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OEM Program
Vertilon's OEM program is designed to help our partners efficiently develop and bring products to market. By fostering strong working relationships and building on our considerable experience in electronic instrumentation and product development, Vertilon's team works closely with our partners to specify, design, and produce custom and semi-custom hardware and software for use with our products. Engagements can range from simple software modifications to our products to optimize performance or add functionality, to full custom design of PhotoniQ daughtercards. Building your next product on the tremendous power and versatility of Vertilon's PhotoniQ platform may very well be the most rapid and cost effective way to get your electro-optical product to market.
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PhotoniQ OEM Products
All Vertilon PhotoniQ products are available as OEM versions without the instrument enclosure. Aside from the mechanical interface differences, the PhotoniQ OEM products are identical in functionality and performance to their non-OEM counterparts. |
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IQSP480M / IQSP580M 32 Channel OEM Data Acquisition Systems
These 32 channel, high dynamic range (IQSP480M) and high speed (IQSP580M) data acquisition systems for PMTs, APDs, and silicon photomultipliers are implemented on a single printed circuit board. All I/O functionality included in their non-OEM equivalents is available on connectors distributed throughout the PCB along with additional connectivity options for custom I/O. Both models are 100% compatible with all Vertilon sensor interface boards.
OEM Manual: IQSP480M / IQSP580M 32 Channel OEM Data Acquisition Systems |
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IQSP482M
/ IQSP582M 64 Channel OEM Data Acquisition Systems
These 64 channel, high dynamic range (IQSP482M) and high speed (IQSP582M) data acquisition systems for PMTs, APDs, and silicon photomultipliers are implemented on a single printed circuit board. All I/O functionality included in their non-OEM equivalents is available on connectors distributed throughout the PCB along with additional connectivity options for custom I/O. Both models are 100% compatible with all Vertilon sensor interface boards.
OEM Manual: IQSP482M / IQSP582M 64 Channel OEM Data Acquisition Systems |
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FEM482M / FEM582M Front-End
Expansion Modules
The number of input channels on the IQSP482M and IQSP582M can
be expanded in increments of 64 with the addition of these compact printed circuit
boards. A maximum of three FEMs can be added to a PhotoniQ to yield 256 independent
charge input channels. The FEM482M and FEM582M are ideal building blocks for
customers who need high channel count custom and semi-custom data acquisition
systems.
OEM Manual: FEM482M
/ FEM582M Front End Expansion Modules |
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Front End Customization
For most applications, Vertilon's standard PhotoniQ products offer an exceptional balance between speed, dynamic range, and sensitivity. Recognizing however that some applications can be more demanding than others, Vertilon provides customization services to users who require performance outside of this range. Units can be custom configured to optimize for sensitivity or maximum charge level. Additionally, the flexible architecture of the PhotoniQ front end allows the multi-channel inputs to be converted from the typical analog integration type to the photon counting type. Vertilon would be happy to discuss these customization options as well as others with you.
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Channel Expansion
The PhotoniQ products are currently available in either 32 or 64 channel configurations. While these configurations are adequate for most applications, optical systems utilizing several multi-anode PMTs or single 256 anode PMTs have created a demand for data acquisition systems with an even greater number of channels. Anticipating this need, Vertilon architected its PhotoniQ products with an expansion interface that supports up to 256 input channels. If your channel requirements exceed 64 channels and you are faced with the decision to take on a full custom design, please contact Vertilon to discuss how we might be able to help you.
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Application Specific Daughtercards
Application specific daughtercards (ASDs) are custom designed printed circuit board assemblies that mount directly to the daughtercard interface connector on a PhotoniQ OEM product. Similar in form to the TPC100AM Trigger Processing Card, ASDs typically contain peripheral circuitry specific to a user's application such as pulse discrimination circuits, specialized input channels, fan controllers, temperature sensors, and actuator outputs. Additionally, arithmetic coprocessing capability can be added for applications that require computational power beyond that of what is currently offered in a PhotoniQ. Through the daughtercard interface, the ASD connects to the PhotoniQ's asynchronous communication bus which is used in part to control and monitor the ASD's peripherals. An additional bus connection on the daughtercard interface to a separate synchronous bus facilitates high speed data transfers between the ASD and PhotoniQ. The use of application specific daughtercards combined with the flexibility of the system architecture has allowed customers to build stand-alone dedicated electro-optical instruments around the PhotoniQ product.
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OEM Sensor Interface Boards
Although several of the more common multi-element sensors are supported by Vertilon's line of sensor interface boards, occasionally there is a need for a custom SIB. Most often one is required for a sensor device that is not supported by Vertilon or for mechanical modifications of a standard SIB to fit a user's setup requirements. There are however instances where a user needs a custom SIB to hold multiple multi-anode PMT modules butted together on a printed circuit board. Whatever your reason, Vertilon offers expert engineering services to design a custom sensor interface board to fit your needs.
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Custom Firmware and Software
The extra computational power reserved in the PhotoniQ DSP is available for use by customers who wish to add embedded proprietary detection and discrimination algorithms to their products. While this is one of the more common uses for the reserved processing power, others include application specific I/O for status and control I/O and expanded user interface functionality. The PC-resident GUI software and USB drivers are also open for customization. |
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