Hardware Engineering
Services
- Quick Prototyping
- Hardware Design Engineering
- DO-160G Environmental Qualification
- RF and Microwave Engineering Services
- FPGA/ASIC/DO-254 Services
- Mechanical CAD Engineering Services
- Electronic CAD Engineering Services
- System Safety & Reliability Analysis
- Hardware Tools
- Development Tools
- FPGA Tools
Hardware Design Engineering
With a large pool of experienced Hardware engineers, Accord can support complete Avionics product development complying to DO-254, ABD100, DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704D and MIL-STD-461 standards.
There are multiple models in which Accord can work. Accord can support complete Hardware development offshore at Accord or can deploy Engineering Resources at the Customer facility.
Accord has years of impeccable expertise in the generation of Hardware Specification, Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, Schematic Design, FPGA Design, HDL Implementation, Board Design, Design Analysis, Thermal Analysis, SI Analysis, Reliability and DFM & DFT analyses, Hardware Verification and Environmental Certification
Supplementary expertise in generation of Board Support Packages and Hardware - Software Integration is also available at Accord.
Accord turns in more than 80 new Hardware Designs each year, this is testimony to our Hardware Engineering Expertise.
Accord has experience in 10 GHz RF, 1.5 GHz CPU, 24 Layers, MIL, RADHARD, BGA, blind and burry vias and Flex PCB
Our Hardware designs can be in compliance to IPC 7351A, IPC 2221-8, IPC 2221-6
DO-160G Environmental Qualification
Accord offers services in Environmental Qualification for Civil and Military Aerospace products both in the domestic and International Markets.
Accord maintains a Close Association with the different Certified Environmental lab Facilities in and around Bangalore and in the USA.
Accord can support complete qualification activities for Avionics Products per DO-160G, MIL-STD-461E and MIL-STD-810G standards
With extensive experience in Designing Airworthy products certified by CEMILAC/FAA/EASA, Accord engineers have an unique advantage of being aware of the expectations from different Certification Agencies.
RF and Microwave Engineering Services
Accord's Core RF Competency is in the following area
The Rich Experience of the RF Team speaks volumes of Accord's competence in the RF Domain -
FPGA/ASIC/DO-254 Services
Accord has over 20 years of experience in PLD (FPGA) development and over 15 years in V&V as per DO-254 process. The experience has been in directly dealing with FAA and FAA DERs for over a dozen programs.
Developed FPGA leading to complex signal processing ASICs including in-built CPUs at 90nm and 28nm low power technologies, successfully fabricated at TSMC and Global Foundry
Accord is skilled in Development of PLD/FPGA programs using VHDL or Verilog and PLD/FPGA to ASIC Conversion
Faster Development time with Re-usable IP for ARINC 429, MIL 1553, Correlator, FFT blocks, finite state machines results in savings in Cost and a reduced Schedule.
Accord offers the following services in the DO-254 area:
Accord has worked on the FPGA devices listed below:
| Vendor | Xilinx | Altera | Actel | Lattice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devices | XC6VLX240, XC6VLX195, XC6SLX150, XC4VLX160, XC3S5000, XC3S2000, XC3S1500, XC2S30, XCV600, XC2S400E, XC3S200, Spartan-3, Spartn-6, Virtex-4, and Virtex-6 families, Artix-7, Kintex-7, Zynq families | MAX7256, MAX3128, EPM7256A | RT1280 (Rad Hard), A3P400, A3P 600 (Pro ASIC 3) | LFSC15 (Serdes) |
Mechanical CAD Engineering Services
Accord offers services in Mechanical Design and Fabrication of Housings for Electronic Hardware used in Avionics and Automotive applications.
Many of Accord's products are developed and qualified as per MIL-STD-810F, MIL-STD-461E and DO-160G. Accord's team of skilled Mechanical Engineers are well versed in SolidWorks and AutoCAD tools.
Accord offers quality solutions in following areas:
Electronic CAD Engineering Services
Accord offers CAD services for the design of electronic hardware items. Accord has a highly skilled CAD team to cater to in-house designs and external design services. The ECAD Teams have expertise in designing high-speed multilayer boards, mixed signal boards and RF boards.
Accord is well versed with IPC 2222 guidelines, DFM and DFT requirements.
Accord has good Experience in using industry popular CAD tools such as Orcad, Concept HDL, Cadence Allegro, Altium and Mentor Graphics
Accord offers the following services in this area:
System Safety & Reliability Analysis
Accord has Proven expertise in performing safety analysis for various Aerospace Line replaceable units using specially developed in-house tools to compute the MTBF per MIL-217F-HDBK or 217-Plus standards.
Accord is well versed in performing Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA), System Safety Assessment (SSA) which includes FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis), FTA (Fault Tree Analysis) and FHA (Fault Hazard Analysis).
Accord offers services in System Safety Assessment in accordance with SAE ARP4761A guidelines.
Hardware Tools
Accord Engineering is well versed in the using the lab equipment\tools listed below:
Development Tools
Over the lifetime of a project, several Development Suites and tools are used. The following are some of the tools and Suites that Accord has a good mixture of skills in:
FPGA Tools
Accord’s experience in FPGA tools is not limited to, but includes the list shown below of some of the standard tools used in the industry:
