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At Sigma Advanced Systems, Hardware Design and Development is a cornerstone of our commitment to delivering advanced defense solutions. Our expertise in this area allows us to create robust, high-performance hardware that meets the stringent demands of modern defense and aerospace applications.

Sigma provides design and development services on a range of embedded platforms, based on Microprocessors, Digital signal processors, FPGA and associated peripherals. Our designs leverage the latest technologies, established industry standards and engineering practices to realise robust products with high reliability. We work with popular architectures and product families in close consultation with our customers.

System and Sub-System Design
- Quality Planning
- Complete system / sub-system Design and Engineering
- Full product qualification, to required standards
- Mechanical Enclosure / Thermal Engineering
- Power Supply engineering

Board Level Design
- Microprocessors, DSP, FPGA, System-on-Chip (SOC) based boards
- Memories as per requirements
- Communication Interfaces – as per requirements
- I/O Interfaces – as per requirements
- Bus Standards – as per requirements
- Form Factors – as per requirements

PCB Design
- PCB Design as per MIL-STD-275E
- Multilayer board designs, with dedicated power and ground planes
- Special PCB Engineering – Flex-rigid, Embedded metal plane, top metal-clad versions
- Well-established outsourcing with Group-A and Group-B IPC Class 3 cortication’s

FPGA Design
- Complex digital logic designs
- Embedded ARM, Power PC, other architectures
- Verilog and VHDL languages
- Functional and timing simulation

Mechanical Design and Engineering
- Standard enclosure design
- 19” rack mounting, ATR tray mounting, Custom
- Aluminum and MS enclosure to specified standards
- Design for EMI/EMC compliance
- Design for shock & vibration compliance and thermal aspects

Engineering Analysis
- De-rating Analysis, Power Analysis
- Reliability Prediction (MTBF), as per MIL-HBK-217; Mfr FIT data
- FMEA Analysis, as per MIL-STD-1629
- PCB Thermal Analysis
- PCB High-Frequency Signal Integrity Analysis

Procurement and Sourcing
- Well-established process for purchase and outsourcing
- Approved Vendor system, with vendor-evaluation, ratings and re-evaluation
- Identification and sourcing of MIL / industrial grade components
- Direct procurement of components from manufacturers, distributors and authorized dealers, with certificate of conformance (COC) / test certificates
- Well-defined acceptance test procedures, inspection and QA, including anti-counterfeit measures
- Well-established sources for PCB fabrication, with MIL
- Group-A and Group-B certification/IPC Standards
- Well-established sources for mechanical fabrication, material sourcing, analysis and treatment

Particulars	Make & Standards	Architecture
Engineering	COTS, Custom	LRU, ATR 19" rack mount Hand-held, Custom
Qualification	Defence, Aerospace, Industrial	IP5X, IP6X, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, JSS 55555
Microprocessors	Freescale, Intel, ARM, ST, Texas Instruments & others	Multi-core & Single-core CPUs ARM Cortex-A (A5, A7, A8, A9); R (R4, R5); M (MO, M3, M4, M7) ARM 7, 9, 11 RISC-V i.MX, SAM-D, PowerPC Host Architecture QUICC, X86, X86-64, 68K
Digital Signal Processors	Texas Instruments, Analog Devices	Key Stone, C6000, C5000, Tiger SHARC, SHARC, Black Fin
Microcontroller Digital Signal Controllers	ARM, NXP, Texas Instruments, Atmel, Microchip	TI C2000, MSP430, PIC, AVR, X51
FPGA, CPLD, EPLD	XILINX, Altera, ACTEL, Lattice	UltraScale +, Virtex 1-7, Spartan, Stratix, Cyclone FPGA SOC (Hardcore & Softcore) Mach XO, Xp2, Cool Runner, XC, Xa9500 MAX
Memories	Industry Standards	Flash, SRAM, DRAM, DDR, SBSRAM, NVRAM, Serial PROM
Buses	Industry Standards	VPX, VXS, VME, ISA, PCI, PCI-e, Compact PCI, Compact PCI Serial Sigma Custom
Communication Interfaces	Industry Standards	Ethernet, USB, CAN, Serial ports - Sync & Async, GPIB, HDLC, SDLC, SPI, RC, RS, ARINC-429, 717, 573, MIL-STD-1553B Current loop, Optical, Wireless
1/0 Interfaces	Industry Standards	Analog, Discrete, Pulsed, Synchro, Resolver, others
Form Factors		Double EURO, Extended Double EURO, PC104, custom

HARDWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

System and Sub-System Design

Board Level Design

PCB Design

FPGA Design

Mechanical Design and Engineering

Engineering Analysis

Procurement and Sourcing

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