Calvitia Limited is a small, friendly company based in South Wales, UK. We have over 25 years’ experience providing technology solutions for the TV, entertainment and consumer electronics industries. We specialise in end-to-end designs, from circuit boards to firmware to user interfaces to integration with other systems. We thrive on challenging or unusual problems.
If you have a project or design that you would like to discuss with us, please get in touch for a friendly chat to see if we are the right match for your requirements.
Capabilities
Circuit board design
- Altium or KiCAD. Other CAD systems considered on request
- Choice of appropriate components to suit application and enclosure
- Prototyping, testing and refinement of design
- Multi-board design
- Embedded CPUs, Ethernet and other high-speed interfaces
Software, FPGA and firmware
- Numerous languages, including C, C++, Python, PHP, Verilog, VHDL
- Numerous frameworks, both for embedded targets and higher-level applications
- Linux development including kernel device drivers, back-end software and user-interface software
- Database schema design and implementation
Automation and control
- Customised motion control to suit unlimited axes and movement profiles
- Experience with large and small motor systems
- Experience with design of EtherCAT hardware, including stepper motor drivers
- Integration with other automation systems, e.g. from PRG and STS
- PLC programming
- Safety system integration
System integration
- Specification of system components
- Network design for operation, redundancy, remote support and data interfacing
- Custom software to interface with third-party systems and services
- Power system design and specification for temporary and permanent installations
- Design of industrial control cabinets and panels
PCB assembly and testing
- In-house Pick and Place machine for prototyping and short production runs
- 64 CL feeders, 32 push feeders, vibration feeder and JEDEC tray support
- 6 zone conveyor belt reflow oven
- Hand assembly as required
- Test jig design and implementation including automated testing and programming