Automation.
Quartus engineers have a proven track record in providing high precision and high-speed automation systems using state of the art technology and algorithms. Quartus works with our customers to design, build & test bespoke automation systems when no commercial off the shelf options are available.
CAPABILITIES
Industrial Automation
- Automation design using COTS PLCs and embedded systems
- PLC and ladder logic programming
- Wiring harnesses and electrical box installation
- System build and testing
Complete System Development
- Requirements definition, systems engineering, instrument development, prototyping
- Cross-discipline engineering teams leveraging mechanical, electrical, & software expertise
Electronic Control Systems
- Domain expertise in control theory and developing application specific control algorithms
- High speed implementation of control algorithms in firmware, FPGA, or on COTS PLC platforms
- Complete electronics control system development including integration of custom PCBs and COTS components, programming, assembly, and test
CASE STUDY
Custom Industrial Automation
Quartus engineers designed, analyzed, built, and fully tested a spaceborne dual axis gimbal mechanism for high-throughput optical inter-satellite links. The effort focused on lowering manufacturing costs, minimizing complexity, and reducing risk for high volume manufacturing (targeted +1,000 per year) for a coarse pointing assembly and launch lock device for satellite constellation communication. The coarse pointing assembly was capable of providing precision line-of-sight articulation over a near-hemispherical field of regard, all while using mainly commercial off-the-shelf components.
- Automation design using COTS PLCs and embedded systems
- PLC and ladder logic programming
- Wiring harnesses and electrical box installation
- System build and testing
- Machine vision
- Visual servoing
- Real-time processing
- High speed placement
- High precision alignment
- Harsh environments