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Orchid Technologies Engineering and Consulting, Inc. specializes in electronic product design. With hundreds of successful project completions, chances are we've done it before! If you don't see what you are looking for here, contact us about your project and we'll get back to you right away.
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Design Note #1 Massively Parallel DSP Computing
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Design Note #2 Telecommunications Trouble-Shooting
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Design Note #3 Custom x86 Hardware & Embedded BIOS™
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Design Note #4 Broadcast Video on the World Wide Web
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Design Note #7 Fiber Optics/Telecommunications
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Design Note #10 SCSI and Ultra-ATA Disk Drive Storage
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Design Note #13 Telecommunications and Embedded Pentium III
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Design Note #14 Compact Low Power PBX Processor
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Design Note #15 Emergency 24/7 Telecommunications
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Design Note #18 Teraflop (10E15) Supercomputing
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Design Note #20 Multimedia Audio and Video Console
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Design Note #21 TUV Safety Approved Industrial Controller
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Design Note #23 Aviation Electronics has Pentium & Power-PC Punch
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Design Note #25 Electronic Product Development
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Design Note #30 Audio Noise Reduction Controller
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Design Note #31 Advanced Medical Image Processing
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Design Note #34 Programmable Industrial Controller
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Design Note #35 Precision Instrumentation Subsystem
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Design Note #37 Advanced Micro Devices Opteron 64-Bit CPU
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Design Note #38 Medical Electronics for Cardiac Care
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Design Note #41 Internet Enabled Industrial Controller
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Design Note #43 Microwave Radio Communications
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Design Note #45 Miniature Color CMOS Video Imager
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Design Note #46 Paper Handling Sensor Application
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Design Note #47 Laboratory Instrumentation Controller
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Design Note #48 Cryogenic Vacuum Pump Controller
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Design Note #50 Medical Electronic Product Design
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Design Note #52 SOHO Telecommunications with Xscale ARM Processor Running Linux
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Design Note #55 High Reliability, Ruggedized Avionics Power Supply
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Design Note #56 High Reliability, Dual Output Avionics Power Supply
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Design Note #57 Cockpit Audio/Video Communications
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Design Note #58 Obsolete Product Redesign - LCR Bridge
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Design Note #60 Intel Core2 Extreme Processor QX9300 Board
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Design Note #61 Intel Atom Z540 Processor Board
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Design Note #63 Custom Embedded Industrial Controller
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Design Note #64 ARM-Based Embedded Industrial Controller
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Design Note #66 Intel Core i7 Processor Extreme Customization
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Design Note #67 GSM Cellular Radio Communications
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Design Note #68 Embedded Controllers in IA32 Design
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Design Note #71 Precision Robotic Arm Motion Control
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Design Note #73 General Purpose Industrial Controller
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Design Note #75 Intel Atom E640 Processor Board
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Design Note #76 Custom Electronic Test Fixtures
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Design Note #77 Custom Wireless 802.15.4 Transceivers
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Design Note #78 Lithium-ion and Lithium-polymer Batteries
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Design Note #80 Rapid Electronic Product Development
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Orchid Technologies Engineering & Consulting Inc., 147 Main Street • Maynard, MA 01754 |
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Sixty four Digital Signal Processors operating at high speed on one board pack an enormous punch. These sixty four SHARC processors enable applications such as interactive solids modeling, interactive fluids modeling, and real time MPEG2 video DVD authoring. They also require carefully considered design and debugging techniques to operate properly. 
With 950 non-working PCI-Based Telecom Boards in WIP, and a gremlin which the client had been trying to solve for weeks, Orchid Technologies was contacted to identify and correct a voice-stream lockup problem in the client's circuit board design. This mixed 5.0 and 3.3 volt system exhibited strange and virtually untraceable erroneous behavior on its TDM busses. Octets were slipping for no apparent reason. 
Orchid excels at providing deeply embedded customized x86 personal computer product designs. Orchid offers rapid hardware development using processor technology from Intel, AMD, Cyrix, National Semiconductor and ST-Microelectronics. Orchid embedded designs are customized to suit your feature set, packaging, power and unit cost requirements. 
Zulu Broadcasting's trade show was five weeks away when they hired Orchid Technologies Engineering and Consulting Inc. to perform the electronic design and packaging of their revolutionary new web-casting appliance. Orchid mobilized its top engineers to solve a myriad of packaging, power, display, component density and product architectural issues. 
Eastman Kodak Corporation, an Orchid client, wished to inject new life into its line of professional image capture products. Building upon Orchid's years of embedded x86 / Pentium / Pentium II, multimedia, imaging, and networking expertise, Kodak leveraged a custom Orchid design and kept a crucial market segment, the professional photographer, taking pictures and generating profits. 
Many factors affect the life of today's electronic products. These factors include piece part availability, the expense of through hole technology, feature creep, pressure for last time buy, and product size. Orchid addresses all these factors bringing engineering talent to your redesign requirement. Orchid will study your existing product and provide you with a well considered re-engineered solution. 
High cost, limited functionality, and aging components were severely limiting Wilcom's ability to maintain its leadership position as a supplier of low-cost instrumentation for the Fiber Optics telecommunications market. Working closely with Wilcom Engineering and marketing, Orchid developed a family of products based upon a single low cost microcontroller design. 
Orchid performed the electronics design and packaging engineering required to retrofit a family of low cost, highly reliable solid state sensors onto our customer's existing venturi-vacuum pump product line. Working within our client's demanding maximum size constraints, Orchid developed a line of miniature analog pressure sensor products with big features. 
Eastman Kodak's fifteen year old component-video recorder had been unavailable for five years. All spare parts were exhausted. Eastman Kodak, had two more years of service contracts to honor. A replacement unit had to be found! Orchid's task: Make four prototype units, in six weeks, supply volume production in twelve. 
Massive data storage systems make use of distributed computing and storage resources to improve overall system data throughput. Working with technology from Motorola, Xilinx, Seagate, and IBM, Orchid Technologies crafted a high-performance distributed data engine. 
Bristol Babcock, a multi-million dollar industrial controller supplier, engaged Orchid Technologies to architect and design the main processor board in their new Programmable Logic Controller product line. Working with technology from AMD, and General Software, Orchid Technologies Engineering and Consulting, Inc. rapidly crafted a powerful, compact controller. 
The design of Elevator Control Systems presents a unique mix of sophisticated computer control needs blended with industrial strength power switching requirements. Primary control signaling and contactor switching are performed using isolated 120VAC and 240VAC circuits. An elevator control installation is typically a noise-ridden environment. 
Comverse, a worldwide telecommunications leader, engaged Orchid Technologies to perform the electronics and firmware design of its flagship, high-end, telecommunications processor, the Series IV. 
Dialogic Corporation, an Intel Corporation Subsidiary and worldwide telecommunications industry leader, engaged Orchid Technologies to perform the electronics and firmware design of their new Private Branch Exchange telecommunications motherboard, code named, 'Orange Grove'. 
Natural Microsystems, a world-wide telecommunications industry leader, engaged Orchid Technologies to perform the hardware design of their 911-enabled multi-port telecommunications hardware engine. 
Today's jet engines are a marvel of fuel efficiency. Keeping those engines operating at their peak performance requires constant maintenance. Turbofan roundness plays a critical role in jet engine performance. 
A leading manufacturer of cardiology equipment approached Orchid to provide the electronic hardware, software and mechanical product design for a new line of hand-held twelve lead ECG machines. The design goals: provide diagnostic quality ECG graphics display, in a light weight, portable, battery powered, user friendly package. Provide compatibility with existing Hewlett Packard ECG carts. 
Compaq Computer Corporation, a world wide provider of supercomputer hardware systems, engaged Orchid Technologies to perform the electronic hardware and test firmware design of its new Wildfire Teraflop Computer's IO System. 
Voice over Internet Protocol is a rapidly emerging telecommunications technology with great promise. Orchid Technologies performed the electronics design of this early VoIP hardware solution for an emerging provider of telecommunications equipment. Hired to 'get it working yesterday', Orchid delivered prototype units in ten weeks from project start. 
Orchid Technologies selected the AMD 80186ER as the ideal microprocessor for this demanding, low-cost audio and video application. The AMD Microprocessor brings all the industry standard power of an x86 computer in a low-cost efficient single chip device. With on-board SRAM, the 80186ER provides an ideal small-model microprocessor solution. 
In cooperation with Compaq Computer Corporation, an industry leader of consumer and specialized computing solutions, Orchid Technologies performed the hardware and firmware design of a ruggedized, TUV safety approved industrial communications controller for use in Dow Chemical Company's world-wide chemical processing plants. 
The multi-billion dollar set-top-box market requires an agile hardware platform that can answer site-specific installation needs while providing unmatched reliability, and entertainment value. Orchid Technologies designed a feature-packed set top box, raising the bar for features and performance. 
Avidyne Technologies, a world-class leader in Aviation Electronics hired Orchid Technologies to design its newest DO-160 approved avionics processors. Working closely with high-performance microprocessor technology from Intel and Motorola, Orchid crafted a feature-rich, two-board, redundant avionics architecture. 
At Orchid Technologies we specialize in custom electronic product design. Years of successful electronic product development for a diverse group of nationwide OEM clients has made the engineers at Orchid an expert team. Expert at making performance-driven, cost-effective, manufacturable technology choices. Our experience and expertise are available to assist you. 
Orchid Technologies' second generation heart pump monitor is designed for critical care of artificial heart pump recipients. Real-time data capture, analysis, and display of multi-channel ECG patient data is required to provide doctors with critical patient status. 
High-power industrial motion control is a demanding art requiring a mix of power electronics techniques coupled with modern digital signal processing. Orchid's two board industrial motion control set provides multiple high power pulse width modulation drivers (PWM), precision analog servo circuitry, and digital signal processing. 
Building Access and Security is critical to our nation's needs. Orchid's building access technology integrates precision automatic door motion control electronics with sophisticated communications technology to enable low-cost networked building access control from a central security control center. 
Electronic Product Design at high volume Consumer Electronics levels is a challenge in its own right. Every penny counts when end-product volumes reach 250,000 pieces per year. Electronic product design is the art and science of blending low cost component selection with end-product performance. 
Orchid Technologies' newest TMS320DM642 design offers unprecedented video number-crunching abilities. Intended for Scientific and Medical Imaging use, the design features 2500 volt input image isolation, a unique camera input interface, pixel and frame-oriented processing, PCI, and Firewire video outputs, as well as standard S-Video, NTSC and digital video outputs. This board is the Swiss-Army-Knife of video processing technologies. 
Obsolescence threatened the future of American Science and Engineering's older generation X-Ray Imaging Security System. The now obsolete dual VGA imager used to simultaneously view transmission and backscatter X-ray images was no longer available at any price. Orchid Technologies evaluated the old design and provide an architecture and design implementation for a new, lowcost dual X-ray imaging board. 
Orchid Technologies' latest circuit board design features dual Altera Cyclone devices. Dual Cyclone devices perform high speed video image management, video enhancement and video capture services. Orchid's selection of dual Cyclone devices was driven by both Cyclone's lowest cost-highest FPGA performance advantage and Orchid's many years of Altera design experience. 
Switching high power electrical signals requires in-depth knowledge of isolation, cross talk, and safety techniques. High power electrical signals can generate large voltage or current pulse, when switched. Isolation between high power signals and low power controls is often mandated by regulatory agencies. 
Varian Corporation hired Orchid Technologies to perform the cost reduction redesign of their precision Ion Implantation control system. With as many as thirty subsystems contained within a single Ion Implanter, the potential savings were tremendous. 
When Advanced Micro Devices approached Orchid Technologies to perform the design of its Triple Opteron 64-Bit Video Server we realized that this would be one of the most powerful video processing computers ever designed. Each 64-Bit AMD Opteron Processor connects to its neighbor through two dedicated, extremely high- speed HyperTransport links. 
Excited by a laser light source, this sensitive, tuned amplifier system can detect the smallest variation in florescent light levels inside the human body. Invasive data collection inside the human body is a demanding art. Detecting the florescence of foreign materials inside the human body is subject to a variety of competing technical challenges. The need for a reliable, highly repeatable, and accurate result is paramount. 
This microprocessor based steering angle sensor provides real-time steering angle data over the CAN-Bus. Automotive electronics present demanding requirements to the electronic product designer. High volume, low cost and highly rugged, feature packed designs are necessary to win. This automotive steering angle sensor can sense high-resolution angle displacement of 1400 degrees of rotation and beyond. 
This low cost, miniature, brushless DC motor controller packs enormous power into a tiny electronics package. Designed to drive 48-Volt brushless DC motors up to 1400 watts, this miniature controller may be the smallest in its class. Small physical sizes make it possible to develop high torque and operating speeds when overall product size and weight are application limited. 
Four weeks to ship first product, and our client's original in-house controller design was non-functional. Hundreds of on-campus laundry facilities nation wide were waiting. Internet-enabled laundry control and monitoring services to thousands of college students might have to wait yet another semester. Orchid was called in to design, build, and test a new controller-in record time! 
The detection of pico watt fluoroscopic light using low cost pin photo diodes makes it possible to scale up discrete channel count. Orchid designed a scalable, extremely low noise, high sensitivity, 24 bit transconductance amplifier. Advanced features such as pico amp sensitivity, auto-zero functionality, temperature compensation and microprocessor control make this eight channel transconductance amplifier truly unique. 
Microwave baseband modulation by digital means permits precise control of harmonic energy content in the transmitted signal. Orchid Technologies was selected to perform the design of a dual channel giga-sample converter for use in satellite communications networks. 
Today's high speed Pentium and Opteron Processors require large amounts of adjustable core, memory, and termination power. Power supply modules do not always fit in small places. Embedding the VRM Power supply onto the motherboard can save circuit board area. Embedding the VRM Power supply onto the motherboard can save cost and reduce time to market. 
Our micro-miniature CMOS imager operates perfectly in tiny, noisy, remote locations. A remote CMOS imager presents power, noise rejection, control signal, and circuit board size design challenges. Add to that high speed shutter capabilities, automatic gain control, and automatic color correction, and we have an entire micro-miniature camera subsystem. 
The processing of paper at high speed requires precision and repeatability. Today's modern paper processing equipment processes paper at the rate of many hundred linear feet per second. Accurate and repeatable positioning of the paper handling equipment is vital to product quality. Orchid developed a multi-position sensing system which measures equipment operation in real time. 
The coordination and integration of multiple, unrelated electronics is a daunting task. Multiple electrical interfaces together with connectivity, isolation, noise immunity, and precision operation made this instrumentation controller special. Working closely to understand the end application, we made certain that every facet of the design was covered. 
Cryogenic pump control requires input from a number of unusual cryogenic temperature and pressure sensors. Silicon diode temperature sensors are accurate at temperatures below 10 degrees Kelvin. Thermocouple pressure sensors provide accurate gas pressure measurements down to 1 micron. Combined sensing systems permit the control of cryogenic instrumentation with a high degree of accuracy. 
An ARM9 class processor and Window CE makes this marine engine controller ready for action. Real-time sensor processing integrates inputs from diverse sources such as paddle wheels, GPS Receivers, steering sensors, ballast sensors and CAN Bus high-speed engine sensors. A high-visibility color graphics LCD display provides operator visibility in both daylight and low-light conditions. 
Medical electronic product design can take many forms. The medical electronic product shown below assists patients in the seemingly simple act of coughing. Simply coughing can be most difficult for people with certain illnesses. Orchid begins by embracing both the unique technical and human-factor design challenges. 
Cable television repeaters take a beating. Vibration, extremes of heat and cold, line voltage variation and lightning exact a heavy toll. Cost effective field deployment demands flawless electronics performance—year after year. Orchid Technologies' ultra-reliable, high-efficiency cable television repeater power supply provides the foundation for high-reliability operation. 
Based on the Intel IXP425 Xscale Processor, Orchid's SOHO Telecommunications Hardware offers choices. Daughter boards permit expansion from four to eight to sixteen POTS FXS or FXO Ports. Four Ethernet 100BaseT LAN ports, Two Ethernet 1000BaseT WAN ports, a single ADSL port and a single WiFi (802.11) daughter board make this hardware cost competitive and flexible. 
AdvancedTCA Carrier Blade electronics design demands the most from any engineering team. A Freescale Power-PC MPC8548 supported by 400MHz DDR2 RAM makes this 32-bit, 1.3 GHz processor a performance champion. 48 Lanes of PCI Express peripheral support add fat-pipe I/O support. 
Orchid Technologies selected the Texas Instruments TMS320C6713 floating point DSP Processor for this four-channel LORAN receiver design. Built for flexibility and power, the 500MHz TMS320C6713 provides high performance floating point processing performance to make this receiver highly configurable. Working with Code Composer Studio, Orchid fashioned drivers, data acquisition modules and a number of low-level utilities. 
Orchid Technologies was selected to develop a High Reliability, Ruggedized Power Supply for use in demanding avionics applications. Optimization of Power Supply size and weight were critical to the design's success. Working closely with our component vendors, Orchid crafted a proven 150,000 Hour MTBF solution. 
Orchid Technologies was selected to develop a High Reliability, Ruggedized Dual Output Power Supply for use in demanding avionics applications. Optimization of Power Supply size and weight were critical to the design's success. Working closely with our component vendors, Orchid crafted a proven 150,000 Hour MTBF solution. 
Orchid Technologies was selected to develop a multi-channel data logging cockpit communications system. Supporting up to four microphones, two NTSC video channels, a variety of general purpose I/O with daylight visible LED enunciators was essential. Ruggedized circuit board design techniques were employed to make this compact piece of avionics gear flight-ready. 
Orchid Technologies was selected to update the electronics design of the Precision LCR Instrument shown below. Accurate to 0.05%, the original 1988 instrument design was well executed. However, vintage 1980's state of the art electronic components were going 'end-of-life' at an alarming rate. Orchid studied the design and operation of the existing equipment. 
Small to moderate sized solar energy arrays must make use of efficient,safe energy storage systems. Applications with high current,low duty cycle demand can tax standard battery storage systems. Orchid Technologies was selected to perform the custom design of a high current,low duty cycle energy delivery and lithium ion battery management system. 
Modern Intel Extreme processor board design spans a wide range of performance and power. From Atom to extreme Multicore Processors, Orchid Technologies can design a custom Intel Architecture solution to meet your specific requirements. Orchid's Core2 Extreme QX9300 Processor board is feature packed and designed for ruggedized operation in a small air-cooled package. 
Low power Intel Atom Z540 Processors are breaking new ground. Power conscious, embedded computing designs can now benefit from the enormous compatibility of Intel IA32 CPU architecture. Orchid Technologies has integrated Atom Z540 Processors into industrial controller applications, vision system applications, communications processors, and handheld devices. 
Severe operating conditions, high reliability and lethal voltage potentials are typical features of power distribution systems. Orchid was hired to perform the design of this multi-function, multi-protocol smart grid power distribution controller. Multiple isolated solid state and relay high voltage output stages make this universal controller flexible enough for the most complex installation. 
Design of this custom embedded industrial controller required alot of listening and patience, says our client. This low-volume, controller is implemented in a two board set. One board is a general purpose HCS12-based computer. The other board is an application-specific passive IO Board. Together these two boards provide input and output functions which can be efficiently setup for specific installation in a particular plant. 
Hydraulics is a fascinating technology. Powerful, rapid movement of physical machinery can be accomplished in the blink of an eye. Precision motion with great finesse is possible. Operator safety and reliable circuit operation are critical to the success of any hydraulics controller. Orchid was hired to design a multi-channel hydraulic machinery controller. Working closely with our client, we fashioned circuit designs which are both flexible and safe by design. 
Consumer electronics design demands low cost design techniques from the start. Selection of component parts is often dictated first by price and second by performance. Every component part within a design must be cost-justified. Questions like "How does this part advance the end product?" or "Is the cost of this function justified?" dominate discussions during early design stages. 
Modern Intel Architecture processor board design spans a wide range of processor performance and power. From Atom to extreme Multicore Processors, Orchid Technologies can design a custom Intel Architecture solution to meet your specific requirements. Orchid's Multicore Processor board is feature packed. 
New data services provided by GSM Cellular Radio Communications networks contain unlimited product possibilities. Customized embedded computers for imaging, data collection, industrial controls, product monitoring, inventory control, dispatch services, medical electronics can all benefit by cellular data services. 
A lot of electronics depends upon a small controller to get started. Today's large network servers based upon Intel IA32 single, dual and multicore processors are controlled by a small, low power, low cost on board controller. This is the Embedded Controller. Renesas-based embedded controllers provide out-of-band system services to network administrators. 
DC motors are made in a variety of basic configurations. Among these are brushed, brushless, stepper, linear and controlled reluctance devices. Size, peak power and maximum rotational speeds can vary. Matching the proper motor, its sensing and drive electronics to an application's requirements takes skill and know-how. Orchid Technologies has designed numerous custom motor controllers for aviation, building control, transportation and HVAC applications. Green technologies such as regenerative braking, power management, and renewable energy sources enhance our controllers' usefulness. 
Industrial robots are often guided by painted lines or tracks. These tracks calibrate robot position and guide linear motion within a controlled sphere of activity. Optical line sensors require the ability to track a painted line under varied lighting conditions. Extraneous light noise, light modulation and bright sunlight conditions present unique challenges. Accurate operation under a variety of environmental conditions adds to the challenge. 
Robot arm motion control makes use of high current DC motors. These compact and powerful motors require low-cost precision-drive electronics. Orchid Technologies combined high-current drive electronics with powerful microprocessor technology to produce a cost effective motion control design. 
In today's ever-changing personal and industrial computer marketplaces, the ability to rapidly adapt to evolving technologies is critical. Advancing processor technologies and end-of-life component procurement issues can have a serious impact on design and development budgets, and complicates upgrade and support for existing products in the field. Custom carrier boards make computer system upgrades simple. A carrier board capable of docking multiple computer modules preserves product development investment by allowing an upgrade path in which only the CPU functionality needs to be changed. The basic mechanical form factor, industry-standard peripherals, and communications can remain in place, thus preserving product life-cycle and saving on redundant development and testing costs. 
The control and operation of large machinery often requires that hundreds of electrical
signals be monitored. Custom controllers from Orchid Technologies make that task simple. Based
on ARM Cortex-M3 processor technology, these custom controllers are capable of control loop
speeds exceeding 10µs per loop. 
PCI Express make connectivity of expansion hardware features easy. Using a minimum of circuit board routing resources, complex peripheral devices may be implemented on custom I/O Boards. Orchid's experience with PCI Express and Altera FPGA hardware sets your project on a successful course. 
Next generation low-power Intel Atom E640 processors are here! Power conscious, embedded computing designs can benefit from the enormous compatibility of Intel IA-32 CPU architecture. PCI Express connectivity to Altera FPGA devices complete the flexibility picture. Orchid Technologies has integrated Atom E640 Processors into industrial controller applications, vision system applications, communications processors, and handheld devices. Our clients benefit by using industry-standard software in their custom applications. Atom E640 Processors bring truly advanced computing to the embedded product world. 
Custom electronic test fixtures can really help during early stage product development. Small electronic products are often challenging to probe, debug, update and test. Orchid Technologies can provide electromechanical test fixtures for your demanding miniature product development needs. 
Custom wireless 802.15.4 transceivers from Orchid Technologies operate in the 900MHz, and 2.4GHz frequency bands. Occupying 802.15.4 channels 1 through 27, wireless communications on these frequencies can be very useful for low bandwidth data telemetry. 
Three point six volt Lithium-ion and Lithium-polymer batteries have become popular energy sources for compact hand held electronics. Thin, light-weight single cell designs with 200mAh to 750mAh are used in many hand held applications. Charging these batteries requires proper application of safety related electronic circuitry. Orchid has produced a number of charging designs for Lithium-based batteries. 
Rapid electronic product development is Orchid Technologies' primary business. Rapid development of complex electronic products requires detailed attention to design requirements, careful listening to client needs, clear communications, and get-it-done flexibility. Orchid Technologies was hired to rapidly develop the Intel Atom processor based imaging board.