- Single-Board Computers and Peripherals
- R&D
- Consultations
- Product Development
- Off-the-shelf and customized products
- Manufacturing and Assembly
Single-Board Computers and Peripherals
Vesta Technology manufactures and sells single-board computers (SBCs) and peripheral boards that are designed to work with them. Our SBCs are based on common microprocessors, and are designed either as a standalone board with a set of standard interfaces and connectors, or as a mezzanine board that plugs into another board that provides peripherals and connectors.
Vesta also develops and produces custom boards. These can be as simple as a different connector configuration for one of our stock boards, an application-specific peripheral board for one of our mezzanine SBCs to plug into, or a fully-custom product with processor and peripherals integrated onto a single board.
Our peripheral boards are designed to use standardized interfaces and connectors. In general, the idea is to use a stock SBC and stock peripheral boards in whatever combination is necessary for producing a proof-of-concept or prototype system. Once you have a working system, we can discuss whether your volume needs indicate whether the design of a partial or full custom solution to reduce production costs is justified.
R&D
We have experience with a wide range of applications – in the past, we have developed hardware and/or software that has been used in industrial equipment, farm equipment, exercise equipment, greenhouse controls, warehouse inventory management systems, and military robotics, to list a few. There are similarities between applications and creative solutions that fit from one industry to another. If we need additional information that you cannot provide, we will explore, get creative, and research solutions until we can satisfy your particular need.
We can develop both hardware and software for your product, and we do as little or as much of the development as you need us to do. You can count on us for everything from developing an interface board for a specific device and providing the low-level drivers to access it, to developing complete hardware and software for your product.
Consultations
Sometimes a brief initial consultation is all you need to answer questions you may have and get you focused on the best solution. We are available to discuss options with you. If you’re not certain whether the boards we have will fit your needs, or if you have an idea for a product and don’t know exactly what’s necessary in order to implement it, we’ll go over what’s involved and whether our products would be a good fit. If you’ve already designed your own solution, we can discuss manufacturing and testing your boards for you; we’ve done it for past customers.
We can help you meet your embedded computing needs. Our boards cover a range of computing power and I/O capabilities. It’s possible that one or more of our stock boards will fit your needs. We can determine that, as well as what is necessary if our stock boards do not meet your needs. We have in-house expertise in the design and production of both hardware and software, and can go from the “notes on a napkin” stage all the way through to production boards with custom software.
Product Development
We have experience with a wide range of applications – in the past, we have developed hardware and/or software that has been used in industrial equipment, farm equipment, exercise equipment, greenhouse controls, warehouse inventory management systems, and military robotics, to list a few.
We can develop both hardware and software for your product. We have the expertise and flexibility to do as little or as much of the development as you need us to do. We’ve done everything from developing an interface board for a specific device and providing the low-level drivers to access it, to developing complete hardware and software for a product.
Off-the-Shelf and Customized
Vesta has a line of standard products and peripherals. These have been designed for compatibility – our computer boards make use of standard connections that are common across our product line. Our goal is to get you into production as quickly as possible in today’s competitive business environment.
Protostar is Vesta’s program and process that deals with the need for boards not in our standard line of products. It starts with a determination of your needs, and continues through an evaluation of the most cost-effective way Vesta can meet them. Although we have designed and manufactured fully-custom boards for customers before, we have also produced standard boards with a custom connector configuration to meet a customer’s specific requirements and desired results.
Our boards have been designed to make it easy to go from prototype to production. Because the trickiest board to bring up as a new design is usually a computer board, we have several that have been designed as plug-in mezzanine modules. This permits a system to be prototyped with an SBC and one or more peripheral boards, and the only custom board necessary for production is one that combines the I/O peripherals onto a single board that the SBC plugs into.
Manufacturing and Assembly
We save you time, cost, and make it easy for you by offering turnkey management of your project. Depending on the size of the manufacturing run or assembly needs, we either manufacture and assemble in-house or work with our trusted partners.
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