Mar-2003

Overview:
IDERS Inc., a contract electronic engineering, product design and EMS resource began operations in 1991, providing a complete design and manufacturing resource. IDERS has designed products and systems for a wide variety of OEM and technology clients with interests spanning a multitude of industries. We invest heavily with customers to develop solid specifications, to which tight schedules and fixed-price development can be applied.

Specialization:
Following is an abbreviated list of technologies and methodologies employed in our design activities:

Firmware / Logic Development; FPGAs + ASICs
• Schematic + VHDL entry
• Functional simulation
• Test bench generation
• High speed design (3.2 Gbits/s)
• 20 MHz to– 100+ MHz clock speeds
• 20 K to– 1.5 M gate designs
Specific design implementation examples: High-speed UART, Custom CPU cores, RACE / RACE++, Smartcard interfaces, ASIC emulation, Motor control, FIR / SIR interfaces, Processor interfaces, Custom communication buses, SDRAM
interface, Digital filters

Embedded Devices + Systems
• CPUs: Motorola PPC, AMD, Intel x86, MCS-51, ARMx, TI-MSP, Dallas, Atmel AVR, Microchip PIC
• DSPs: Analog Devices
• Xilinx FPGAs – Virtex II, Virtex, Spartan II, Spartan, legacy (xc4000, xc3000 series)
• CPLDs
• Memory: Flash, SRAM, SDRAM
• Communication device integration: Tundra UNIVERSE bridge, Spectrum Solano™, PCI Bus, RACE/RACE++, Ethernet, USB controllers, Radios, IR/FIR
• CMOS imagers
• Optophotonics instrumentation

Analog; Signal Processing
• RF, ADC / DAC integration

Analog; Power Supplies
• Multi-output switchers, battery powered operation, battery float chargers, solar-powered system charge controllers

Software Development
• Wind River VxWorks Tornado
• Linux
• Assembler, C, C++ applications
• ROMDOS
• Windows 2000/NT/98 (client / server applications)
• Java / perl
• Embedded custom flash file systems
• Communications protocols
• Machine vision pattern matching, ANN algorithms development

PCB Layout
• Up to 20 layer, fine pitch SMT, industry compliant card design
• GHz RF simulation + layout (stripline, microstripline, controlled impedance)

Mechanical Design
• Ergonomic studies
• Parts + tool design for injection molded plastic, silicone keypads
• Aluminum extrusions (heatsinking, structural chassis components
• Backplane / card cage design + fabrication
• CNC milled + lathed components
• Enclosure + chassis design for EMI protection, ESD dissipation, industrial environment operation

Testing + Compliance
IDERS attempts to achieve first-pass compliance with every design. We work with outside test labs to perform FCC, IC, UL, CSA, CE testing as well as any additional telecommunications, combustion standards, HALT/HASS, AREMA
rail or military certifications required.

Electronic Manufacturing and Prototype Assembly Services
IDERS has established a unique in-house production process which can cost effectively manufacture prototype and production quantities of complex electronic assemblies. IDERS process includes automated SMT placement and optical inspection up to 10,000pph as well as X-Ray inspection. Having design and manufacturing under one roof allow IDERS to offer clients true turn-key service, rapid deliveries and excellent quality.

Project Examples:
• Optophotonics instrumentation
• Semiconductor test and measurement equipment
• Industrial control systems
• UAV (unmanned air vehicle) flight controls
• Financial transaction systems
• SBC (single board computing) platforms
• VME card design for military and cellular base station applications
• SCADA systems for gas distribution networks
• Monitoring and control systems for rail transport
• Vision-based unattended counterfeit detection systems
• Consumer products
• Stadium timekeeping + display systems
• Mobile electronic construction signage


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