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Technical Product Development Are you looking to develop a new product or add to your engineering expertise without hiring full time staff? We offer a complete, integrated design capability to take a circuit or system from definition to production. Over
30 years of experience in electronic product development incorporating
analog, digital, RF and microprocessors.
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Capabilities
We maintain our own office, design laboratory and prototype production facility |
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Accomplishments
When Emulex discontinued
a series of intelligent serial communication cards, G.W. Associates chartered
us to design a replacement card to run existing software without modification.
The cards had an onboard 80286 with a dual port memory with the host PC.
Documentation on the original cards was unavailable. The project was done
in 6 months with our new version passing all of the previous manufacturer's
diagnostic tests. Over 100 chips of logic were reduced to one CPLD (complex
programmable logic device) using VHDL for logic design.
We designed WWVB receiver/decoders
for machine readable (RS232) time traceable to NIST. This project involved
antenna/receiver design and real-time decoder software using the 8051 processor.
We are available to consult on this technology.
This project was to design
a functional tester for semiconductor equipment communications using IR
links. The tester was required to operate in clean room conditions using
a laptop PC as the operator interface. Our capabilities from PC layout
to in-house CNC machining of the enclosure made it possible to produce
prototypes for field testing in 90 days.
A mainstay of Ultralink's
production for over 20 years is our system of linking the PC (personal
computer) to the STD, VME and IEE796 bus systems. This link provided use
of the of the PC as a system controller or operator interface. Thousands
of these systems are in the field running systems from A to X including
analytical instrumentation, food packaging machinery, jet fighter ground
support systems, medical treatment systems, semiconductor test systems
and X-Ray microscopes .
We, Ultralink, designed and
manufactured several types of STD and ISA based I/O cards. An example is
our 16 channel digital to analog converter. This card uses sample and hold's
controlled by an on board microprocessor. When OJ ran, these cards slaved
the chase helicopter's TV cameras to on board gyros. The rest is history!
When Prolog, a leading
manufacturer of STD bus cards, needed a dynamic memory card capable of
supporting their 8008, 8088, Z80, 6502 and 6805 processor cards, they chose
Ultralink (their first outside design consultant) for this difficult project.
We did the job is 90 days.
When Du Pont wanted to build the most advanced Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer system ever built they chose us to do the architecture, design and production of the complete acquisition and electronic control system. In just over a year we had units in production. A key feature was our innovative
a data acquisition system capable of 10,000 measurements per second over
a 24 bit dynamic range -- our design was subsequently patented by DuPont.
When GCA wanted a
better photo lithographic system they hired us to come up with a new design.
We came up with a modular way to use their patented "air bearing" wafer
transfer technology. "WAFERTRAC" resulted in $100's of millions in sales.
When GCA wanted to update of the control system they hired us again. We
designed one that used IBM PC as the master - one of the first industrial
control applications for the PC.
A major theater lighting
equipment manufacturer wanted computer control of a 512 channel dimmer
system for a large stage play theater. They contracted with us to do the
systems architecture and hardware design of the computer to dimmer interface.
We delivered production prototypes in 120 days.
A security system company
wanted a state of the art school monitoring system. We designed a revolutionary
system which used audio as the primary sensor. This system was the
FIRST commercial application of the Intel 4004 microprocessor.
When XINTEL, a start up, wanted to develop a state of the art LSI tester we were hired to do the market research and come up with system requirements. Our understanding of chip design resulted in a new "pin based" LSI tester architecture capable of nanosecond timing with simultaneous functional and parametric measurements. This tester was the first to test the new "dynamic memory" chips developed by Intel. We are proud of our history of successful solutions to real world problems |
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Working With Us We
have developed a phased design approach integrating project management
and technical skills.
We will work as your design staff or as part of your product development team. We will work on an hourly basis or will quote a fixed price once a project is defined. Our rates are similar to what you would expect to pay for a senior in-house engineer. Our advantage is that we can operate independently, without the burden of meetings and corporate overhead. Your advantage is that you do not pay for non-productive time. We bill hourly rates monthly and fixed price items at end of each task. We will extend 30 day payment terms to qualified customers. All work is invoiced by Ultralink, Inc. We expect to be measured and will suggest acceptance criteria for each phase. We request that we interface with a single responsible individual, likewise a single individual will be responsible for work Ultralink performs. We make product development simple, efficient and cost effective We
will provide a free initial consultation within 200 miles of our office
(near Lake Tahoe, Nevada) or by telephone.
Contact Us Hours : 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Pacific time
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Copyright 2002. Dated May 19, 2004.
