Offers easy upgrade path for existing Analog to Digital Converters, or
microprocessors and microcontrollers with embedded ADCs
ALLEN, Texas, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Quickfilter Technologies, Inc.
today announced the new QF1D512 Simple and versatile FIR (Finite Impulse
Response) engine (SavFIRe(TM)) precision digital filter.
The QF1D512 SavFIRe chip allows system designers to quickly and easily
add precision digital filtering to an application. The chip can simply be
added between an existing analog to digital converter (ADC) and the host
controller (microcontroller, microprocessor, digital signal processor or
field programmable gate array), or can be connected as a co-processor
device for controllers with embedded ADCs. Whereas Quickfilter's previously
introduced four-channel QF4A512 implements a complete analog interface, the
QF1D512 offers a simple upgrade path for existing systems.
"The QF1D512 nicely complements our previously released QF4A512," said
Steve Brightman, Quickfilter's Director of Marketing. "The QF4A512 features
a complete analog interface including signal conditioning and ADC as well
as digital filters. The SavFIRe approach allows our customers to implement
precision digital filtering while retaining their existing analog front end
and preferred ADC, or to add precision digital filtering to a system using
a micro with embedded ADC."
The QF1D512 is well suited to various industrial monitoring
applications such as vibration sensing, flow measurement & leak detection,
medical patient monitoring and diagnostics, seismic and sonar. The low
power attributes also make it well suited to Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
applications.
The companion Development Kit (QF1D512-DK) allows the device to be
configured to work with almost any ADC up to 24-bits, and a variety of
precision filters can be quickly designed without the need to write code.
The QF1D512-DK Development Kit includes the latest version of the
Quickfilter Pro software. Developed specifically for the QF1D512, this
software version uses the same filter design engine as earlier versions and
adds a more intuitive user interface for configuring the chip itself. The
development hardware allows this configuration to be downloaded into the
chip to verify filter performance. The board features an on-board ADC to
allow operation "out of the box" and also provides the option for users to
add their own preferred ADC(s) to match their end application. This type of
flexibility is further extended to allow the development board to be
connected to the user's own host microcontroller allowing system
development to proceed without the need for custom hardware.
The QF1D512 is packaged in a 3x3mm QFN package and is characterized
over the industrial temperature range. It is priced at $2.98 in 1000 piece
quantities.
About Quickfilter Technologies, Inc.
From concept to Product in Minutes, Not Days
Quickfilter Technologies, Inc utilizes patent pending techniques for
implementing programmable ICs that allow an engineer to design a custom
circuit for signal processing without the cost and complexity of
programming a DSP. Using the Quickfilter solutions, it is possible to
create and begin operating custom filtering solutions in less than five
minutes. Quickfilter's products are ideally suited for sensors in
industrial monitoring and control, medical equipment, homeland security,
and engine control applications.
The Quickfilter solutions comprise chips featuring a hardware-based,
programmable, precision Finite Impulse Response digital filter engine and a
hardware/software development tool to quickly configure the chips for the
user's application. This enables customers to rapidly complete a design at
significantly lower cost and higher performance. In addition, since the
chips are readily reprogrammable, they can be reconfigured in circuit
during design, at the time of shipment or in the field.
Quickfilter Technologies, Inc. is a private equity funded fabless
semiconductor company founded in 2003 by Bob Silco and located in Allen,
Texas. The company is developing a family of programmable mixed-signal
integrated circuits that convert noisy analog signals into clean, usable
digital signals.
SOURCE Quickfilter Technologies, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.QuickfilterTech.com
CONTACT:
Martha Brounoff of Brounoff Communications,
+1-315-682-1609, broucomm@twcny.rr.com
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