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      High-Speed Camera Interfaces with Fraunhofer HHI TCP/IP

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      Excelitas PCO GmbH has licensed MLE NPAP, the TCP/UDP/IP Full Accelerator originally invented by Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI).

      Martin Schwarzbauer, Product Development Manager Camera Systems at PCO, says: “We rely on the TCP protocol because we need reliable data without a backup layer for lost data at the application level. TCP takes place at the center protocol layer of the OSI model and is implemented as an IP core in FPGA logic. This results in significantly shorter latency, avoiding costly external DRAM buffers. Plus, due to the flow-control mechanism of TCP, the transmission bandwidth can be much higher between the between the camera and subsequent processing in a PC.”

      Alexander Grünig, CTO of PCO, adds: “The IP core from Missing Link Electronics fits perfectly our streaming concept, because it operates in programmable logic without the need for a CPU core. During our benchmarking and evaluation phase we clearly saw the advantages of this technology.”

      PCO, an Excelitas Technologies® Corp. brand, is a leading specialist and Pioneer in Cameras and Optoelectronics with more than 30 years of expert knowledge and experience of developing and manufacturing high-end imaging systems. The company’s cutting edge sCMOS and high-speed cameras are used in scientific and industrial research, automotive testing, quality control, metrology and a large variety of other applications all over the world.

      The PCO® advanced imaging concept was conceived in the early 1980s by imaging pioneer, Dr. Emil Ott, who was conducting research at the Technical University of Munich for the Chair of Technical Electrophysics. His work there led to the establishment of PCO AG in 1987 with the introduction of the first image-intensified camera followed by the development of its proprietary Advanced Core technologies which greatly surpassed the imaging performance standards of the day.

      Today, PCO continues to innovate, offering a wide range of high-performance camera technologies covering scientific, high-speed, intensified and FLIM imaging applications across the scientific research, industrial and automotive sectors.

      Acquired by Excelitas Technologies in 2021, PCO represents a world renowned brand of high-performance scientific CMOS, sCMOS, CCD and high-speed cameras that complement Excelitas’ expansive range of illumination, optical and sensor technologies and extend the bounds of our end-to-end photonic solutions capabilities.

      Valens Semiconductor Ltd.: Design Services for FPGA and ASIC

      Valens is the inventor and the world leader in HDBaseT technology and a top provider of semiconductor products for the distribution of ultra-high-definition multimedia content, through a single cable, according to the needs of its target markets: AV, automotive, industrial, and consumer electronics.

      Valens is always looking for the best in the class partners for innovative ideas development. At 2017 I had a pleasure to work with MLE on one of such ideas. MLE’s team showed responsiveness, professionalism, quality of work and competence during the work with Valens and helped to realize the goals. I found at MLE a talented and highly professional partner that contributed a lot to our success. Highly recommended !!!

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      Jitter reduction in a streaming video processing FPGA

      TQ-Systems wireless HD-video interface enables you to transmit uncompressed full HD-Video data up to 1080p60 using license free 5 GHz band and without line of sight.

      TQ-Systems’ technology creates a radio standard that achieves the outstanding video quality of the HDMIT and 3G-SDI used on cable – without video delay (lip syncing) and with low energy consumption. [http://www.modul-number-one.de/modul-no-1.html]

      “MLE supported us in getting the maximum out of the selected FPGA device, including timing-closure at HD-SDI speeds. Their anti-jitter solution could be added to the target design, which allows us to reduce the BoM while delivering signal quality according to SMPTE standards.” says Harald Kaderabek, Head of R&D at TQ-Systems Durach.

      TQ-Systems Durach GmbH, formerly known as SRI Radio Systems GmbH, is part of the TQ-Group, a group of companies which provides extensive system services right from the idea to the finished product.

      Platforms for System-Level Test

      System-Level Test requires compute architectures that combine high IO flexibility with fast processing for short time-to-test.

      Missing Link Electronics has been providing Advantest with Configurable System components based on Open Source Linux software and FPGA technology for hardware acceleration.

      Advantest Corporation, the world’s largest provider of automatic test equipment (ATE) to the semiconductor industry, has for over five decades led the way in developing new and innovative test and handling solutions for the global electronics industry.

      IO-Link integration for a commercial sensor product

      IO-Link is the new IEC 61131-9 communication standard for connecting automation systems with smart sensors and actuators. It enables device configuration over the product life cycle and adds powerful failure detection and diagnostic methods.

      Missing Link Electronics has developed an IO-Link device stack, optimized for portability to a variety of microcontroller architectures. This IO-Link device stack has been extensively tested for IO-Link standard compliance v1.1 with protocol, physical interface and EMC test routines.

      “Missing Link Electronics is our technology partner for IO-Link. Relying on their expert know-how in both the IO-Link software stack and microcontroller integration matters, we ended up with a new smart sensor that went into production in March 2013”, says Thomas Schorpp, project manager at ifm electronic GmbH.

      Since the foundation of the company in 1969 ifm has shaped industrial automation by continuous new developments in the field of sensors, controllers and systems. ifm is meanwhile one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the automation industry.

      In-Flight Entertainment with Dornier Consulting

      Dornier Consulting has started first common activities with the Silicon Valley based emerging technology company Missing Link Electronics in the areas of automotive and avionic. In a survey on in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems new technology trends and implications like such of Mobile Internet Devices (MID) and related architectures were analyzed. One result: today’s open source economies enable generally reduced development and licensing costs along with increased functionalities and quality compared to proprietary alternatives. Future IFE will stand out by decentralized architecture applying so-called “components of the shelf” and open source technologies. Opportunities will add up regarding weight reduction up to 60% as well as reduction in energy consumption up to 70% compared to current systems.

      MID provide the opportunity of the reduction in weight, energy and cost for in-flight entertainment systems. These MID integrate Open Source software like GNU/ Linux or Android with modern processing devices such as OMAP from Texas Instruments or the Zynq Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) from Xilinx. MID integration makes it possible to provide data, information and movies on-demand through the use of cloud computing and peer-to-peer networks.

      Missing Link Electronics’ patent pending Industrial Android technology allows to interface a consumer Android system with safety-critical real-time automotive, aerospace or industrial systems. For more information of Missing Link Electronics’ solutions please follow this link.

      “The technology start-up Missing Link Electronics has become a Dornier Consulting partner because of their in-depth insight into this fast moving field of electronics technology. Having a strong representation in the Silicon Valley, Missing Link Electronics is always close to the latest technology trends and developments like Android, multi-core processing and reconfigurable systems. Through the company location in Ulm/ Neu-Ulm this up-to-date information is available on site as well”

      says Frank Döttling, Dipl. oec., MBA, Managing Director DornierConsulting Engineering & Services GmbH Sindelfingen, General Manager Automotive and Aerospace. Frank Döttling is an expert in innovation management and member of the advisory board of the German Aerospace Academy.

      Having started 2010 the partnership between Dornier Consulting and Missing Link Electronics was established to intensify the further development of in-flight-entertainment systems as well as automotive testing.

      Dornier Consulting is an innovative consulting and engineering partner for driving sustainable metropolitan and mobility solutions. Dornier Consulting’s portfolio covers telematics, systems integration, infrastructure, energy and water supply as well as traffic management. In doing so, the company serves its clients from business concepts to implementation. The in-depth technological expertise combined with broad business know-how leads to long-term sustainable results.