UK SBS Single Board Camera Development

Contract summary

Industry

• Sensors - 35125100

• Spectrometers - 38433000

• Cameras - 38651000

Location of contract

OX11 0QX

Value of contract

£46,740.65

Procurement reference

RE17090

Published date

14 March 2017

Closing date

14 March 2017

Contract start date

15 March 2017

Contract end date

7 July 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Award of contract without prior publication of a contract notice

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

STFC have a long running project in the design and production of sensors for Imaging Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (ToF-MS). In ToF-MS, a sample is ionised and its constituent parts accelerated to hit a detector. The time of flight of each corresponds to its mass. In the PImMS (Pixel Imagin Mass Spectrometry) detector, an image at each time segment is also possible. This allows even more information to be derived, such as the structure of the original molecule.

STFC designed the PImMS sensor, and bought a camera for it from Aspect Systems along with our partners at Oxford University. The IP in this camera (including the schematics, design and FPGA firmware) belongs to Aspect Systems. Recently, it has been decided to request an updated camera from Aspect which would allow faster readout from the sensor.

This procurement will cover the design and manufacture of a high speed, single board camera based on existing Aspect Systems IP developed for the PImMS project.

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Award information

Awarded date

14 March 2017

Contract start date

15 March 2017

Contract end date

7 July 2017

Total value of contract

£46,740.65

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Aspect Systems GmbH

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About the buyer

Address

UK SBS Ltd
Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1ET
England

Email

scientificresearch@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk