Startech Global Beyond Cost, Beyond Outsourcing

Embedded Systems and Hardware

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Startech offers the full spectrum of embedded systems and hardware engineering services, from product conceptualization to board production.

Board Design Services

  • Product conceptualization and component selection
  • High-level architecture & data-path synthesis
  • Schematic design
  • Energy-efficient, low-power software/firmware development
  • Simulation & testing:  DFI (Design For Interoperability), EMI, QoS
  • PCB design: Component library generation, layout, routing, DFM/DFA
  • Shelf management:  Power, cooling & interconnect resources

China Vendor Sourcing

  • CVL (Certified Vendor List) & CML (Certified Manufacturer List) BOM sourcing

Prototype Development

  • PCB prototyping
  • PCB testing, including ATE, NDT, ICT  (In-Circuit Testing)/BIST, Boundary Scanning

FPGA Design Services

  • EDA
  • Xilinx, Altera chips
  • Programming, pin assignment, board design and implementation
  • ATE 

Mechanical Packaging

  • Design, prototyping & testing
  • Reliability engineering
  • ESD & EMC compliance & requirements design

 

Thermal Management

  • Design, prototyping & testing
  • Simulation: Velocity, temperature, air flow
  • CFD using Flowtherm and IcePak software packages 

Data Transport Interfaces

  • Flexible design to support many fabric technologies & topologies, with no single point of failure for all system interconnects (Carrier Grade)

Programming

  • Firmware, BIOS 

Expertise

  • EDA: OrCad, Allegro, Verilog, Valo; VHDL
  • Thermal: Flotherm, IcePak
  • Strategic technology partnerships:  Intel, AMD, Tyco, Phoenix
  • Prototype/R&D manufacturing management
  • R&D facilities within Tsinghua University: Thermal Physics Lab, FEA & CFD Lab, EE Lab,