1980s – Innovative Ideas
Adaptive Micro-Ware’s inventive product design legacy began in
1980 with a diverse series of advanced consumer and industrial
products. Before the decade was out, we had been recognized by the State of Indiana as a
pioneer in programmable logic and were asked to help establish the
Indiana Microelectronics Center to promote the use of
advanced technology by small businesses.
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of our development efforts in the '80s:
- Apple II modem card for SSM Microcomputer Products
- Apple II IEEE-488 card
- Point-of-sale terminals and fuel pump controllers for
Tokheim and Tuthill
- Automated production systems for CTS
- Patented a fiber optic-based image sensing system
- Digital controllers for Lincoln Electric arc welders
- High speed / high capacity SCSI file server and an RF modem
for a Michigan startup
- PLDs and custom gate arrays for clients of the Indiana Microelectronics Center
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Our first modem design in the early 1980's was a 300 baud
unit. Together with the Transend software co-written
by Adaptive founder Bob Kniskern, it was the communication
vehicle of choice for early Apple II users. |
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| Working with pre-release SCSI chips,
Adaptive Micro-Ware assisted the manufacturer with
finalizing the chip’s microcode as we developed a file
server based on that part. |
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1990s – Digital Video Technologies
For Adaptive Micro-Ware, the 1990s were all about the digital video
revolution. Adaptive gained an early
reputation as an expert in digital video compression
and distribution technologies. Two of its set-top box designs are recognized as
“first in the world”.
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of our development efforts in the '90s:
- Complete 80-channel direct broadcast satellite system for
SkyPix. This complete broadcast studio included the
following new technologies:
- DBS digital video set-top box
- Real time video encoder (CCIR-601)
- Video pre-processor
- High-speed video file servers
- Real time data mixers and scramblers
- Real time program scheduling, electronic program guide,
and secure video purchasing system.
- Navigator 1000 MPEG / ADSL video set-top for Bell Atlantic’s
groundbreaking ADSL trial in the District of Columbia
- Data delivery systems utilizing ethernet, DS-3, OC-3, 25.6 ATM, and proprietary ATM
technologies.
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| Adaptive
Micro-Ware designed (or in some cases co-designed) the system
architecture, board-level electronics, & proprietary silicon for
these systems. |
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| The SkyPix
set-top box was the first DBS set-top box ever created. |
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| The Navigator 1000 - the world’s
first telco video on demand set-top - was displayed at the Smithsonian
Museum. |
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2000s – High speed networking technologies
Adaptive’s 21st Century began with a continued focus on broadband
communications products, although the network focus has now shifted
to wireless broadband. One trait has remained solidly in place since
1980. The products and systems that Adaptive invents for its clients
continue to push the limits of complexity, enabling our clients to
break new ground in their markets.
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Some of the highlights
of our latest development efforts:
- DSL network interfaces
- Broadband network switching digital video conferencing system
- 32-channel POTS / ADSL line card
- Wavelet-based video codec
- A wireless T1 line replacement solution
- Wireless UAV ground-to-air digital data link
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| Our POTS/ADSL line card is the first truly multi-channel line card. |
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