Aerospace

Aerospace companies are challenged with innovating more complex, diverse, integral and high-tech products and solutions. The order of magnitude is rising as we collectively search for a more efficient use of our natural resources.  A combination of technological key areas are required to come together when solving the Aeronautical challenge.

AI, ML, embedded hardware and software solutions all play a key role in radar technology, guidance systems, control systems, sensors, real time data analytics and high speed communication over internal networks. Communication infrastructure is key and thus the telecommunications industry and the 5G infrastructure within that market all culminate in supporting the Aerospace industry.

Chipright has delivered design services within the Aerospace technological domain by utilizing a proven pool of highly skilled senior level engineering resources. We have the capacity to supply the market with the right skill at the right price in the right location at the right time.

New clients often ask us about projects we have worked on and implemented over time in the Aerospace market space. They also ask us about the resource pool we use on these projects. We respect the curiosity but also respect our clients NDA’s. Thus, whilst we are restricted from conveying specific information about the R&D technological projects we continually work on, we can provide a brief snapshot of some of the work without disclosing our customers detailed project information here.

Case Study – Sensor design and validation 

• Review of sensor capturing requirements [Application for test flight scenarios]
• Review of FPGA’s that would meet the specification of having to work in high levels in the atmosphere
• Review of the RAW data being captured for further processing before being communicated back to a central control unit
• Define and scope out the high-level functional design
  • Hardware based
    • FPGA RTL design & verification
    • RTL Verification environment utilizing UVM
  • Software based
    • Configure the FPGA in a lab environment using Xilinx toolsets
    • Bring up of the device in the lab environment
    • Debug and enhance the design within the lab setting
  • Work with RTL design team
    • To integrate their design into the verification environment
    • To communicate bug hunting status and RTL verification status
  • Deliver the FPGA design to the end client

Our engineers have experience with Low Power RF Systems, discrete design and component selection for RF PCB’s including Design for Manufacture consideration. They have worked with RF transceivers related to broadband wireless communication systems, WiFi or LTE on a nano-metre scale RF-CMOS technology. The engineers have worked with:

• RF transceiver design
• Microwave test (Debug, Calibration, DeEmbedding)
• Micro filters and RF hardware
• RF Telemetry
• Antenna Design
• LTE, UMTS, WiMax, WCDMA
• 3G
• WiFi
• ATE
• RF simulation
• Labview and schematic capture
• Complete radio and RF block characterization in a lab

Other information

Our experienced consultant engineers can:

• Perform System and Software design
• Modify and integrate embedded systems to fit different applications
• Perform Unit, Module & System Testing
• Develop a tailored solution all the way through a complete life-cycle to reach product standard

Our engineers have proven experience with

• ADA Programming Language
• IA Cores
• Arm Cores
• Texas Instruments Cores
• C / C++, Perl, PHP, Python
• Assembler Language
• Linux Drivers & Kernel development
• Xilinx FPGA’s
• Atlera FPGA’s
• PCIe
• Ethernet
• USB
• LTE
• Flash, DRAM
• Peripherals including SPI, UART, I2C, CCP, CAN, Flexray
• Virtualization of SW code on multiple cores (Multi-thread)

Chipright’s engineers work well in a team environment, capable of transferring and applying their knowledge to evolve the project to a successful outcome. They can work stand alone either on-site or off-site as they are proactive problem solvers.