Category: Partners

Xilinx

Meeting with AvNET/Xilinx

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is an American technology company, primarily a supplier of programmable logic devices. It is known for inventing the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and as the first semiconductor company with a fabless manufacturing model.) (from wiki)

Start working with Xilinx by using Zynq™-7020, the device combines the software programmability of a Processor (dual core ARM Cortex A9) with the hardware programmability of an FPGA. Using it in the ‘Optical switch for communication’ project and also for video processing in vision sensor.

Chance to work with latest technology is always exciting and interesting…

Academic Research Support Center

Academic Research Support Center (ARSC) was established in December 1, 2011, located in Hochiminh city, Vietnam. ARSC is the department of Nhatrang Hi-tech company, Ltd., our aims are:
-To assist Researchers in the design and development of support services required for research projects.
-To assist/consult high-level technical knowledge/skills development in order to provide solutions suitable for latest research.
-To train personnel fostering talents for science and technology, raise the scientific and technological capacity so as to master advanced and high technologies as well as absorb the world’s scientific and technological achievements in order to create and fruitfully apply new technologies; create new products with high competitiveness; develop Vietnam’s science and technology to the advanced level in the region and approach the world’s level, which shall serve as a firm basis for the development of modern industries; and boost the popularization and application of scientific and technological achievements to production and life.

Areas of operation:

– Scientific research, technological research and development, experimental development and trial production the products/projects which are related to electrical and electronic, information and communication technology (i.e. Electronics, Power electronics, RF, Embedded system, Robotics, Software, Website, Phone Application…)
– Scientific and technological services are related to technology transfer, services on consultancy, personnel training and fostering, popularization and application of scientific and technological knowledge as well as practical experiences.

Expert Advisory Council

1. Adjunct Prof. Dr. Kamal Alameh
2. Adjunct Dr. Nguyen Hoang Nghia
3. Dr. Phung Quoc Viet
4. Dr. Phung Son Lam

The center is cooperating with the Electron Science Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Australia. We are now contacting with some more universities and institutes in Australia to expand the operation.

About Nhatrang Hi-tech company, Ltd.

Founded June 2011
Location Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam

Hochiminh city, Vietnam (Branch)

Description Nhatrang Hi-tech company (NHTC) is the private company working in the electronic and ICT industry. We are the design house and manufacturer, focus on the gadgets for smart-homes, smart-cars and smart-displays
Products NHTC focus on the gadgets for smart-homes, smart-cars and smart-displays
Slogan Hi-tech is for serving human life
Email info@nhtc.com.vn
Phone +84-58-3601-379
Website http://nhtc.com.vn

[NHTC News – Dec 2011]

Renesas Vietnam

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of semiconductor systems for mobile phones and automotive applications. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of microcontrollers and the second largest manufacturer of application processors. Renesas is also known for LCD drivers, RF ICs, mixed-signal integrated circuits and system-on-a-chip semiconductors.

Knowing Renesas Vietnam (RVC) management team in the HCMUS – RENESAS Micom Car Rally 2007 (MCR2007) when I was still a Consultant for the ROBOTVIET club.
Talking with Mr. Hara (President and CEO) was the good chance to know the working style of RVC, and also his plan to open the MCR in other universities.
I infact have no connection with him and RVC after that contest, however, I believe that we can co-operate in the future project, when having chance. I was very impressed with the enthusiasm of the RVC top management.

ELAN Microelectronics

ELAN Microelectronics Corporation is an IC designer and provider of 8-bit microcontrollers and PC Peripheral ICs. Situated at the Hsinchu Science Park, the Silicon Valley of Taiwan  (http://www.emc.com.tw)


Just knew ELAN from last year, but already worked with them on some projects and still working on some interesting things for now…
ELAN chip looks suitable for the simple application as toys, gifts, or household appliance….
There’s a long way to go ahead, for the cooperation with ELAN.
PS: The picture taken with Mr. Frankie, Sales Manager of ELAN HK

Atmel

Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a manufacturer of semiconductors, founded in 1984. Its focus is on system-level solutions built around flashmicrocontrollers. Its products include microcontrollers (including 8051 derivatives and AT91SAM and AT91CAP ARM-based micros), and its own Atmel AVR and AVR32 architectures, radio frequency (RF) devices, EEPROM and Flash memory devices (including DataFlash-based memory), and a number of application-specific products. Atmel supplies its devices as standard products, ASICs, or ASSPs depending on the requirements of its customers. In some cases it is able to offer system on chip solutions.

Starting with AT89C51 by using assembly language to understand how the MCU works, that’s the way all student in Vietnam opens the door of the Embedded world!

As said above, you can understand how popular the Atmel chip is in Vietnam. Asking me? Yes, of course I used to start by the same way.

Some recent years, there’s some change on the position of Atmel in Vietnam, because of the fake products and the long lead-time, however, it is still a most popular chip in Vietnam.

I’m familiar with AT89C51 and AVR ATmega, however, ATTiny is the first one we used in the large number (some ten of thousands).

Known Atmel Singapore via Arrow, this would be the good chance to open the relationship with the most popular chip in Vietnam.

NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI) provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions that leverage its leading RF, Analog, Power Management, Interface, Security and Digital Processing expertise. These innovations are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications.

Using NXP’s MCU from the second year when studying at the University of Technology with the introduction from Mr. Kiem Huynh (Lecturer – the well-known coach in the Robot contest).

It would be the very good beginning, I quickly understood 8 bits MCU (LPC922, LPC932, P89V51Rx2), ARM7  MCU (LPC2000) and used them in some application when still being a student.

I connected Philips Semiconductors (Vietnam’s representative office) from 2004 and actually provided many support for them in the MCU contest 2nd and 3rd, with many useful information in my personal website.

I got their Certificated in the MCU contest 2005 and the Award for the contribution to the contest.

The interesting thing is, in the meeting with NXP’s team in June, 2010, I met Mr. Tan – Sales Director, who participated in the Celeration 5 years ago to give me the Award!  He was very supprised, and ofcourse, I was, too. The world is not big enough, huh?

We are now the good partner, not only with the NXP’s Singapore , but also the Vietnam office.

Doing business is just for doing business, but friends are the friends, aren’t you?

WIZnet

WIZnet (http://www.wiznet.co.kr) provides Hardwired TCP/IP chips, embedded Internet modules, external devices, and serial device servers in wired and wireless environments.

Sometime the business is going very well, just after some email from the unknown people, that’s the case I met with WIZnet, the company in Korea.

Meeting with Mr. Kit Wan in Shenzhen, China (2009) and WIZnet team (Mr. Jace Sohn, Mr. Kit Wan,..) in Dongguan, China (2010), there’s many stories to tell.

Keeping the good relation ship, my friends!

UPDATE: Picture taken with WIZnet Hong Kong team at IIC 2012.

Asia Fan

Vietnam Fan Joint Stock company (http://www.asia-fan.com/), one of the biggest fan factory in Vietnam- is more than the close partner, they are actually the good friend.

The below picture was token with Khai –  the Production Assistant Manager of AF, my friend.

Young Bill’s gift shop

Young Bill’s (William Hones) gift shop opens in the middle of May, 2009 in Huynh Van Banh street, Hochiminh city.

Congrats him, the owner of  Innovatoys, open the Giftshop would be the good step for him in Vietnam.

Freescale and Arrow

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was one of the first semiconductor companies in the world, having started as a division of Motorola in Phoenix, Arizona in 1949.

Meeting with Freescale and Arrow (distributor) in the beginning of September, 2010. This would be the great chance to know the future of Freescale and its plan to extend the Vietnam market.

Start with the DEMO9S08LL16 to understand how to use Freescale chip.