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WHAT WE DO

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Assisting you at every stage of Product Development

Product Development is the process of taking an idea and a set of user requirements and turning them into a product.

We will help you:

• To enhance your product team’s knowledge with world-class
radio design expertise.

• To articulate and capture your high-level requirements and turn
these into a functional specification.

• To navigate through the array of technology options to arrive at
a system design based on a solid architectural foundation, including feasilbility studies and computer modelling (see below [Computer and Modelling and Simulation]).

• To design and a deliver proof of concept (PoC) prototype to allow user testing and product refinement using our expertise in field programmable gate array (FPGA) design and embedded software development (see below [FPGA Design and Embedded Software Development]).

• To support you through initial trials and testing up to large
scale manufacture and deployment.

• To help you in delivering through-life product and customer support including documentation, training, bug fixes and feature enhancements.

To talk through your specific product requirements, please contact us. Click here

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Computer Modelling and Simulation

Modern wireless communications systems are very complex and a range of critical design choices must be made during their development. Getting these choices wrong can lead to expensive re-working of the
design as well as costly delays in getting a product to market. Therefore, the importance of developing an effective simulation model of a system early in its design cycle to inform such decisions is becoming ever more critical. We have extensive experience of helping our customers to make the correct design choices through the development of effective simulation models, both at a link level and a system level.

We have used our link level simulations to assist our customers to understand and compare the performance of different systems in terms of peak data rates, mean throughput and link power budget and to understand the trade-offs between different design approaches. We can model different multiple access, modulation and channel coding schemes and examine the link performance in the face of different types of noise and interference.

At the system level, our simulations have helped our customers to understand the performance of their products in a wider system and the impact of introducing new technologies into their networks.

At MAC Ltd we have the skills and expertise to ensure that you
make the right design decisions – first time, every time!

Helping you:

• To deliver high-quality signal processing solutions by providing
access to our world-class team of signal processing engineers.

• To bring your product to market quickly by following a structured design and evaluation approach to ensure that the right
design choices are made at each stage in the design process.

• To model the performance of your product in a wider system to
ensure that it delivers on your customers’ requirements.

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FPGA Design and Embedded Software Development

Often the most sophisticated part of any product is the software
that goes unnoticed by its user. This is especially true of wireless
communications products, where vast computational power is
the radio signals from the plethora of surrounding noise and interference and the distortions introduced as the signal traverses its path from transmitter to receiver. The embedded software used in these applications must go about its job silently and reliably.

Creating such embedded software lies at the core of MAC Ltd’s expertise. Whether you require an optimised FPGA design for a complex signal processing function or an ultra-low-power microcontroller design for a battery-powered device, then MAC Ltd has the skills to develop a solution for you. We have expertise in:

• Implementing high-speed DSP algorithms using FPGAs

• Real-time embedded software for microcontrollers and DSP devices

• A range of embedded operating systems (OSs), including Linux, FreeRTOS, TI-BIOS

Helping you:

• To deliver a product at the leading edge of digital signal processing performance

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• To deliver products that provide an optimal size, weight and power consumption and cost (SWAP-C) balance.

• To deliver products that maximise battery life without compromising on performance.

• To get the best performance from your chosen hardware platform.

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Bespoke Hardware Design

We also have experience in developing board-level modules and complete productsboards, incorporating radio frequency (RF) and advanced digital signal processing (DSP) elements using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and DSP components.

Helping you:

• To design high quality, high performance electronic circuits
based on the latest components and design techniques, particularly where wireless communications or advanced signal processing components (DSPs and FPGAs) are required.

• To design printed circuit boards (PCBs) to support a proof of
concept, product prototypes, minimum viable products and large scale production.

• To select and liaise with contract electronic manufacturers to
ensure a high-quality product is delivered at the lowest possible
cost.

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us. Click here

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Advice and Guidance

MAC Ltd provides you with access to world-class technical expertise in wireless communications domain. The services that we can provide to you include:

• Subject matter experts in a wide range of wireless communications
technologies to work as part of your team.

• Design authority and technical management for your projects.

• Independent technical reviews and audits of your suppliers’ solutions.

• Technical expertise for intellectual property reviews and litigation.

MAC Ltd provides a professional, friendly and high-quality service
and it is very flexible in the manner it engages with its customers.

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