Projects of the abaxor engineering GmbH

Ultrasonic data acquisition unit

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  • Miniatiurized hardware (45 mm ⨯ 65 mm)

  • Efinix Trion FPGA

  • DDR3 SDRAM 128Mx8

  • ADC 12 bit, 125 MS/s

10 Gb/s Ethernet stack

  • Available protocols
    • ARP
    • ICMP
    • IPv4
    • UDP Transmit
    • TCP Server
  • Physical Layer via MGT and SFP+ cage
    • Direct Attach Cable
    • LWL
  • Implementation using HLS on Xilinx Artix Ultrascale+ FPGA

4K Image Processing

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  • Available functions
    • Darkcurrent Correction
    • ROI
    • Frame Buffer
    • Flatfield
    • Bad Pixel Correction
    • Debayering
    • Color Mapping
    • Gamma Correction
    • Rectification
  • Characteristics
    • Sensor Sony IMX542
    • Packet-orientated processing
    • Processing of 8 pixels (24 subpixels) per step
  • Implementation using HLS on Xilinx Artix Ultrascale+ FPGA
  • Integration with VHDL
  • Supplied with VHDL

Replacement for a LC display controller using FPGA

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  • Two-part design
    • QFP80-compatible soldering insert with connector to the logic board
    • Logic board with voltage regulators, level shifter, FPGA and SPI flash
  • Control of a 320x240 b/w LCD
  • Emulation of the µC interface
  • Efinix Trion FPGA

FPGA design, Linux kernel modules and software for a capacitive sensor

  • Analysis of 12 channels
  • Downsampling of the measured values to increase the resolution
  • Calculation of the mass in the logic
  • Live-stream of the measured values via REST-API for commissioning
  • Parameterisation and output of measurement results via UDP
  • Xilinx Zynq
  • Regression tests for verifying functionality after software changes
  • Development of software for quality assurance in production

Photomultiplier analyser

pcu_main
  • Control and analysis of photomultipliers
  • Both standard and Si photomultipliers can be connected
  • Digitally adjustable amplifier, bandwidth 1 GHz
  • Jitter < 500 ps
  • Digital resolution < 200 ps
  • Xilinx Zynq FPGA
  • Ethernet
  • eMMC, SD-Karte, QSPI
  • Debian

High-precision synchronisation unit

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  • Detection of the trigger with an accuracy of < 200 ps
  • Generation of > 20 output signals with independently adjustable delay and a jitter < 500 ps
  • Accuracy of the delay of the output signals < 100 ps
  • Xilinx Zynq FPGA
  • PCIe, Ethernet
  • SD-Karte
  • Debian

Control device for medical equipment with Altera SoC and Cyclone V FPGA

Cyclone_V_FPGA
  • concurrent inspection of FPGA and SoC
  • ECC DDR3-SDRAM 333 MHz- 2x GBit Ethernet and LVDS for external components
  • Linux operating system and custom FPGA design
  • AXI master over FPGA2SDRAM bridge for SDRAM access
  • AXI-LW slaves via LWHPS2FPGA bridge

Spartan 6 module for signal processing

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  • image processing and transfer via Ethernet

  • Xilinx Spartan6 LX75 FPGA

  • 2x 128MiB DDR3-SDRAM 800MHz

  • 1x 100MBit/s Ethernet

  • FPGA design for image processing

  • UDP/IP stack in VHDL

  • custom AXI4 masters

Control for a testing device

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  • HW/SW codesign
  • ARM Cortex M3 (LPC1754)
  • integrated display
  • drive control
  • One-Wire temperature sensors

Fibreoptic measuring and processing module (Fiber-Bragg-grating)

Fiber-Bragg-Gitter
  • measurement system for industrial environment
  • analog signal conditioning
  • data processing with Altera Cyclone V SoC
  • transformer-based power supply
  • data transfer over WiFi
  • custom FPGA design, Linux and NIOS
  • custom AXI slaves and AXI LW slaves
  • CCD and SLD control

Trigger control electronics for light barrier evaluation

Triggerelektronik
  • Atmel ATTiny microcontroller
  • USB interface

FPGA design for electronic excess-current protection

Ueberstromsicherung
  • ProASIC3 von Mikrosemi
  • PCM Demodulator
  • FIR Filter
  • Communication per SPI

Signal processing module for external sensor

Signalverarbeitungseinheit
  • using Altera cyclone V FPGA
  • LVDS-based communication
  • connectors to stack onto interface PCB

Industrial control interface component

Interface-Komponente
  • interface board
  • Atmel AVR microcontroller
  • fixture data storage
  • operating hours counter
  • access via RS485

Machine control device

Maschinen-Steuerung
  • piezo-electric sensor inputs
  • analog signal conditioning
  • frequency converter controller
  • user interface
  • Xilinx Spartan6 FPGA with MicroBlaze softcore processor

Interface adaptor for camera

Interface-Adapter
  • excess voltage and inverse-polarity protection for the camera
  • far range input
  • RS232 interface

Additional peripherals for Infineon C167 processor

Infineon-C167
  • redesign of hardware components
  • advanced design of embedded software for C167

FPGA design for measurement and calculation of residual currents

  • Microsemi/Actel ProASIC5 (5x)
  • PCM demodulation (sinc-filter)
  • FIR Filter

Image data capturing system

Bilddaten-Erfassungssystem
  • hard- and software design
  • Altera Cyclone 4 FPGA
  • ARM Cortex M3
  • Gigabit-Ethernet

Ultrasound measuring system to detect mechanical tension in connecting components

Ultraschall-Messsystem
  • stimuli with arbitrary signals up to 50 MHz
  • high-sensitivity echo amplification (46dB)
  • 250 MHz DA and AD conversion
  • Xilinx Virtex 5 FPGA
  • MicroBlaze softcore processor
  • DDR-SDRAM
  • Ethernet interface

PCIe plug-in board for industrial purposes

PCIe-Einsteckkarte
  • Xilinx Virtex 5 FPGA
  • multilayer PCB
  • Power PC architecture
  • DDR2-SDRAM
  • Ethernet interface
  • running on embedded Linux

CAN interface extension for an industrial control

CAN-Interface
  • Lattice ECP2M
  • PCIe interface
  • CAN interface

Data capturing plug-in board

Datenerfassungskarte
  • Microsemi/Actel ProASIC3
  • processing of rotary encoder signal
  • processing of analog 0-10V input

Laser controller for the generation of a position- and speed-dependent PWM

Laser-Controller
  • MicroSemi/Actel ProASIC3
  • processing of rotary encoder signal
  • processing of digital inputs

FPGA design for an industrial control

industrielle-Steuerung
  • MicroSemi/Actel ProASIC3
  • processing of rotary encoder signal
  • processing of digital inputs

FPGA design for an image capturing device

Bilderfassungsgeraet
  • Lattice XP2
  • capturing of images up to 3MPixels
  • resolution reduction
  • buffering of data
  • data transfer to host processor

Image source combinator for a TFT display

TFT-Display
  • Xilinx Spartan 3A
  • image capturing of 2 individual sources
  • buffering
  • combination into one image
  • output stream to TFT display

Detection of leakage with ultrasound

Leckage-Erkennung
  • leak detection at pressure < 100mbar
  • ultrasound measurement with piezo-eletric transducers, 16-channel
  • analog signal conditioning
  • PLC interface

Processing unit for a photon detector and counter

Photonenzaehler_1
  • jitter-free compression and transfer of APD-signals
  • monitoring of photon count for safety shutdown
  • individual enabling for each single APD