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E²MS-Development Electronics and system development
We are your innovative and comprehensive development partner. Whether hardware development, software development, Layout or mechanics, TQ supports you and your project with every aspect of development – from the product idea to serial production.
As an E²MS systems provider (Electronic Engineering & Manufacturing Services), we can help you design printed circuit boards, components and entire devices to meet every need and requirement. Our development team has many years of experience and extensive know-how in a wide range of industries. We always find suitable, successful solutions for your needs.
The benefits for you
- Many years of comprehensive experience providing development services and project management
- Large development staff
- Modular system – in many cases it’s not necessary to develop new options, because ODM- / OEM solutions are already available
- DFx – Design for Excellence / Optimized Design
- Advice on how to use various technologies
- Comprehensive offerings – A single source for all your needs
- Support for redesign of older designs
Our E²MS services
Project management
Benefit from our comprehensive experience as an EMS service provider with customer-specific solutions in the areas of project and risk management.
Skills
- Project management as a core competence of development
- Accompaniment through the project cycle from the definition of requirements to the first series delivery
- Project monitoring: costs, deadline, quality
- Internal & external reporting: project progress, step-by-step HK calculation, active risk management
- Various process models
- Approval and standards management
- Change Management
Systematic application with
- Project management tools: TQ-Project with connection to SAP, MS-Project, JIRA, Confluence and others
- Requirement Engineering with Polarion & Doors
- Fault Management & agile Project Management with JIRA
- Risk Management with Design FMEA, Process FMEA and Risk Management Plan
- Use of conventional procedures like waterfall & V-model as well as agile methods like Kanban & SCRUM
Hardware development
Hardware development in the E²MS business: Depending on your requirements, we can provide support or take over the entire electronics development process for you, so that you can concentrate on your core competencies.
Microcontrollers – 8 to 64 bits, multicore und DSP – both modular solutions design-in solutions
- Product Family ARM Cortex-Mx, Cortex-Ax, ARM 7, 9,11, ARM – A 53,72, Power-Architecture, 8051, ST7, H8, C16x, M16, MSP430, PIC, ColdFire, DSP
- x86-Architecture: Intel® Atom™, Intel® Core™, Intel® Xeon®
- SDRAM, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4 + LPDDR4, Flash, HDD, SSD, Industrial NAND-Flash, Power Sequencing
Interfaces, field buses – offered as solution kits
- PCIe, PCI, SATA, USB, USB-C, M.2, mPCIe, mSATA,CF-Card Firewire, RapidIO
- RS232, RS422/485, CAN, DeviceNet, CAN Open, KNX, LON, Ethernet 1, 2,5 ,10 Gbps
- Sercos, Powerlink, M-Bus, Profibus, Profinet, EtherCAT
Display und Touchscreens
- LCD, VFD, STN, TFT, also customized
- Display Port, HDMI
- Touch: resistive, capacitive, multi-touch
HF technology / Radio technology
- ISM430, ISM860, ISM2.4G, WLAN, Bluetooth, ZigBee, GSM/GPRS, GPS, LTE
Analog technology, metrology
- Signal pickup, signal amplification, signal conditioning
Optoelectronics, audio and video technology
- Camera systems, data communication, autofocus, digitizer, image processing, image processing, audio amplifier, spectrometer
Power electronics / Power supply
- Switching regulators, power supply units, inverters, chargers
Motor controls
- DC motors, brushless DC motors, AC motors, stepper motors
Simulation
- SPICE, HyperLynx, FDTD
Software development
The ever-increasing potential of networked systems, along with other modern developments, are challenging developers and manufacturers to find better ways to use embedded systems.
In response to these challenges, our team of software developers collaborates with a strong network of partners to create tailor-made software solutions. From hardware-related software components (e.g. UEFI-BIOS, operating system adaptations, microcontroller programming, control systems) to the development of complex applications – also in highly regulated environments such as aviation, medical equipment, functional and safety systems.
BootloaderBootloader
- Programming of U-Boot, Eboot, vxWorks bootlader, GRUB, QNX IPL for PowerPC, ARM, x86 architectures
Libraries / Middleware
- Integration of libraries (e.g. CMSIS, Qt, OpenGL, DirectFB)
- Customization, enhancement and troubleshooting of third-party library functions
Operating systems and Board Support Packages (BSP)
- Creation of Board Support Packages for PowerPC, ARM, x86 architectures in connection with Linux, VxWorks and real-time operating systems (RTOS)
- Adaptation of device drivers / hardware interfaces to the operating system
- Installation and configuration of Linux, vxWorks, freeRTOS, safeRTOS, ThreadX, PikeOS and Neutrino in the embedded system
- Selection and integration of file systems
Applications
- Application development incl. user interfaces (GUI) for your embedded platform for microcontroller and Linux systems
- Desktop applications
UEFI BIOS (basic hardware configuration of a computer)
- UEFI BIOS customization according to your custom hardware
Norms and processes
- Software development according to EN9100 and DO-178B/C (DAL C-E)
- Software development according to IEC 62304 and IEC 61508
Logs
- Adaptation, integration and development of services, e.g. for Modbus, SNMP, CAN
- Conception and implementation of any specific protocols
Apps, web & cloud solutions
- We network your product with cloud services and portals
- Development of PHP, JAVA, .NET and Node.js applications
- Web applications with AngularJS, HTML5 and JAVA script
- Native apps for mobile devices
Logic-Design / System-on-Chip
As an E²MS system supplier, TQ offers system-on-chip development, also known as Logic Design, of the highest quality.
SoC applications
- High performance and low latency
- Fast control algorithms
- Proprietary protocols
- Periphery expansion for processors ( microcontrollers
SoC methodology
- Design with VHDL, C and MATLAB
- System-level design with IP Cores
- Verification with simulation, coverage, hardware tests
Design service
- Broad vendor and architecture support (e.g. INTEL/ALTERA, XILINX, LATTICE, ACTEL/MICROSEMI)
- Optimization and conversion
PCB-Layout
As an E²MS system supplier (E²MS = Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing Services), TQ can assist you at every stage of your project – whatever you may need or desire. In addition to electronics development, PCB layout (also called PCB design) including correct PCB realisation of challenging boards is a good entry point into TQ’s electronics services.
High PCB quality
Through intensive contact with various circuit board manufacturers qualified by TQ and the application of defined design rules, your circuit board is produced in a high-quality and cost-effective manner.
Design for Manufacturing (DFM), High assembly quality
With the help and feedback of TQ’s own assembly production department, we keep our pcb design rules up to date and place your components on your PCB in compliance with all electrical requirements.
Design for Testability (DFT), Best possible testability of the printed board assembly
Test procedures are coordinated at an early stage with the TQ specialist department for test equipment development. This is how we achieve optimal test depth at low cost. The layout is designed for the most effective and cost-effective optical and electrical testing possible.
Rapid start of production
Internal review in the different design phases avoid the need for redesigns, saving you time and costs. Our overall view of your design across the entire process chain allows you to benefit from low product costs.
Mechanical development
Our range of services in mechanical development includes:
Consulting:
- Concept development
- Material and technology consulting
CAD Construktion:
- CAD design suitable for production
- Housing construction
- Drive systems, motors, gearboxes
- Development of mechatronic components and systems
Simulation:
- FEM strength analysis
- FEM thermosimulation
- FEM flow simulation
- Assembly simulation
- Motion simulation
Technical Documentation
Prototyping and prototype construction:
- 3D-printing
- Stereolithography (SL)
- Vacuum casting
Series reconciliation
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
TQ offers a full range of services in the field of electromagnetic compatibility such as:
- EMC consulting, EMC training
- EMC concept (ground, power supply, filter, ...)
- EMC measurement
- EMC preliminary testing
- EMC optimization
- EMC-Simulation (SPICE, HyperLynx, FDTD)
- Interference emission, interference immunity
- Far field, near field, wired
Product qualification
As an E²MS system supplier, the TQ-Group offers you a wide range of product tests at the highest level as a basis for product certifications and approvals:
Climate tests
- Temperature and humidity
- Temperature cycles
Mechanical tests
- Vibration resistance
- Shock resistance
EMC tests
- Interference emission
- Interference immunity (field-bound, line-bound, ESD)
Reliability and durability tests
- HALT (securing product development)
- HASS (securing serial production)
More tests
- Impermeability
- Chemical resistance (liquids, gases)
Radio approvals
- EMC und RED
- FCC und ISED
- and more
Function and specification testing
- Tolerances
- Stability
- Signal integrity
- Timing
Development process
- FMEA at system, design and process level
Environmental protection requirements
- REACh, RoHS, WEEE, EUP, BattG
Functional safety requirements
- SIL, DAL
Certifications and approvals
- Device safety TÜV/GS, VDE, UL
- Medical devices
- Aviation
- Shipping
Process qualification/validation
In the TQ-Group, we determine the optimal manufacturing and testing processes for the product within the framework of advance quality planning on the basis of the existing design. Ideally, this process should take place during development in order to achieve optimum manufacturing costs, manufacturability and testability.
In the area of E²MS we use qualified and validated standard processes which are combined, adapted and validated product-specifically.
IQ – Installation Qualification
With the Installation Qualification (IQ) we prove that a machine has been delivered and correctly installed in accordance with the requirements set out in the Design Qualification. This also includes checking that the appropriate working environment has been selected.
- Definition of requirements for the equipment
- Selection / procurement of suitable equipment
- Careful inspection of the installation: operability, software inspection, safety equipment inspection, general functional tests, careful inspection of the equipment properties for the planned area of use.
OQ – Operation Qualification
Operation Qualification (OQ) checks the correct functioning of the equipment under real conditions. It is proven that the equipment delivers the expected results using product-specific settings.
- Complete system check
- functional tests
- Test and modification of all variable settings
- Calibration
- Software
- Determination of the product-related process parameters
PQ – Performance Qualification
As part of the performance or performance qualification (PQ), we regularly monitor and evaluate process stability in relation to the respective quality criteria and the associated individual product characteristics.
It is proven that the process consistently achieves the defined quality characteristics under real production conditions and delivers reproducible and reliable results in regular use.
- Quality control chart
- Quality metrics
- FPY evaluations
On the basis of this data, we control a continuous improvement process (PDCA cycle) and ensure consistently high product quality.
