software Development

Software fills hardware with intelligence and life. Firmware updates ensure that your hardware remains compatible with future interface protocols. Remote maintenance and remote diagnostics via the internet set your product apart from your competitors.

Software development services:

• Firmware development (embedded software):
  • For micro-controllers by Freescale, ST, NXP, Texas Instruments, Atmel, Microchip
  • For digital signal processors (DSP) by Texas Instruments
  • Real-time operating systems: ThreadX
  • Encryption: openVPN and proprietary protocols
• Computer application software development:
  • Programming languages: C, C++, C# and Java
  • Scripting languages: TCL, PHP, VBScript, JavaScript
  • Markup languages: HTML, CSS
  • Operating systems: Linux and Windows
  • Encryption: openVPN and proprietary protocols

From encrypted updates to real-time applications, anything is possible with firmware. Energy-efficient and affordable solutions can only be maintained if the hardware and software are perfectly coordinated. We assist you in choosing hardware and write the best software for your needs.

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Programmable Logic Development

Certain hardware concepts have proven reliable when it comes to certifying security-critical systems. Disassemble your system into security-critical and non-critical units and realize the security-critical units in hardware. This allows your system to be shut down in just nanoseconds and the proof is easily computable. If many states have to be linked and monitored in your system, we recommend using programmable logic. These are considered by certifying agencies as hardware solutions and save having to do a redesign to adapt your systems.

Programmable logic development services:

• Logic types: CPLD and FPGA
• Hardware description language: VHDL
• Targets: Xilinx and Altera

Non-critical functions (such as display controls, protocols, inputs) are implemented in firmware on a micro-controller. The firmware queries the status of the logic via interrupt or polling and provides the information to the overall system. Feel free to build on our expertise and make your system absolutely secure.

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Mechanical Development

CAD tools are used to integrate circuit boards, displays, switches, connectors, cables and housings. This helps identify and resolve any collisions among the units even before the first prototype is built. In addition, cooling concepts and design can be analysed and discussed up front.

Mechanical development services:

• Defining module dimensions
• Defining module assemblies
• Analysing cooling concepts
• Designing housings
• Integration into the overall system

Be sophisticated in your design: it's the touch and feel and the colour choice that will make your product a bestseller.

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