A custom SPLat controller can give your product a huge advantage compared to other embedded control solutions. A custom SPLat can be designed with the exact mix of features you need for your product. This may be special function inputs and outputs, a physical form that suits your product or even some Firmware functions that harness the power of the SPLat processor to your unique needs.

SPLat offers you many opportunities to increase the performance and customer value of your product. Consider such things as a better user interface than you could otherwise afford, a more integrated control system (i.e. fewer bits to inventory) or something as mundane as simplified wiring. With competing solutions some incremental facilities could be totally unaffordable, whereas with SPLat you can afford to add some extra sensing, or smarter sensing.

The other kind of scenario is where you need an electronic feature that simply cannot be bought off the shelf. Examples of this would be:

• Driving a proportional valve that needs 0-150mA constant current (we’ve done that!)
• Reading a proprietary encoder that has an RS485 interface with an unpublished format (we cracked that one, and saved our customer’s business in the process).
• Making an analog input circuit with a very, very high input impedance to read a very specialized sensor element. (Our customer didn’t even know there was an issue before we solved it).
• Interfacing a temperature/humidity sensor that has an output signal that complies with no standard whatsoever. (Sensirion make super sensors, but unless you have access to electronics design skills you are out of luck).

These kind of things are show stoppers unless you can get some custom circuitry included in your controller.

This section of the SPLat Knowledge Base gives you an overview of what is entailed in having a custom SPLat. It shows the comparative costs, both for design and production, compared to other solutions. It also compares the risk factors, especially compared to a full “from the ground up” custom controller design. We will describe the actual development process, both in term of what you need to contribute and how we will help you.