ProjectThe Challenge Audi were developing an extremely complex driver assistance system, integrating many software packages from many different companies onto brand new hardware. Audi needed to have expertise to help them to validate and test their software, whilst...
ProjectThe Challenge The client was upgrading their existing Metra organ preservation system, and needed a Windows front-end for the human machine interface and a certifiable safety critical back-end capable of keeping a kidney alive, even if Windows crashes. All this...
ProjectVxWorks Hypervisor Reference Platform Combining a Windows User Interface with a Safety Critical VxWorks System Utilising a VxWorks Hypervisor / Windows system allows the familiar user interface of Windows to be used to drive a Safety Critical VxWorks system. In...
ProjectThe Challenge The client had been plagued by what was known as the 'Black Tile Problem'. A mapping system that read map data via an NFS mount had one missing image, that cause a black tile to appear in the Pilot's mapping system - very frustrating for them and...
ProjectThe Challenge The client manufactures CPU boards and needed a 64-bit driver developing for a 10Gbps Mellanox Connect-X2 networking chip. Although there was an existing Linux driver and a comprehensive user manual, the source code was (as is usual with Linux),...
ProjectThe Challenge Working with WindRiver and Tier 1 and Tier 2 Automotive companies, HSS needed to create a BSP for the new VxWorks 7.0 RTOS, which was still under development, on a custom hardware board integrating two different families of CPU, along with FPGAs...
ProjectThe Challenge The client were developing a bomb disposal robot, and required specific expertise and experience to assist with the development, integration and testing of the software elements that would control the robot and it's unique robot arm. The Solution...
ProjectReal Time Machine Vision using VxWorks In all industries, it is important for safety critical systems to be able to consistently react in a predictable, repeatable way. When Machine Vision is involved, a millisecond delay becomes critical (if not fatal), and a...