Case Studies

Intelligent router for stable, fast, and secure bonded cellular internet via multiple LTE providers

Albeego Limited wished to design an innovative intelligent cellular router which would connect to multiple LTE providers and deliver a single high bandwidth broadband connection that would work on the move and without the need for costly installations. "The brief we gave to Impulse was ...

Wireless Solution Saves Time and Reduces Overheads for OT Machinery Monitoring Project

Our customer was looking for ways to improve efficiency and reliability, and reduce operation costs and overheads for their manufacturing facility. The initial step in this transformation was to add additional monitoring and measurements to several areas of their facility to allow the collect...

LCD paired with a single board computer for a Marine Peli Case application

C-Tecnics, specialists in the design and development of underwater imaging and video recording systems, required a paired LCD and single board computer solution to be integrated into a Peli Case as part of a revolutionary underwater camera monitoring system. "C-Tecnics have been working...

Providing UL-Certified VELA Rack Computers for the Nuclear Industry

A customer in the nuclear sector wished to replace the rack computers at heart of their control system, as critical system components had gone out of support. The control system itself forms part of an essential cog in the nuclear supply chain, and is deployed in numerous locations around the...

Certifying the perfect product to upgrade a marine Dynamic Positioning system

Wärtsilä Guidance Marine, a leading developer and supplier of local position reference sensors for Dynamic Positioning (DP) and other vessel control systems, wished to upgrade the UX for their dynamic positioning indicator system, with both functional and graphical improvements, and requir...

Rolling-stock data logger for Siemens Rail

Spurious error messages, especially those from rolling-stock subsystems, can be difficult and time consuming to diagnose. Siemens Rail, in Manchester, wished to install a data logging system onto their rolling stock to transmit data in real-time back to their depot for efficient data analysis by the...

GPU computer custom built for autonomous vehicle control system

WMG, University of Warwick’s Intelligent Vehicles research group works with a variety of industrial partners to address challenges presented by the concept of autonomous vehicles. Operating within this department is a multi-million pound funded project ‘Cloud assisted real time...

Custom rack PC designed to run specialist military simulation software

The requirement of this project was to design and build a number of custom rack-mount systems that were capable of running specialist military simulation software.

Industrial monitoring system with custom I/O for nationwide government broadcast sites

A world leading company in critical two-way wireless communications systems used by public safety and government organisations required the design of an ultra-reliable industrial computer to monitor and control remote broadcast sites nationwide.

Battery powered LCD panel and compact box PC for use in high brightness car showroom environment

The requirement of the project was to help design and integrate a computer and touchscreen LCD display solution for use in a car showroom kiosk environment, to help our client provide a more modern and interactive customer showroom experience, and to reduce financial overheads.

Customised fanless PCs installed in the control room of the world's oldest underground railway

The engineers who look after the Bakerloo and Metropolitan signalling and control room systems wanted to upgrade the control room display systems with new computers in order to replace aging 19" rack PCs with smaller form factor fanless computers.

Providing cost effective interoperability between tactical radios in a military environment

The requirement of the project was to provide an interoperability between tactical radios in a military environment previously not achievable due to limitations of hardware and budget constraints.

Future-proof, long lifetime panel PCs designed to run legacy software installed in ROV control room

Our customer required a modern, reliable long-lifetime panel PC solution for installation in an ROV control room. The main requirement of the project was to upgrade existing ROV control room hardware, while continuing to run a legacy piece of control software.

Signal Interface Display simulator for testing new London Underground signalling system

London Underground signalling engineers required a number of panel PCs for temporary use as in-cab Signal Interface Displays (SIDs) in test trains, to allow the engineers to test the information being sent to the train from the new Thales computer-based signalling system.

3U custom designed rack with data acquisition for power station vibration monitoring

After it became obsolete, our client required a replacement for their existing single board computer which was integrated into custom 3u rack chassis.

LCDs with real-time power switching for HV substation installation

Our customer is a tier one system integrator in the substation automation market with many of the worlds TSOs and DSOs listed as their clients. They required a number of custom designed rack-mount LCDs for use in their HV substation projects.  

Single board computer for use in substation monitoring

Our customer required a small form factor single board computer with wide temperature components and an industrial mSATA SSD for integration into their new substation monitoring product.  

Industrial touchscreen terminals to upgrade award winning food processing plant

We were approached by an award winning meat and poultry manufacturer, who wanted to upgrade their current processing plant by replacing their ageing touch screen computers and protective stainless steel enclosures with modern, smaller footprint, multi-touch computer terminals. In this particular fa...

Bespoke rack-mount cases for leading CCTV solutions provider

A market-leading CCTV solutions provider approached Impulse Embedded to help develop a number of hardware platforms for their central data storage servers.  As these servers operated 24/7 and needed to handle a large amount of data, the solution needed to be robust enough to withstand the condi...

Rail certified, high performance computing platform enhances Wi-Fi based passenger infotainment

Impulse were approached by an innovative digital media company with a requirement for a EN50155 rail certified high performance computing platform to provide advanced passenger Wi-Fi and streaming facilities to passengers utilising multiple 4G cellular data connections.

Oceanographic surveying application benefits from compact, high-performance embedded PC with flexible I/O

Our customer in the marine and subsea industry required a high performance, yet compact embedded PC for their on-board surveying application. The vessel conducts met-ocean surveys and forecasting for coastal conditions, environmental monitoring, explosive ordinance monitoring, deep water measuremen...

Bespoke rack-mount PC with vibration and shock protection for in-vehicle control application

Our customer in the transportation industry needed a high performance rack mount PC for an in-vehicle control application. As the system would be deployed in rugged environments, the customer required shock and vibration protection, and because rack mount PCs are generally designed to be installed ...

Single rack-mount computer aids multi UAV control server for aerial site intelligence application

Our customer, a leading manufacturer in the defence and security sector, required a single rack-mount chassis to house four separate computers, each with high performance system architectures, specific connectivity requirements and redundancy options designed as a multi UAV control server for an aer...

OEM benefits from new M.2 SSD technology to enable faster disk read/write speeds

Our customer, a leading OEM specialising in machine building, needed a solution to integrate into their existing hardware platform for their application which involved high speed data read/write.

Wireless network solution facilitates proactive management of critical production data

Our customer in the Manufacturing industry required a robust solution for high-level access to production data on their management IT infrastructure. This would give them full visibility of operational data and allow them to identify when machinery is under-performing and examine the value of their ...

Impulse support OpenLV with embedded computing for substations

EA Technology, a specialist in asset management solutions for owners and operators of electrical assets, and a valued customer of Impulse Embedded, are responsible for the development, submission, and delivery of a new initiative from Western Power Distribution called the OpenLV project.  

OS update enhances medical equipment for leading medical manufacturer

Leading global medical & commercial manufacturer Morgan Innovation approached us with a project to provide a long term solution in reducing the start-up times of their existing spinal nerve ablation machinery.

Powerful data acquisition & control for engine test authority

Our customer, a leading automotive test authority based in the UK, needed a cost effective data acquisition and control system for a new engine test cell that they were developing. The system needed to be used with an off the shelf powerful software system in order to move away from complex custom ...

Pre-imaging service for busy medical test and measurement company

Our customer, a well-known machine builder working on behalf of a leading medical test & measurement company, required industrial panel PCs to replace existing equipment in order to reduce down-time and enhance operational capabilities.

Flexible embedded vision computer for automated inspection systems

Our customer, a leading global system integrator who installs vision inspection systems onto automotive production lines, needed an embedded computing platform to use as their standard vision computer to improve production efficiency for a variety of applications.

Compact embedded boards help manage high-definition imagery for UAV detection equipment

Our customer in the Defence and Security sector manufacture UAV detection equipment to identify moving targets in remote locations prone to extreme high temperatures. High definition 4k video images from these UAV detection units are streamed back to base allowing data analysts to determine whether ...

Specialist computing platform for leading UAV OEM

Our customer in the Defence & Security industry required a light and small form factor box PC for guidance systems of unmanned vehicles, rugged enough to withstand shock and vibration. As the unmanned vehicles are often battery powered, low power consumption and weight were required to allow a s...

High-quality embedded hardware powers body scanners for the Global Security market

Technology manufacturers are facing increasing pressure to improve global security systems by developing innovative solutions that address the sensitive nature of public safety.

High quality custom touch display solution for mixing desk application

A leading global manufacturer of mixing desks for the music industry approached us with a project that required a high quality touch display, with precise viewing angles needed to provide the audio engineer operating the desk excellent visibility of the display screen from both a seated and standing...

Bespoke IP69K panel PCs provided for demanding food manufacturing infrastructure

Due to extreme temperatures and constant moisture exposure, maintaining the performance of industrial computers in the harsh environments of food processing factories can be a challenge.

USB-to-serial converters to allow critical updates for nautical navigation solutions

A leading distributor of navigational solutions and marine specific digital products needed a solution that gave software engineers access to perform critical updates to on-board navigational software systems.