Overview
System Integrators and application developers are increasingly turning to Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) products to help them meet their program needs. Limited budgets, challenging development times and growing pressure to introduce new technologies and capabilities make COTS a compelling solution for many programs.
Specialized requirements in many programs cannot be met by COTS alone and a custom solution is required. In such circumstances Nallatech is able to offer customers the best of both worlds – Modified COTS.
Nallatech Modified COTS solutions enable customers to benefit from over 15 years of technology expertise and engineering excellence in the delivery of FPGA processing systems. An extensive range of COTS products and Intellectual Property can be leveraged to deliver customized versions of COTS products that exactly meet program needs.
Modified COTS Benefits
Reduced Risk
- Leverage over 15 years technology experience and engineering excellence in the development of FPGA processing systems
- Exact technology fit – fewer design compromises
- World-class technical support to ensure customer success
Lower Costs
- Design service costs reduced by leveraging existing Nallatech IP
Faster to Market
- Start application development immediately using a COTS solution
- COTS products provide mature platform to develop modified COTS variants, reducing development program timescales
Capabilities
Design Process
- ISO9001:2000 certified design process
- Formal project scoping and planning capabilities
Systems and Packaging
- System architecture and design
- Cooling and environmental design
Hardware
- High speed PCB design including performance analog and digital I/O
- Board formats including PCI, PCI-Express, cPCI, VME, VXS, VPX, PMC, XMC, PCI-104 custom form-factors
- Interfaces including PCI, PCI-Express, VMEbus, Serial RapidIO, optical interfaces, Ethernet, FPDP, RS232, RS422, 1553, DVI, CameraLink, LVDS
- Rugged board design, mechanical design, 3D modelling
FPGA
- FPGA IP core design
- Interfaces including PCI-Express, PCI, Serial RapidIO, analog interfaces, memory interfaces
- Design integration and testing
Software
- Drivers and APIs, operating system porting
- Operating systems experience includes Linux, Windows and VxWorks
Project Experience
Nallatech has undertaken many Modified COTS projects for customers. A range of recent examples include:
- Design and manufacture of rugged conduction cooled PCI-104 based FPGA processing system including Gigabit Ethernet, analog I/O and third-party content
- Design and manufacture of data acquisition and FPGA processing system to support RADAR system mid-life upgrade
- Modification of existing Nallatech VME processor card to enhance features and reduce cost for volume deployment
- Design and manufacture of Nallatech XMC card with new analog front end
- Development of FPGA design framework as a foundation for customer application
- Design and manufacture of Cameralink I/O module for Nallatech PCI processor card
- Addition of new FPDP I/O capability to Nallatech XMC processing module
- Development of VxWorks board support package for Nallatech FPGA processing card
- Porting of software drivers to Windows XP for Nallatech XMC card
Next Steps
Contact Nallatech today, to discuss how your program needs can be met using our Modified COTS solutions.
Download the Nallatech Modified COTS Product Brief