Engineering services
FPGA Design Services
We support both new FPGA developments and existing designs that require troubleshooting, optimization or extension, from early feasibility through laboratory validation and system integration. ✓ Architecture design ✓ VHDL development ✓ Verification and timing closure ✓ Hardware bring-up and validation ✓ FPGA design troubleshooting and consulting ✓ Timing and performance optimization ✓ FPGA development for communication, SDR and data-acquisition systems
Primary FPGA platform
Efinix FPGA development
Efinix is our primary FPGA platform for current high-performance digital and signal-processing developments.
FPGA platforms
Other FPGA families we work with
Experience across AMD / Xilinx, Altera / Intel, Microchip and Lattice FPGA platforms.
- UltraScale
- Zynq 7000
- Virtex 4 FX
- Spartan 3A DSP
AMD / Xilinx
FPGA and SoC platforms used for high-performance digital systems, signal processing and embedded applications.
- Arria 10
- Cyclone 10
- Arria V
- Stratix IV / III
- Cyclone V
Altera / Intel
Long-term development experience across several generations of Altera and Intel FPGA devices.
- PolarFire
- PolarFire SoC
Microchip
FPGA and SoC devices for high-reliability digital systems and embedded processing applications.
FPGA capabilities
Our capabilities span a broad spectrum of technologies and applications
From FPGA architecture to complete high-performance digital systems.
FPGA & RF integration
Deterministic control, coherent timing and hardware-accelerated signal processing across RF and FPGA subsystems.
Deterministic RF control and synchronization
Precisely timed control paths for transceivers, synthesizers, converters and trigger systems with deterministic event sequencing.
Ultra-low-latency control loops
Time-critical feedback loops implemented directly in FPGA logic for applications where software response latency is too high.
Phase-coherent acquisition and generation
Multi-channel timing and phase alignment for coherent receivers, transmitters, radar and distributed RF systems.
FPGA acceleration of software algorithms
Offloading signal-processing and numerical kernels from embedded software into deterministic FPGA datapaths for lower latency and higher throughput.
Hybrid FPGA / software processing
Partitioning of real-time processing between FPGA hardware and embedded software, including tightly coupled control, interrupts and hardware-assisted calculations.
High-speed ADC/DAC interfaces
Timing-constrained converter interfaces optimized for deterministic latency, signal integrity and real-time FPGA processing.
Source-synchronous ADC/DAC interfaces
CMOS and LVDS converter interfaces with explicit timing constraints, clock alignment, deskew and setup/hold margin control.
JESD204B/C with deterministic latency
Multi-lane serial converter interfaces with synchronization, lane alignment and deterministic sample-to-processing timing.
Ultra-low-latency sample paths
Minimized buffering and pipeline depth for systems where converter-to-FPGA and FPGA-to-converter latency is a critical design parameter.
Clock-domain and timing architecture
Careful handling of converter clocks, FPGA processing clocks and CDC boundaries to preserve deterministic behavior and data coherency.
FPGA signal-processing acceleration
Immediate hardware processing of ADC data for filtering, detection, estimation and control before transfer to embedded software or host systems.
Memory interfaces
High-bandwidth and embedded storage architectures for FPGA processing and embedded systems.
DDR2 / DDR3 / DDR4 / LPDDR4
High-bandwidth external memory for FPGA datapaths, buffering and signal-processing workloads.
HyperRAM
Compact external memory for buffering, intermediate storage and lower-pin-count FPGA designs.
NOR Flash
FPGA configuration, firmware storage and boot-image management.
eMMC
Embedded Linux operating-system, application and persistent data storage.
Processor memory systems
Memory architectures for ARM, RISC-V and soft-core processor systems integrated with FPGA logic.
High-speed serial interfaces
Low-latency and high-throughput connectivity for FPGA-based systems.
PCI Express
High-throughput FPGA-to-host data transfer, DMA engines and low-latency host integration.
SGMII
Gigabit Ethernet MAC/PHY interfacing and deterministic packet transport.
10G / 40G Ethernet
High-rate packet and streaming architectures for acquisition, SDR and real-time processing systems.
JESD204B/C
High-speed serial ADC and DAC converter connectivity with deterministic synchronization support.
Custom fiber-optic links
Application-specific low-latency serial interconnects for distributed processing and remote I/O.
Algorithms, interfaces and system blocks
Representative FPGA development areas across communication, SDR and high-speed data-processing systems.
Modem & SDR processing
Low-latency modems, SDR signal processing, DDC/DUC and application-specific digital processing.
Digital filtering
FIR and IIR filters, fractional interpolators, decimators and sample-rate conversion.
Synchronization loops
Timing recovery, carrier recovery and synchronization algorithms for communication systems.
Adaptive processing
Adaptive equalizers including CMA and decision-directed algorithms.
High-speed connectivity
PCI Express with DMA, JESD204B ADC/DAC interfaces and 1G/10G Ethernet.
Embedded processors
RISC-V and Nios II soft processors integrated into FPGA-based systems.
Need FPGA architecture, implementation or bring-up support?
JSE can join at architecture level, own a defined FPGA subsystem or cover the full path through hardware validation.