Our skills and capabilities

How can we assist you with our hardware, FPGA design and software development skills and our experience in efficient prototyping and manufacturing?
For over 35 years, Active Silicon has manufactured computer imaging and embedded products. We are a leading global provider of custom embedded systems and custom embedded vision systems, camera electronics for video transmission and image acquisition boards. Our high-tech products are put to work at the forefront of imaging and embedded technology.
With our expertise and experience in the industry we help to find the best solutions for your application. Since being acquired by Solid State in 2021, we have joined forces with their Systems Division, Steatite, and can now offer an even wider skillset for larger and more complex projects. Have a look at our group capability page which explains the group wide skills, services and product ranges:
In addition to our abilities in designing custom hardware and FPGAs, our software development expertise and our experience in efficient prototyping and manufacturing, we are supported by Steatite’s custom housing and configuration capabilities and extensive testing facilities to provide a one-stop-shop for system design and build.
Whether you need a full custom turnkey solution, or you would like us to tailor an existing product to your needs, we can support you with our systems expertise and design skills.
Active Silicon has always provided software support for its many hardware product lines and has extensive experience developing software under Windows, Linux, QNX and macOS. Our skills in software include:
Our friendly team of enthusiastic engineers is looking forward to working with you and your colleagues. Let’s find the best solutions for your project by considering all important aspects including performance requirements, costs, product life time and quality assurance.
With our in-house expertise and combining the skills of our Steatite colleagues, we support:
Get in touch to see how Active Silicon can support your system design.
How can we assist you with our hardware, FPGA design and software development skills and our experience in efficient prototyping and manufacturing?
Our Harrier camera solutions and BlueBird video adapters can be customized to meet your requirements for additional functionality.
Customized frame grabber products to meet your additional functional or structural needs. Read more to find out what we can do for you.
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