Some survey and research notes.
Clarius #
Company #
The founder of Clarius—Laurent Pelissier—is also the founder of Ultrasonix, which is an ultrasound imaging company founded in 2000 and acquired by Analogic in 2013.
Design #
Post-processing mostly done on the probe (FPGA accelerated).
| Component | Model |
|---|---|
| CPU/FPGA | Xilinx Zynq-7000, XC7Z035FBG676 |
| AFE | Texas Instruments AFE5808 (?) * 4 (?) |
| WLAN/Bluetooth | Texas Instruments WL1837MOD |
| Temperature Sensor | ? * 2 |
| Battery Fuel Gauge | ? |
| Gyroscope | ? |
| Firmware Framework | Xilinx PetaLinux |
| Software Framework | Qt, OpenCV |
Healcerion #
Company #
Design #
Post-processing mostly done on the tablet.
| Component | Model |
|---|---|
| CPU | Samsung S5PC100 |
| FPGA | ? |
| AFE | Maxim Integrated MAX2082 * 3 |
| WLAN/Bluetooth | Marvell Avastar 88W8787 SoC |
| Temperature Sensor | Texas Instruments TMP103 * 2 |
| Battery Fuel Gauge | Maxim Integrated MAX17044 |
| Battery | Samsung SDI ICR18650 (2600mAh) * 2 |
| Firmware Framework | Yocto Project Poky |
| Software Framework | OpenCV |
| Software Outsourcing | BlueSilica Hermione |