Company History

Absolute Data Services Ltd started life as a small consultancy providing electronic design and embedded software development services to the audio, video and broadcast sectors. The business was later expanded to become an importer and distributor of electronic development tools and is now the official master distributor for Dino-Lite within the UK and Ireland as well as an appointed distributor for Terasic product lines throughout Europe.

Importer and Distributor

As an importer and distributor of electronic development tools and products the company ethos is to source and supply products which are; of high quality, provide flexibility whilst remaining user friendly, and most of all are cost effective. We concentrate on products with which we have professional experience to ensure that we are able to offer excellent product support and advice to both our reseller network and the end users.

Consultancy Services

The consultancy arm of the business has worked on a number of landmark products and with some of the most respected companies in the professional audio, video, film and broadcast industries.

An in depth technical knowledge and appreciation of end user requirements has seen us involved in products including:

• Large format digital mixing consoles
• Non-linear audio and video editing systems
• Hard disk recording systems
• Personal studio systems (integrated audio hard disk recorder and digital mixing console)
• Moving fader automation systems
• Audio and video synchronization hardware
• Portable audio and video disk recorders
• Hardware control surfaces
• High speed multi-channel audio I/O interfaces

Why our clients use us:

• Flexible resource - we have the capability to take on complete projects from specification through to production or to provide a more specific role working alongside your existing teams.

• Design experience - at the general level our digital experience ranges from small 8-bit micro-controllers and systems through to advanced 32-bit embedded processors and high density FPGAs. We specialise in high speed design and the majority of our designs now involve multiple high speed serial interfaces. We are well versed in the latest incarnations of technologies such as PCI-Express, Gigabit Ethernet, SAS, SATA, DDR Memory, SDI video interfaces, USB and more recently Thunderbolt(TM). In addition to a broad experience base we also have specific design knowledge of some of the leading silicon devices from vendors such as Freescale, Microchip, ATMEL, Analog Devices, PLX Technology, LSI, Altera, Xilinx, Marvell and Intel.

• Fresh ideas - we are always on the lookout for new and interesting technologies as well as new ways to apply existing technologies to solve design problems. This not only covers silicon devices but also hardware and software development tools, test equipment and other 3rd party services.

• Established commercial links - we have well established links with some excellent mechanical designers, PCB design bureaux, PCB assembly and test companies, technical writers and other 3rd party suppliers. We also have very good links with some of the major component distributors and well established relationships with a number of silicon manufacturer field application engineers.

• Confidentiality - we treat our clients information in the strictest confidence and all our engagements are covered by confidentiality agreements.