Project Revival
In our rapidly evolving digital world, electronics can become outdated in the blink of an eye. But that doesn't mean your legacy devices have to gather dust on the shelf. At Xor Systems, we specialise in redesigning and modernising electronics from previous decades.
Our team of expert engineers and designers have a passion for older technology. We understand the craftsmanship and innovation that went into creating the electronics of the past. That's why we approach every redesign project with reverence, preserving the essence of the original design while enhancing it with modern components and features.
By redesigning your legacy electronics, you can extend their lifespan and ensure they remain relevant in today's fast-paced technological landscape. Our redesigns not only improve performance and functionality but also incorporate the latest security protocols and compatibility standards, future-proofing your investment.
Redesigning electronics often means redesigning software. Updating legacy designs enables us to incorporate the latest software technology. This further improves security and performance while also allowing new user intefaces to be constructed and connectivity to be added through WiFi, Bluetooth, and Cellular.
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) offer flexibility and parallelism, making them suitable for various applications, including redesigning and modernising legacy electronics. We have incorporated TTL (Transistor-Transistor Logic) designs into FPGAs, with an enormous reduction in the size of the electronics. A simpler design, increased speed and much less power are all benefits.
Additionally, when designing FPGA-based systems, it's essential to follow best practices for code readability, modularity, and optimisation. Techniques like pipelining, resource sharing, and clock gating can help optimise the design for performance, power consumption, and resource usage.
By incorporating these techniques and following best practices, designers can successfully integrate TTL designs into FPGAs, enabling the modernisation and revitalisation of legacy electronics while leveraging the flexibility and parallelism offered by FPGAs.
Another approach we have taken is to replace a legacy design with one or more processors. We have found that our designs result in a number of small processors scattered over the board, each one performing a dedicated function. Rather than designing discrete electronics, we code the functionality into an appropriate processor.
We often encounter old processor designs, with obsolete processors running machine code. It's how things used to be done. Now, we're keen to use 32-bit, low power processors and writing the code in C for easy portability.
We tend to favour the STM32 processor, which is available in a wide range of sizes and packages. At the top end of the range, there are designs with DSP functionality, at the bottom, there are simple 8-pin devices - a complete 32-bit ARM processor in an 8 pin package. Most of the designs allow an easy choice of RAM and Flash sizes, so it is easy to scale up or down according to code requirements.
Networking is essential in modern technology. We can redesign your products in order to incorporate the most up-to-date connectivity technologies (5G, LoRA, WiFi, BLE) to enable remote data monitoring, Over-The-Air updates, remote access for troubleshooting and security. Additionally, for customer facing products, this enables a new paradigm for customer control and interaction.
Modern, simple, and friendly UI can expand your customer base. We have implemented control and monitoring UIs in the form of mobile apps, desktop programs, websites, and TUIs. We can also provide new data management backends in the form of database viewers or AWS interfaces.
Revitalising old projects with modern technology offers a multitude of advantages for businesses across various industries. To fully leverage these benefits, it’s crucial to reassess and reimagine how you can enhance, update, and optimise your existing systems and processes.
We are uniquely equipped to assist you in this endeavor. With over two decades of experience in embedded systems and a diverse portfolio of projects, we have the expertise to breathe new life into your legacy systems. Our recent focus has been on integrating cutting-edge technologies such as wireless networking, custom embedded Linux operating systems, and adding multimedia transducers (such as cameras) – all of which are becoming essential in today’s competitive landscape.
Our team can guide you through the process of incorporating modern technologies to make your products more agile, efficient, and innovative. Let us help you transform your old projects into powerful assets that drive your success in the digital age.
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