Authorized Design Centers (ADCs)

Qualcomm Atheros is interested in supporting novel applications for its wireless technology through the Authorized Design Center program. Our value-added partners have expertise spanning RF design, PCB layout, RTOS and driver development, industrial design and prototyping. For specialized customers looking for fast time to market for their applications, the ADC partners are the ideal starting point. For information on joining the ADC program as a partner or customer, please send email to qca.adc@qca.qualcomm.com or call us directly at 408.773.5331.

Abicom International

Abicom International has a reputation for delivering high quality value added services and we specialise in some of the more unusual aspects of Wi-Fi/Wireless usage. Our expertise includes long range Wi-Fi transmission, Wireless CCTV, covert AP design, non-standard frequency options and intrinsically safe AP design.

Our key employees have over 30 years experience in wireless transmission systems and we have been working closely with Qualcomm Atheros for over 10 years. We have hardware, software and manufacturing capabilities that allow us to offer our clients a full concept to product delivery service.

Our design facilities allow us to develop solutions up to 26GHz, while our manufacturing capabilities and our strategic relationships with Far East ODM's allow us to enable clients to migrate from small volume production to volume manufacture with ease.

Being located in the United Kingdom, we are ideally situated to support clients throughout Europe and North America.

For more information, please contact us via sales@abicom.co.uk or on +44 1630 655933

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Arada Systems

Arada Systems was created to help nurture the tremendous eco-system around the disruptive growth of Wi-Fi networks worldwide. Wi-Fi is expanding beyond basic connectivity to enterprises, outdoor links, metro-scale broadband, automobile, industrial and automation markets.

Arada Systems is an entrepreneurial spin-off from Qualcomm Atheros, the leader in Wi-Fi solutions worldwide and we are 100% focused on helping to expand the markets of wireless based on Qualcomm Atheros’ world-class chipsets. Arada Systems provides licensing of Qualcomm Atheros’ extensive technology, provides services, testing programs as well as intellectual property software solutions designed to add 802.11 to various emerging markets. Arada Systems has a team of many ex-Qualcomm Atheros and WLAN industry leading experts and we are best positioned to help customers who use solutions around Qualcomm Atheros’ world-class chipsets.

Arada Systems has a strategic partnership with Qualcomm Atheros and we only provide solutions around Qualcomm Atheros chipsets. We are also the official REP for Qualcomm Atheros in the Silicon Valley, USA as well as the emerging India and the Middle Eastern markets.

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Card Access

Capable, Reliable, Proven and Trusted. Look to Card Access Engineering for your Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) licensing, engineering and support needs. We provide access (under NDAs, per QCA requirements) to QCA product data sheets helping you determine which QCA products best meet your application requirements. We can augment your existing engineering team, or provide complete, quick, turn-key designs. Achieve project success using our experienced hardware and software development teams.

As the original Qualcomm Atheros Authorized Design Center (ADC), we add even greater value in supporting QCA’s WLAN, Ethernet Bluetooth, NPU and GPS product lines. From low-power, embedded applications to full-enterprise solutions, our market-leading wireless system design expertise can meet your development needs. We also offer firmware modifications for the AR6000 SOC family of low-powered, embedded radios. Let us help customize your design—making it hostless, or adding an SPI interface.

Card Access Engineering also meets wide-ranging development demands with domestic and international prototype-to-production support. Card Access Engineering’s long-standing, strategic contract manufacturer relationships and partners mean successful product development for the military, manufacturing, medical, consumer, telematics and other markets.

Contact: For personalized service and support, please contact:

Ray Ivins
Vice President of Sales
Phone: +1.801.748.4900, x.10

E-Mail: rivins@caengineering.com

Grant Jones
Strategic Account Manager
Phone: +1.801.748.4900, x.29

E-Mail: gjones@caengineering.com

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Embedded Wireless

Embedded Wireless is a growing and extremely motivated European company, developing customized applications, which require IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless technologies. The Embedded Wireless management team has more than 10 years experience in the area of wireless LAN technology. EW is focused on special application development, professional industrial designs and Linux development. With our expertise and reusable hardware and software modules we offer a complete solution, from concept to final product.

Contact: +49 (0) 731 9752 991

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embWiSe

embWiSe provides a robust embedded SDIO Stack – SDIOWorx - on several Host Processor and embedded OS platforms. Leveraging the SDIOWorx framework, embWiSe provides a complete SDIO-WiFi software solution around the Qualcomm Atheros AR6001, AR6002 and AR6102 WLAN technologies for Mobile Communications and Mobile CE devices. embWiSe offers a complete WiFi software suite, which includes:

  • The SDIO-WiFi driver with the SDIO Host Controller Driver,SDIO Stack and AR6002/AR6102 WiFi driver
  • 802.11i embedded WiFi Security and
  • Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) on Linux/Android, Nucleus Plus, ThreadX and WindowsCE OS platforms

embWiSe's WLAN expertise and production ready WiFi software significantly reduces the engineering lead-time and time-to-market for semiconductor and the connected device vendors.embWiSe's has design-ins in several mobile, CE and connected devices in North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Latin America.

In addition to licensing its SDIOWorx IP, embWiSe provides value-added NRE services leveraging its expertise with interconnect technologies like SDIO,SPI,USB and CF and AR6K WLAN technologies – driver development,platform porting,etc., embWiSe also has expertise building embedded WiFi software for infrastructure devices like WLAN Gateways, Access Points and Mesh AP for WISP vendors.

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Intelligraphics

Intelligraphics has been developing wireless devices, device drivers and firmware for over 15 years and has been an Authorized Design Center (ADC) since the inception of the program. As the leading device driver and firmware ADC, Intelligraphics can provide the following:

  • Qualcomm Atheros licenses and support (or just binaries without any source license fees)
  • Off the shelf Qualcomm Atheros device drivers for all major operating systems
  • Custom hardware, driver and firmware solutions for WLAN, Ethernet and GPS
  • Intelligraphics specializes in embedded and mobile device, device driver and firmware development and we can integrate our solution into your mobile or embedded platform

Intelligraphics has developed dozens of end to end Qualcomm Atheros solutions over the years for a range of applications including: Consumer, Enterprise, Financial, Medical, Sniffer, Home & Factory Automation, Outdoor, Automotive, Military and Law Enforcement.

Intelligraphics has a crack US based team of veteran developers along with a very experienced offshore development team so that we can offer our customers the best combination of price and performance.

Contact: Scott E. Lawson
Phone: 469-951-8911

Email: Scott.Lawson@Intelligraphics.com

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Prestinion, Inc.

Prestinion, Inc. is a provider of embedded engineering services and solutions centered around WiFi and networking technologies.

As a leading design and engineering company, Prestinion is committed to high quality, innovation, and rapid execution.

Prestinion's market leading expertise in WiFi/Networking, Architecture/Design, Embedded Systems, Application Development, and Software Technologies enables our customers to benefit in terms of lower project cost, faster time to market, and reduced cost of ownership over the lifetime of the product.

We engage in both narrow projects where we provide deep technical expertise and in broad projects where we provide a turn-key product or system solution, from Requirements Definition, Conceptual Design and Architecture, Hardware Design, Prototyping, Software Implementation, Productization, Deployment, to Sustenance Engineering

Prestinion understands engineering and the product life cycle and is uniquely positioned to provide world class services and solutions.

Phone: 408-757-0106

Email: info2me@prestinion.com

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RTX

RTX is a preferred partner to major enterprise, industrial, and consumer oriented OEMs, focused on the development and production of advanced wireless solutions. RTX designs and manufactures standard and customer-specific wireless modules, including ones based on the AR4100P.

  • Hardware Design Services
  • Software Design Services
  • Standard, off the shelf FCC/IC approved WiFi modules
  • Ultra low power and battery optimized solutions
  • Zero-cost tool chain and application framework for on-board user applications
  • Professional design tools and debuggers (Nexus-based)

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Savari Networks

Savari Networks provides end-to-end embedded design services in the automotive, consumer electronics, enterprise / SMB, outdoor and medical markets.

Leveraging a core team with decades of experience developing wireless semiconductor solutions and the end applications that use them, Savari is a leading design and engineering services company offering complete design services for embedded solutions, application software and product realization. Operating as a strategic design outsourcing partner for our customers, Savari enables flexibility and faster time to market while reducing development costs for a wide variety of embedded applications. By leveraging our expertise in Board Design, Embedded & System Software, Network Management, Application Software, Mechanical Design and Product Certification, Savari provides end to end design services encompassing product requirements definition, application development, product deployment and beyond.

Contact: Ravi Puvvala sales@savarinetworks.com
+1 408-3-SAVARI

Silex Technology

Silex Technology has more than 30 years of experience designing and manufacturing embedded products. Our hardware and software expertise includes wireless, wireless security and wired network technologies. We have many supported different customer applications including medical, weights and measures, transportation, printers, and home networking. Silex focuses on solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and has established relationships with companies such as Hewlett Packard, Canon, GE and Kyocera Mita.

In the ADC role, Silex can provide the following services:

  • Support and Consulting Services
  • Wireless Driver Development
  • Standard Wireless Modules (Mini-PCI and SDIO)
  • Custom Wireless Modules

    • With in-house state-of-the-art, ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturing and testing facilities, we can also support your development with prototypes, pre-certification testing, thermal testing, reliability testing or provide turnkey products (hardware and software) to meet your most demanding requirements.

    Contact: Silex services both the Japanese and U.S. markets, with headquarters in Kyoto, Japan, and offices in Tokyo, Tustin, California and Salt Lake City, Utah.

    To learn more, visit Silex Technology at http://www.silexamerica.com/embedded-wireless-aadc.html or call 801.748.1199