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Working With WIN Enterprises

 

WIN Enterprises strives for long-term business relationships with its customers. In approaching WIN, remember all of our COTS designs can be further modified to meet your more exact requirements when ordered in sufficient quantities. Our products are designed for long life cycles using embedded components. We are capable of designing entire product lines across a variety of performance parameters.
 
Our flexibility in meeting custom requirements is a major differentiator for WIN in the embedded market. We consult with customers to arrive at a thoughtful recommendation for the best-fit evaluation platform. After the evaluation phase, WIN can modify the design based on exact feature requirements. We also work with customers to develop completely new designs, which we also manufacture, test, and drop ship.

Embedded Development Kits  

A robust set of Development Kits based on the experience of hundreds of successful designs across a breadth of different applications provides you with quick time-to-market with a unique solution that differentiates you in your market.

WIN maintains core design modules in the following application areas:

  • Networking & Network Security
  • Internet Appliances
  • Mobile/intense computing
  • Telecommunications
  • Industrial PC / Industrial Automation
  • Transaction Terminals / POS Systems
  • Gaming/Entertainment/Digital Home
  • Medical Devices/Scientific Instrumentation
  • Transportation/Automotive
  • Military/Aerospace/ Law Enforcement

System Definition Phase

System definition is the most critical phase in manufacturing projects. The functionality and performance of a product are defined within this stage. This becomes the basis for determining your product’s specifications. In this phase WIN will help:

  1. Define the product’s objectives and functionality of each product part
  2. Explore alternatives for components, considering availability, reliability, and longevity
  3. Propose a custom solution if an off-the-shelf solution does not exist

Electronic Design / Product Development

WIN's engineering team maximizes performance while minimizing development time and overhead costs. We draw upon years of knowledge and experience to produce your customized motherboard or appliances.

Every day WIN's engineers are setting new standards for performance, reliability, and value.

During the design/development phase WIN will:

  1. Develop the product design
  2. Explore the various options available
  3. Develop a technology roadmap that will be used in the final phase of development

Embedded X86 Design Process

  1. Project Plan
  2. Statement of Work
  3. Develop Final Specification
  4. Review Engineering Specification
  5. Release Final Specification
  6. Develop Final Block Diagram
  7. Customer Review
  8. Accept Final Block Diagram
  9. Develop Schematics
  10. Provide Complete Mechanical Specifications
  11. Pre-Route
    A) Signal Integrity Analysis
    B) Review Specifications
    C) Support Stack-Up Selection
    D) Develop Routing Rules
    E) Develop Pre-Routing Simulations
    F) Review and Cleanse Models
  12. Develop Bill of Materials (BOM)
  13. Design Review
  14. Accept Schematics
  15. Component Placement and Mechanicals
  16. Baseline Thermal Model
    A) Develop Baseline Thermal Profile
    B) Review Worst Case Voltages and Power
    C) Review Air Flow Strategy
  17. Design Review
  18. Accept Placement
  19. Final Thermal Simulation
  20. Procure Long-Lead Items for Prototypes
  21. Routing
  22. Support Routing Effort
  23. Cross-Reference Design Guides
  24. Electrical Simulation (post-route)
    A) Trace Length / Impedance Analysis
    B) Signal Integrity
    C) Cross Talk Screening
    D) Split Plane Discontinuity Analysis
  25. Deliver Design Files
  26. Final Design Review
  27. Accept Final Design
  28. PCB Manufacture
  29. Develop Mechanical Samples
  30. Assemble Prototypes
  31. Board Testing
  32. Engineering Validation
  33. Customer-Specific Testing
    A) Application Testing
    B) Certifications
    C) HALT/HASS
    D) MTBF/ORT
  34. 34) Deliver Working Prototypes to Customer
  35. 35) Release

Design Validation Process

  1. WIN adheres stringently to the design guides of its customers, notably Intel and AMD
  2. Customer Design Guides
  3. Post-Route Simulation
    A) Trace Length / Impedance Analysis
    B) Signal Integrity
    C) Crosstalk Screening
    D) Split Plane Discontinuity Analysis

Engineering Validation Process

  1. Functional Testing & Specification Verification
  2. Voltage Margin Testing & Analysis
  3. Temperature Margin Testing & Analysis
    A) Develop Baseline Thermal Profile
    B) Review Worst Case Voltages and Power
    C) Review Air Flow Strategy
    D) Perform Final Simulation
    E) Thermal Analysis Tool: FloTherm

Signal Integrity Analysis: Pre-Route

  1. Review Specifications
  2. Support Stack-Up Selection
  3. Develop Routing Rules
  4. Develop Pre-Route Simulations
  5. Review and Cleanse Models
  6. SI Tools:
    A) SPECTRAQuest
    B) Hyperlynx
    C) HSPICE

Design Validation Process

  1. Intel Design Guides
  2. Customer Design Guides
  3. Post-Route Simulation
    A) Trace Length / Impedance Analysis
    B) Signal Integrity
    C) Crosstalk Screening
    D) Split Plane Discontinuity Analysis

Engineering Validation Process

  1. Functional Testing & Specification Verification
  2. Voltage Margin Testing & Analysis
  3. Temperature Margin Testing & Analysis
    A) Develop Baseline Thermal Profile
    B) Review Worst Case Voltages and Power
    C) Review Air Flow Strategy
    D) Perform Final Simulation
    E) Thermal Analysis Tool: FloTherm
 

About WIN Enterprises

WIN Enterprises is a premier designer and manufacturer of custom x86-based motherboards and appliances. You go to market faster with higher quality, differentiated products when you partner with WIN. We deliver on that promise through our unique services:
MOD – Modular Optimized Design
VIS – Vertically Integrated Services  More..