About Our Business
Black Brook Design offers a new approach to system design. We develop and sell customized Linux based appliances that
provide you with quick time-to-market and superior time-in-market. Our products can be easily added to systems to provide
new features, increase performance and avoid development roadblocks.
Black Brook Design offers a new approach to system design. We develop and sell customized Linux based appliances that
provide you with quick time-to-market and superior time-in-market. Our products can be easily added to systems to provide
new features, increase performance and avoid development roadblocks.
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Customization is the key:
As the sophistication of embedded systems increases there is an increasing demand for lower volume customized products in
applications such as testing, process control, measurement, and packet processing. Today's system-on-chip FPGA devices
integrate what used to require a circuit board onto a single chip. Many systems can benefit by using these devices but the chips
are so complex that is difficult to create the basic platform for your application to run on. Our soft appliances are an ideal
solution to this problem.
As the sophistication of embedded systems increases there is an increasing demand for lower volume customized products in
applications such as testing, process control, measurement, and packet processing. Today's system-on-chip FPGA devices
integrate what used to require a circuit board onto a single chip. Many systems can benefit by using these devices but the chips
are so complex that is difficult to create the basic platform for your application to run on. Our soft appliances are an ideal
solution to this problem.
What is a soft appliance?
A soft appliance is a combination of software and programmable hardware optimized to perform a specific function. Black
Brook Design's soft appliances take advantage of the low power and high integration capability of today's System-On-Chip FPGA
devices. Custom complex system functions can be packaged in a very small form factor today.
A soft appliance is a combination of software and programmable hardware optimized to perform a specific function. Black
Brook Design's soft appliances take advantage of the low power and high integration capability of today's System-On-Chip FPGA
devices. Custom complex system functions can be packaged in a very small form factor today.
The Integration Bottleneck:
System development using off-the-shelf hardware modules has traditionally been time consuming and expensive. A hardware
module with low level drivers is only a partial solution to the problem of getting a product integrated. Integration of modules from
different vendors is usually a nightmare of inter-operability issues that delay your product launch. Time gained by using an
off-the-shelf module is lost later in the integration and test phases.
System development using off-the-shelf hardware modules has traditionally been time consuming and expensive. A hardware
module with low level drivers is only a partial solution to the problem of getting a product integrated. Integration of modules from
different vendors is usually a nightmare of inter-operability issues that delay your product launch. Time gained by using an
off-the-shelf module is lost later in the integration and test phases.
A new solution:
Black Brook Design has developed an innovative approach to solving these problems. Our Embedded Advantage appliances
are full featured, self-contained, system components. Our appliances are based on the reliability, security, and superior
networking capabilities of the Linux operating system. We use programmable hardware and software in a very innovative way
to create a flexible soft appliance. We provide a complete solution that is much simpler to integrate into your system than a
conventional OEM module.
Because our products are based on programmable hardware we can mix and match additional functionality such as hardware
based algorithm acceleration, IEEE 1588 synchronization capability, packet processing, and more-- all in one easy to manage
appliance. In short, a Black Brook Design soft appliance is an ideal system building block.
Black Brook Design has developed an innovative approach to solving these problems. Our Embedded Advantage appliances
are full featured, self-contained, system components. Our appliances are based on the reliability, security, and superior
networking capabilities of the Linux operating system. We use programmable hardware and software in a very innovative way
to create a flexible soft appliance. We provide a complete solution that is much simpler to integrate into your system than a
conventional OEM module.
Because our products are based on programmable hardware we can mix and match additional functionality such as hardware
based algorithm acceleration, IEEE 1588 synchronization capability, packet processing, and more-- all in one easy to manage
appliance. In short, a Black Brook Design soft appliance is an ideal system building block.
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