Optical Inspection Device for Industrial Equipment
Our client wanted to develop a new, flagship model to help broaden their line of handheld optical inspection devices. This new device would complement and extend their product family by providing advanced capabilities and features including high definition (HD) video image capture and Wi-Fi connectivity. They turned to Re:Build AppliedLogix to provide the embedded engineering expertise they needed.
Embedded System Development for Imaging System
The client had identified several “show-stopper” issues (including various image artifacts and other reliability concerns) with their “production intent” design. At that time-critical juncture, they asked Re:Build AppliedLogix to jump in and critically assess the system design end-to-end, generate a findings and recommendations summary, and then proceed to modify and enhance the design as needed to make it truly production-ready. When developing a product, it’s super important that everyone works closely together, as a unified team, regardless of whether that team is spread across multiple companies or all in-house. In this case, it was even more important because we were dealing with the regulated world of medical devices, where the development processes are often more rigorous. From the start, the Re:Build AppliedLogix team integrated its efforts within and under the client’s ISO quality process. Thereby avoiding any new speedbumps within their FDA 510(K) approval process.
AC/DC Power Supply Embedded Design
Renewable energy & sustainability are creating exciting new product development opportunities. A start-up company in the electric mobility space tapped Re:Build AppliedLogix to help them develop a high-efficiency, compact, AC/DC power supply for their product. One of the most challenging aspects of this design was the combination of achieving high-efficiency power conversion (i.e. high power-density) while meeting the stringent form factor requirements. The safety/regulatory requirements (designing for CE & UL), i.e., Isolation, creepage, and clearance, also proved to be quite challenging to achieve.
Multi-Processor Vital Controller for Wayside Rail Application
The client’s existing Vital Controller design had become quite dated. Manufacturing was becoming less predictable (and with high overhead) due to a steady stream of parts availability issues driven by parts obsolescence. Our team developed an embedded solution with low-level board support software.
Embedded Monitoring for Grid-Scale Energy Storage
The customer was developing a new grid-scale flow battery and was looking for a low cost, custom, stack health monitor. The available commercial products contained features and functions that were not required as well as other aspects that would have added unnecessary cost into the product.
Embedded System Development – Power Grid Condition Monitoring
The client was experiencing backplane-based serial communication problems within their early/initial production units. The Design Services provider that had completed the subsystem hardware design had become progressively less responsive. They were unable to provide the necessary level of engineering support to diagnose the root cause issues.
Embedded Image Capture System – Host Adapter Conversion
Our client had started a design upgrade of their video image capture subsystem. They were on a path to eliminate their custom PCIe host adapter card installed inside the main control computer and replace it with a USB 3.0 based control interface when the effort was put on hold. Several months later, AppliedLogix was brought on board to restart and complete the upgrade.
Achieving EMI Agency Compliance for a Medical Device
The Fortune 500 client approached Re:Build AppliedLogix with an urgent request to critically assess their production intent imaging subsystem design that was failing EMI compliance testing for radiated emissions levels. The failing subsystem was a vital element within a new product platform they were developing and readying for launch.
Their internal engineering staff along with the subcontractor’s engineering team (who designed the imaging subsystem) had worked for many months but were struggling to identify and remedy the design shortfalls causing the EMI emissions. The subcontractor had attempted several PCBA design spin iterations, all without success. The client team and subcontractor were both under intense pressure from senior management to solve the problems ASAP and get the product platform certified and released into full production.
Mechanical Design of a Cabinet
AppliedLogix was tasked with developing a customer-scalable Biomass Dryer Cabinet that could be readily (re)configured to meet each customer’s unique requirements. The core concept was based on developing vertically stackable assemblies that would be supplied to the end customer via a complete set of drawings and instructions. Further, the stackable units needed to be constructed from readily available building materials.
Spaceborne Electronic Enclosure Mechanical Design
Re:Build AppliedLogix was tasked with developing an electronics enclosure that would withstand the thermal and mechanical stresses, including the vibrational loading during launch, that results from being placed in a zero-G earth orbit aboard a space launch vehicle. The enclosure design needed to support multiple interconnected printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies, while meeting stringent electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards, and providing robust connector mounting for customer harnessing between modules and test apparatus.
