Technologies

Martin Company provides essential expertise and specialized capabilities for a wide variety of industries operating in many unique and challenging environments. Techniques developed and lessons learned in each field contribute to our ability to develop effective solutions in others.

Our Technologies

Martin Company engineers have an extensive record of success in designing and producing components from a broad spectrum of technologies for a host of sometimes challenging environments.

Analog - Martin Company's first projects were analog devices, and most of our projects still interface to the analog world. Sensor development and signal conditioning before conversion often requires attention to analog design techniques.

Digital - We have maintained a leading-edge capability in digital technologies as they have evolved over the last two decades, including FPGA, CMOS, ECL and PALS. We began by using 4000 series CMOS for seismic systems because of its extremely low power. We have designed memory test systems with ECL. Martin Company engineers design most systems today using FPGA technology because it reduces inventory, is very versatile and can be reprogrammed after product release to accommodate changing market requirements.

Processors - We first employed the HP-85 as a computer to implement a system design. A number of systems have been designed using personal computers. The 80C51 was the first embedded micro-controller used at Martin Company. Today we are third-party certified consultants for both Microchip and their PIC processors and Texas Instruments and their TMS320 series DSP components. Most systems today use embedded micro-controllers with real-time software usually written in C and assembly. Our software engineers also have extensive experience with the implementation of RTOS (Real Time Operating Systems).

Intrinsic Safety - Intrinsically safe devices are designed and certified to be incapable of causing combustion in explosive environments. We have successfully designed and produced several of these devices for industrial clients. Intrinsically Safe designs have encouraged the formalization and standardization of our design processes and documentation.

200° C - Martin Company has designed and produced 200° C electronics, engineered to survive harsh down-hole conditions in high-temperature oil wells. Our innovative solutions adapt off-the-shelf technologies to very high operating temperatures.

Shock/Vibration - High shock and vibration packaging is often required in down-hole designs. Martin Company has experience in testing both with sinusoidal vibration and high shock sources. We have become familiar with the packaging approaches required to withstand high shock and vibration environments.

Power supplies - Martin Company has experience in the design of both switch mode and linear power supplies.

A/D and D/A - Our engineers have designed with a wide variety of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. Our design experience includes flash, successive approximation register, integrating and delta-sigma 24 bit Analog to Digital converters.

Batteries - We have designed battery chargers, depassivators, intelligent batteries, and battery disposal devices.

Micro-power - Many of our well-logging and seismic designs employ electronics that consume tiny amounts of current, either to operate at high temperatures or to conserve battery life.

Communications (Digital and RF) - RS-232 is still available on most personal computers and is the most common digital communications standard. We often use RS-485 for longer distance and higher speed communications. CAN bus communications originated in the automotive industry but is now also being used at high speeds. 220 Mhz is the band most commonly used for seismic data telemetry. Spread Spectrum bands at 928 Mhz and 2.4 Ghz are most commonly used on a non-licensed basis for data telemetry. Martin Company has extensive experience with all these and other standard protocols.

Measurements - Martin Company engineers have designed electronics to measure H2S, flow, corrosion, pressure, strain, vibration, temperature, cable stretch, and a multitude of other physical parameters.

How may we help you?

With experience across a broad range of markets and technologies, Martin Company would welcome the opportunity to create an effective solution for your next project. Please contact us with your requirements and we'll put our resources to work for you!