Semi Custom & OEM Solutions
Vertilon’s semi-custom design services enable our customers to efficiently develop and bring products to market. By fostering strong working relationships and building on our considerable experience in electronic instrumentation and product development, Vertilon’s team works closely with our customers to specify, design, and produce custom and semi-custom hardware and software for use with our products. Engagements can range from simple software modifications to our products to optimize performance or add functionality, to full custom design. Building your next product on the power and versatility of Vertilon’s PhotoniQ platform may very well be the most rapid and cost effective way to get your electro-optical product to market.
High Channel Count Data Acquisition Systems
The data acquisition hardware and software engine that is part of all Vertilon PhotoniQ DAQ systems is available as an off-the-shelf customizable product for applications that require a large number of channels or specific input functionality. The DAU1604 is designed to handle well over one thousand channels at very high peak data rates. The unit connects to custom-designed remote detector module boards (DMBs) through high density interface cables. The DMBs typically consist of many detector elements (usually SiPMs), preamps, and digitizing circuits. Additional DMB functionality can include signal integration, time delay, signal shaping, and timing extraction. Some real-world deployments of the DAU1604 include an 896 channel muon tomography system, a 1536 channel high energy rail cargo inspection system, and a computed tomography non-destructive test facility.
Product Sheet: DAU1604 High Channel Count Data Acquisition System
Multichannel OEM Data Acquisition Systems
All Vertilon PhotoniQ products are available as OEM versions without the instrument enclosure. Aside from mechanical interface differences, the PhotoniQ OEM products are identical in functionality and performance to their non-OEM counterparts. Vertilon’s high dynamic range and high speed charge integrating data acquisition systems are implemented on a single printed circuit board. All I/O functionality included in their non-OEM equivalents is available on connectors distributed throughout the PCB along with additional connectivity options for custom I/O. Both models are 100% compatible with all Vertilon sensor interface boards and software.
OEM Manual: 32 & 64 Channel OEM Data Acquisition Systems
Custom Sensor Interface Boards
Although many of the more commonly available sensor arrays are supported by Vertilon’s line of sensor interface boards, often there is a need for custom versions. We design special built sensor interface boards for our customers who use a sensor device that is not currently supported by Vertilon. Additionally, we make mechanical and form factor modifications of our standard products to fit a user’s setup requirements. There are instances where users need a custom PCB to hold multiple devices butted together on a printed circuit board. Whatever your reason, Vertilon offers expert engineering services to design a custom sensor interface board to fit your needs.
Custom Firmware and Software
The extra computational power reserved in the Vertilon data acquisition system hardware is available for use by customers who wish to add embedded algorithms to their products. While this is one of the more common uses for the reserved processing power, others include application specific I/O for status and control, and expanded user interface functionality. The PC-resident GUI software and USB drivers are also open for customization.