Tag: hardware
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Contract Award: Medical Imaging Radar
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November 8, 2022 – For the first time ever, WSR will be applying our remote sensing capabilities in the medical field. We were recently awarded a contract to design and prototype a digital subsystem for a novel medical device. Unfortunately, we can’t disclose much more than that at the request of our confidential customer, but it’s exciting…
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Program Update: NASA DSI PDR Passed
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We’re excited to have passed the preliminary design review (PDR) milestone in our work developing the digital subsystem to run Aloft Sensing, Inc.‘s embedded PNT algorithm. Now it’s time to start implementing! In phase 1, we’ll build out the signal processing FPGA firmware, validating it first through simulation and then running on evaluation hardware. After that,…
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Delivery: JPL CRISTAL/CIMR Digital Backend Design
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October 24, 2022 – Design review passed and final delivery released to JPL for the multi-mission (CRISTAL & CIMR) digital back-end (DBE) engineering model hardware. This compact module, destined for space flight, carries an FPGA, two high performance ADCs, a standalone processor and a full compliment of memories and interfaces. It was a pleasure working…
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Program Update: CRISTAL/CIMR DBE Schematics
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September 6, 2022 – Customer schematic review passed! This particular design is for a space-based radiometer digital backend. The hardware contains four 3.2 GSPS ADC channels, JESD interfaces linking the ADCs to an FPGA, Xilinx’s Kintex KU060, microprocessor, telemetry, spacecraft/instrument interfaces and a full complement of support components. This design is our second centered around…
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FPGA-Based Digital Subsystem & Multi-Channel Transceiver
The Job: Wide Swath Research, LLC was awarded a contract to design, manufacture and deliver a digital subsystem for the Gas and Ice Spectrometer Radar (GAISR) program led by Dr. Ken Cooper of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This 10 month contract included hardware, firmware and software development. This was a custom development from the ground…
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FPGA-Based Phased Array Controller
The Job: Wide Swath Research, LLC was awarded a contract to design, manufacture and deliver a digital subsystem for the 3CPR cloud precipitation radar program led by Dr. Mauricio Sanchez of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Hardware This FPGA-based subsystem provided timing, control and power to Ku-band phased array modules, collected telemetry and was designed to…
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Pulse Fitness – SoC Board
Job: Board design of an operator console for exercise equipment designed around a system-on-chip (SoC) component with microprocessor and numerous audio and video capabilities. This job required interfacing the SoC with various onboard, high-speed components and the design of a power subsystem. Final delivery included: schematics, Gerber layout files for pcb fabrication and bill-of-materials for final…
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AngioDynamics Concept
Job: AngioDynamics contracted Wide Swath Research, LLC to design an FPGA-based, micro controller equipped board to as a part of an ongoing medical device program they were pursuing. Customer Feedback: “Brandon is a true professional–and I am 100% happy with his work–and I look forward to doing further business with him! Thank you, Brandon, for…
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Lodex Transceiver
The Job: Lodex Engineering contracted Wide Swath Research, LLC to develop a software defined transceiver for their new state-of-the-art, multi-channel radar system employing advanced onboard processing. The contract included system design, geophysical modeling, hardware design, firmware design and system engineering support. The deliverables: board schematics, pcb layout files, tested / verified hardware, FPGA firmware and Matlab code…
