General
Please click on the "Services" tab at the top of the page to see the services that Mantaro offers. If there is something you don't see on the list feel free to contact us as there is a high probability we will still be able to help you or refer you to a good resource.
Mantaro has a large team of engineers. Project teams become available frequently throughout the year as projects complete. Typically, Mantaro has staff available to start on most projects as soon as the Statement of Work is signed. At peak load times, it may take several weeks to a month to fully staff a project.
Mantaro does have staff available to work on site in Maryland, DC, and Virginia but we provide the highest value when work is done from our Germantown, MD office. In our offices engineers can utilize Mantaro's office space, computers, lab space and equipment as well as the expertise of their peers.
If you have a requirements document that is all that is needed to generate a quote. However, in the cases where the requirements are not fully defined we will work with you to develop or refine the requirements prior to generating a quote.
Mantaro is willing to take on all sizes of projects. Our goal is to form a lasting relationship with the customer. We have found that many new customers like to try Mantaro out on a small project at first. Based on the successful conclusion of a small project, larger projects often follow.
Currently Mantaro has not only local FPGA resources but off-shore as well. Off-shore resources are leveraged primarily to expedite development timeframes allowing near round the clock FPGA development.
Yes, Mantaro does provide a market research service.
Mantaro has a designated area for these types of projects and can work with you to arrange specialized physical and network security policies as required for the specific project.
Hardware
These days Mantaro finds that most customers use Altium, Orcad, Allegro, or Mentor Graphics and is well versed in all of them. However, some customers use other tools and our engineers are willing to use any tool preferred by our customer.
The average design cycle for most of Mantaro's projects is 3 to 9 months. Some very large projects, however, have been longer.
Yes, Mantaro has engineers experienced in performing signal integrity analysis on designs and can work with the PCB designer to ensure your design meets your goals.
Software
Mantaro works on embedded software (including drivers, board support packages, application software).
Mantaro has experience with C/C++, C#, Visual Basic, Java, J2EE, Javascript, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, TCL, Assembly, etc.
Mantaro has worked with a variety of tools and packages some of which are ASP/.NET, wxWidgets, Labview, Qt, Wind River, Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, MPLabs etc.
Linux, FreeRTOS, Quadros, QNX, vxWorks, pSOS, Nucleus, labWindows, Windows CE, Android, etc.
Communication interface drivers (Ethernet, Serial, high-speed TDM, USB, CAN, I2C, SPI, etc), LCD display, Integrated peripherals (Blackfin, MSP430, PIC, PowerPC, etc).
TCP/IP, UDP, VOIP, SIP, RTP, SNMP, etc.
Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, and Teradata to name some.