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Automotive Wireless Measurement

Electronic Manufacturing Service

FPGA IP Core

System for automated testing of control units

Wirless Industrial Gateway

We make your ideas come true – with hard- and software development according to your individual need.

You have an idea…

…how your product could be more competitive…

…which features would make your product more attractive…

…for a new product this world has been missing…

But you’re missing the capacities to be able to achieve the development on your own? Or have you specialized in a different field and don’t know where to start?

How good to know, you have found a reliable Engineering Partner with the right skills. Someone who does not only develop according to the requirement specification, but gives advice on important questions.

We take care of your development project – autonomously, so you have nothing to worry about. Just give us a call!

Embedded hardware development

From the concept to the PCB layout to prototyping, test and series production we undertake the complete hardware development for you. Especially in the area of high-speed- and mixed-signal-systems we can rely on our extensive expertise. When it comes to digital hardware development we also offer FPGA IP Cores tailored to your specific needs.

Of course we also equip you with the matching firmware and embedded software.

Software development

We develop the needed software for you – no matter if it’s firmware or an application software. Either together with your hardware to provide you with a whole module or as independent software to fit your existing hardware.

Depending on your system requirements we develop the suitable software for your embedded system. This can be software combining various communication interfaces (e.g. Wifi, Ethernet, CAN/LIN, Bluetooth/Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, 6LoWPAN, UWB, BACnet, Modbus, a proprietary MAC,…), include FPGA or DSP modules – and is very often based on an Embedded Linux OS. Besides, we have experience with the User Interface development for Linux, Windows, Android, and iOS – so we equip you with the configuration software for your embedded system as well.

Electronic Manufacturing

Wether we design the hardware for you or not, we can assembly the PCB for you. Our Electronic Manufacturing Service is optimizied for short

Automotive Wireless Measurement

Within the wide range of applications for sensors, there are an increasing number of scenarios in which cables can only be installed with difficulty or not at all. The solution is one of the sensor platforms from AED, which can measure various values completely wireless.

With our wireless measurement system for the automotive sector you can read out up to 8 Slaves with one Master. Thanks to the small size (60 x 15 mm) of the IP67-case and the temperature resistance from -40 °C to 85°C (Master) and -40°C to 105°C (Slave) as well as the vibration stability the system is perfect for various different services. Seeing that the slaves need no cables for power supply or communication with the master you can place them in and around the car where ever you want. The Slaves come with integrated inclination- and vibration sensors. Additionally you can attach and read any sensors with digital or analog output. The data is sent to the Master via UWB communication and is forwarded from there via CAN or Ethernet. The configuration tool integrated on the Master enables you to allocate the sensors, determine the parameters for communication (UWB frequency, CAN communication) and read the live data and remaining battery charge. The frequency band can be configured from 3.5 to 6.5 GHz. This ensures that you can use the system abiding the local radio regulations. The sensors get their power from the batteries of the Slaves.

Apart from this application we have further sensor platforms based on the IEEE standard 802.15.4 and solutions based on Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE, Bluetooth 4.0). We integrated certain sensors on all our platforms, made them modularly extendable and ensured low energy consumption as well as small size.

To retrieve data from your wireless sensor network and configure sensors on your computer it's best to use the AED Rabbit. It allows you to connect your sensor network to an Ethernet network. The integrated website gives you the possibility to adjust the AED Rabbit and sensors according to your application.

Electronic Manufacturing Service

Our assembly line is set up to fulfill highest quality standards for small batches. It consists of a jet printer for stencil-less solder paste print, high precision SMD machines from Mycronic and a vapor phase soldering machine from ASSCON.

Circuit Boards from 70 x 55 mm up to 310 x 390 mmm

SMD standard components down to 0201

01005 and other PCB sizes on request

For quality assurance our jet printer includes automatic 2D-paste-inspection. Furthermore, we conduct end of line tests with our automatic optical inspection (AOI). THT components are soldered selectively by machine - in a nitrogen protective atmosphere.

Express assembly of prototypes.

You put a lot of time and effort into layout and design of your hardware. Of course, it is of value to you, that it is produced professionally, and the prototypes are available quickly. For these cases we offer our express services. Without much effort and really fast from quotation to delivery of your module.

easy, transparent, fast.

Our express service ensures short production and delivery times. So far, no surprises. Additionally, you profit from our transparent calculation and the easy enquiry and quotation process.

What should you expect? To save even more time. Easily calculate the cost yourself, send an E-Mail with the needed information and we will start production while other EMS providers are still negotiating prices.

Our delivery time starts from when we received the complete production documents, components and pcbs. The standard delivery is 10 working days for small batches. If you're in a hurry, we will have your boards delivered within 5 working days.

Assembly request and prices

We know how precious time can be when you're developing prototypes. Therefore, we make sure our process is efficient right from the start. Your advantage is that you don't have to wait for weeks until you get your quotation. Just have a look at our price list. This shows you which costs to expect. All that's needed then is an E-Mail with your production documents and as soon as we have circuit boards and components we will start the production.

Our prices are based on full provision of material and PCBs and exclude VAT and shipping.

We gladly take care of buying components or circuit boards. You can find the cost for this in our price list as well.

Layout Service.

You aren’t quite ready to produce your hardware? We can help you get there. We support you with either the whole hardware design or a review of your existing schematics and pcb layout.

FPGA IP Core

The increased complexity in today's algorithms in telecommunication and image processing fields makes the development of IP modules a time consuming task. Especially optimizing them to reach the timing constraints imposed by the quality requirements of your application can be quite challenging.

Each application is different and thus requirements vary. This is exactly what makes it interesting for us: We focus all our efforts on understanding your application and its specific challenges. To ensure that we develop IP modules tailored for your requirements.

We thoroughly study these requirements in order to help you choose the best architecture and implementation techniques, select the features that you really need and dismiss the ones you don´t. Therefore we reduce space and power consumed by the FPGA whilst saving time and money. Equipping you with the ideal IP core for your application.

All our designs are 100% compatible with Xilinx design suite and Vivado IP integrator. The interface of the module can be designed to be AXI compliant or completely custom to meet your requirements.

With the help of the following modules we supported the success of various projects:

•High Performance Fast Fourier Transforms

◦High sample throughput (>2 Gsps )

◦Parallel processing of the samples

•Filter Banks

◦Polyphase Filter Banks

•Modulator / Demodulator

◦QPSK, QAM, 16-QAM,…

◦802.15.4

•OFDM Systems

◦NCFBMC (Non-Contiguous Filter Bank Multi-Carrier)

◦UWB (Ultra-wideband)

•Channelization

◦Parallel Modulation / Demodulator

And you benefit from every project we have successfully supported in the past. Even though each module is individually tailored and optimized we don´t start from scratch. We have prepared blocks we can use to provide you with your IP cores within a shorter period of time.

System for automated testing of control units

In recent years the connectivity in the car has continuously been increasing. Thus the components act as autonomous participants in a network rather than being controlled by a central unit.

Usual testsystems test control units by measuring electrical signals. Therefore the results are not representativ.

The AED testsystems are pursuing a new approach by testing control units exactly as they are built in to the car later. Based on the highperfamnce PXI Platform the system simulates the whole network including the restbus and electrical signals.

The test software used for visualizing is NI VeriStand while TestStand is used for test management. The combination allows the adaption according to customer requirements.

The new approach is demonstrated by three examples:

The headlightsystem simulates different situations during driving and uses image processing to correctly validate the functions of the control unit. The camera controls if the light distribution is displayed correctly according to the incoming electrical systems. Because of this software-based appraoch this system can be modified for any type of headlight or taillight without chamnging the hardware setup.

Using the multipurpose-tester it is possible to test the functions of fully digital multipurpose-instruments. During testing the responsible CAN-Bus is being monitored whilst a camera is checking continuously if all parameters are shown correctly on the display. The system is built in a way that allows it to install and use it inside a car. Thus a test under real conditions during a test run is possible. Using a configuration program different multipurpose-instruments can be added comfortably.

Wirless Industrial Gateway

Our wireless industrial gateway can help you improve usability and add new features and languages. It acts as a Gateway between a control unit based on a CAN Bus and a user interface accessed through a (wireless) LAN. This allows you to substitute your inconvenient "Two-Line-Display" with a website running on a pc or laptop or even an app running on your smartphone or tablet. This also simplifies the mobile test of CAN protocols/control units. All you have to do is connect the module to a CAN interface and you can use any WiFi-enabled device to read and send CAN messages.

The embedded Linux OS embeds all the intelligence needed to process the CAN message on the module as well as the website. Additional queries and languages can be added very easily through the Dynamic Content Management with database. The hybrid HTML 5 web services and app can be programmed to adjust to any OS (iOS, Android, Windows...), screen size and operating mode (click/touch).

Apart from CAN, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi the module also support Bluetooth, Modbus-TCP and BACnet-IP, thus it offers flexible connection and application possibilities.