John LeVieux


Canela Concepts
www.CanelaConcepts.com
(760) 805-3399
john_levieux@ieee.org

SPECIALIZATION

Canela Concepts specializes in FPGA design. Recent designs targeted designs on Xilinx Zynq-7000 FPGA as well as Virtex2/4/5, Artix7, Spartan3/6. Tool proficiency includes Xilinx Vivado and ISE. RTL language skills include Verilog and VHDL. Of particular strength is timing closure and state machine design.

SERVICES

Canela Concepts offers the following design services:

EXPERIENCE

FPGA Design:

Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx ISE, Verilog, VHDL, System Verilog, Zynq, Virtex7, Kintex7, Artix7, Spartan 3/3A/3E/6, Xilinx CPLD, Altera Quartus (FPGA) and CPLD, SignalTAP, Lattice CPLD, synthesis, place and route, timing closure, simulation, test bench, TCL scripting, IP packing, 3rd party IP integration, floorplanning, finite state machine, digital biquad filters, DRAM controller, Xilinx core generator, Xilinx System Generator, ARM core, AXI master peripheral, AXI slave peripheral, SPI controller, I2C controller, iButton controller, VDMA/DMA controller, GTX serial transceiver, ARM processor core, high speed design, power estimates, ChipScope/ILA

Product Design:

Software defined radio, audio mixing console, audio networking, medical CCD camera, military wireless communications, satellite CCD camera, space-deployed early warning sensor CCD camera, WiGig IC FPGA prototype, FM/HD Radio Exciter, GSM wireless repeater, DS1 (T1/E1), DS3 (T3/OC1), remote access modem server, packet router, SDH interface, virtual reality, wearable Windows PC, avionics computer, airport security image processing, medical image processing, remote sensing image processing, golf shot monitor video camera, video recorder controller, night vision goggles, FPGA intellectual property

Embedded Systems Design:

ARM Cortex-A9, ARM Cortex-R5, ARM9, x86, i960, TMs320c6xxx, 68000, 56000 DSP, MPC 860, MIPS, PowerPC, PowerQUICC, 8051, 8031, Cyrix GXi

Digital Design:

Timing analysis, DSP filters, USB, Ethernet 10/100/1000BaseT, TDM bus, SPI, I2C, SD Card, flash memory, DDR2/3 memory, FIFO memory, fiber optics, RS-232/422/485, DS1 (T1/E1), DS3, OC-3

Audio/Video Design:

HD video, NTSC/PAL video, RS-170, RGB, VGA, CCD video cameras, frame grabber, IR image sensor, AES/EBU audio, I2S digital audio, S/PDIF digital audio, stereo audio, pro audio, voice signal processing, stereoscopic video, audio USB codec, video scaler

Analog Design:

A/D converter, DAC, low noise design, filters, amplifiers, AGC, buffer, op amps, programmable gain and offset, differential amplifier, analog multiplexor, power supply regulator

Project Development:

Product requirements, high-level architecture design, cost analysis and estimating, scheduling, budgeting, design review, PDR, CDR, FPGA RTL coding, FPGA simulation, analog simulation, detailed schematic design, design for test, design for manufacturing, design coaching, technical training, PCB layout, PCB assembly, verification testing, thermal testing, root cause debugging, technical documentation, HW/SW integration, production test development and support, customer technology field demonstrations, customer technical support in English, customer technical support in French

Software Tools:

Vivado, Xilinx ISE, Xilinx XPS, Xilinx EDK, Altera Quartus, ModelSim, Synplify, Orcad, DxDesigner, Procomm Plus scripts, ispLEVER (Lattice), Aldec ActiveHDL, Linux, shell scripts, Visio, VMWare, PADS PCB, PSpice, Microsoft Office, Excel Visual BASIC scripts, Matlab, Simulink, GIT, Subversion, Doors, Timing Designer

Lab Equipment:

Keysight/Tektronix oscilloscopes, Keysight/Tektronix logic analyzers, mixed signal analyzers, spectrum analyzers, pattern generators, frequency counters, signal generators, environmental chambers, temperature meters, JTAG programmers, digital volt meters, SDH protocol analyzer, device programmers, soldering equipment

EDUCATION

John LeVieux has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University.