CPU Tech offers cost-effective Board, Box and Kit product solutions for embedded compute and control systems to extend the life and increase the value of vital compute systems.

Unparalleled Benefits

Why is a CPU Tech solution better than the competitors'?

CPU Tech solutions are designed using world leading technology, such as IBM semiconductors, providing long term protection against supply and performance obsolescence. Our solutions are designed using the SystemLab PS™ tool suite. No other solution provides control of the system IP and real-time virtual models for long term management of the electronics and embedded software technology. CPU Tech solutions and services provide the design IP, initial manufacturing, tooling, and ATE resulting in fully rung-out build to print packages.

Product Goals Addressed

Our Board, Box and Kit solutions are ideal where compatible system improvement is desired and where cost-effective support development goals include:

• Reduce SWAP (size, weight and power) requirements
• Increase integration (reduce numbers of boxes, reduce numbers of boards, reduce numbers of components)
• Increase reliability and MTBF (reduce failure rate, add operate through failure capability)
• Maintain compatibility (with existing SW executable, test stations)
• Extend capability (increase features, capabilities, capacity and performance)
• Improve support capability (system test, SW development, system debug)
• Reduce obsolescence risk
• Reduce support cost

Candidate Systems

Ideal applications include those with multi-generational hardware-software systems architectures, such as infrastructure, embedded control, and embedded instrumentation.

Range of Services:

CPU Tech will perform integration / risks / cost analysis, including:

• Evaluate function, partitioning, power, obsolescence, cost reduction, integration, feature growth, performance growth, test, and logistics
• Analyze candidate boxes/boards/architecture to determine optimal system solution

• Complete range of mechanical services and solutions for boxes and kits and assemblies
• Mechanical design, analysis, modeling, test and assembly for prototype and production

• Design / redesign of power distribution, conditioning, regulation, monitoring, safety subsystems
• Standard blocks
• Switching and linear power regulators
• High power AC-DC converters / power supplies
• Power distribution systems
• Specialized power supply design where needed
  
  
  

• Electrical analysis, test, modeling
• Design / redesign of electric circuits, cabling, interconnect, backplanes
• Design and integration of magnetics / transformers
• Electrical and environmental testing and analysis
• External interfaces, connectors, signal conditioning
• Discrete Contact Input / Output
• Power output stages and PWM blocks
• Replacement of board-level components with digital / mixed signal solutions
• Development of multi-use boards to reduce inventory, improve cost
• Development and analysis of fault tolerance / operate-through-failure capability
• Communication and signaling standards (Military and Standard)
  • Ethernet
  • 1553
  • RS-423
  • LVDS
  • Other

• Architecture and Partitioning for effective mixed signal designs
• Conversion of analog circuits to DSP (correct analog / digital mix)
• Target integrated or discrete designs based on cost / volume and other suitability criteria
• Specification and management of integrated mixed signal designs
• Development of reusable building-block mixed signal chips to reduce cost
• Original designs for new, or very old systems where appropriate
• Redesign of existing systems to control obsolescence
• Signal processing front ends and back ends
• Standard analog blocks
  • ADC subsystems
  • DAC subsystems
  • Filters (Anti-Alias and others)
  • Gain Blocks
  • Other

• RTOS
• Applications
• Drivers
• Development Tools and Development Environment
• Compilers, Linkers, Assemblers, Debugger, RTNI (Real-Time Non-Intrusive Instrumentation)
• Test software and regression environments
  
  

• Validate system compliance to existing / legacy testers
• Development of new tester capability for box / board / kit / assembly

• Complete turnkey embedded systems
• Retrofit / upgrade Kits
• Replacement boards
• Prototype, Proof of Manufacturability and Production units
• SW development environments and system validation models
• Testers
• Electrical / environmental test and test reports
• Engineering support for acceptance test, ground test, flight test phases

Broad Range of Engagement Models:

CPU Tech can perform all phases of system development (Full Turn Key) or participate in joint development to support in-house efforts (Development Support).  We also offer a full range of Custom ASIC/SoC Devices.