Jena, Germany, 07 January 2009 – MAZeT GmbH, a service provider for the development and manufacturing of innovative electronics and software, is optimizing its comprehensive range of design services. As a member of the new quality initiative “Services in EMS” of the ZVEI Association for Electronic Components and Systems, MAZeT GmbH is a competent business partner for customers who value high quality as well as close and focused cooperation. MAZeT provides Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) along the entire value chain, from development right through to after sales support. The companies taking part in the ZVEI initiative provide customized services for electronic components, devices and systems, and voluntarily comply with a corporate commitment charter in order to ensure a high level of quality and customer satisfaction. In addition, MAZeT is distinguished by its expertise in the design of customized integrated Mixed Signal Circuits (ASICs).
Customer-Oriented Development Solutions for Advanced Requirements
In many areas of electronics – particularly medical technology – there is a growing demand for specialized solutions to meet advanced requirements. This need can only be addressed through customized development. User-friendliness, the elimination of human error, and the reduction of manual interaction are all fundamentally linked to the technological capabilities of the devices, be it in the area of medicine or otherwise. Highly integrated functional computer modules can address such requirements if they are combined with customized user software. Most technological development projects, then, rely on intelligent, customer-specific and application-based solutions. Additionally, there is a growing demand for high-quality development processes and their documentation. Once a contract is awarded and the development stage has commenced, there are many internal and external factors that will affect the development project. The challenges range from the availability of individual components right up to the provision of suitable and sufficient resources; a good project team will manage all of them without burdening the customer. Throughout the entire development and production stages, a close dialog must be maintained with the customer in order to seamlessly translate the given requirements into a customized concept.
Stereo Microscopes for Sophisticated Tasks
For the past decade, MAZeT has been developing and manufacturing embedded computing solutions for medical technology. The electronics for the latest generation of high-performance stereo microscopes from Carl Zeiss AG – the SteREO Lumar.V12 and the SteREO Discovery.V12 – were developed completely in-house at MAZeT. The brief for these sophisticated stereo microscopes, which are designed for advanced research as well as routine tasks, was to develop an innovative set of components and software that will ensure maximum user-friendliness while providing superb functionality.
The modular, expandable system concept of the microscope’s electronics comprises an operating and control unit, a CAN-based device bus, as well as numerous sensor and actuator modules. The system provides motors for focusing and for changing the magnification factor, sensors for detecting filter colors, and many other functions. The System Control Panel (SyCOP) is a new, user-friendly operating interface based on a 32-bit XScale processor and Windows CE.
The Carl Zeiss AG development project demonstrates how a customer’s requirements – in this case special functions, user-friendliness and an expandable system concept – can be translated into innovative electronics and software solutions. Both in medical technology and other areas of advanced electronics, the development of customer-specific components is increasingly being outsourced to external service providers. This is especially the case when the customer not only demands low product quantities, special features and competitive pricing, but also a long product lifecycle and service life. As part of the EMS initiative, MAZeT GmbH is a competent business partner for customers who value high quality as well as close and focused cooperation.
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