SOFTWARE/HARDWARE ENGINEERING
CONSULTING SERVICES

SPECIALIZING WITH EMBEDDED CONTROL SYSTEMS

YOUR REQUIREMENTS:

You require computer software consulting assistance in any one of the following industries:

Industrial Process Control & Automation
Transportation
Robotics
Telecommunications
Medical

and need expertise to:

engineer
develop
program
debug
maintain
install

software and hardware for real-time control applications that run on PC platforms or embedded in single board computers for your business, or your client's business.

EXPERIENCE:

MICROPROCESSORS & MICROCONTROLLERS – Atmega8, 68HC05/08, 68000/030/332, MOTOROLA PowerPC750, INTEL 80x86, 8031/32/51/52, 80C196, 8085, ZILOG Z180, SIEMENS 80C167, 80C49, TI370, 1750A.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES & API INTERFACE - ANSI-C, MICROTEK C/C++, Vector Informatik CAPL, SIEMENS C167, Z-WORLD Dynamic C, WIN32 API, INTEL C96 with in-line Assembler, BORLAND C/C++, 80x86 Macro Assembler, Visual BASIC 4.0 & 6.0, QuickBASIC, PLMx86, and PLM51.
DEVELOPMENT WORKSTATIONS - Windows XP/NT/98/95/3.11/3.1, Red Hat Linux, Sun UNIX Workstations, HP & HP/APOLLO UNIX Workstations, VAXstation 3100/M38 w/DECwindows, VAXstation 2000, various terminals (i.e., VT100, VT320), IBM PS2 Model 50, Winchester Systems 80386, INTEL 80286 based Development Systems.
OPERATING SYSTEMS & GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENTS – Wind River VxWorks 5.4, MS Windows XP/NT/98/95/3.1, Solaris (UNIX), OS-9, MS-DOS 6.2x, HP-UX9.0, HP/APOLLO Domain/OS w/UNIX Bourne/Korn Shell, VAX VMS 5.4 w/DECwindows, RMX86, ISIS-II.
TEXT EDITORS / WORD PROCESSORS - Borland (Premia) CodeWright, UNIX EMACS and vi, Brief 3.1, Borland IDE, Microsoft IDE, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc), WordPerfect, Framemaker, Interleaf, VAX LSEdit, EDT EVE Plus, and Alter.
EMULATORS, DEBUGGERS, & SIMULATORS – Atmel AVR ICE40, Wind River Tornado debugger, MOTOROLA 68HC05/08, Kontron 80C167, INTEL ICE196KC/KB, and MetaICE52 by MetaLink, 80x86 debuggers by Microsoft and Borland.
OTHER TOOLS – IVEX WinDraft and WinBoard, Configuration Management/Version Control using Rational ClearCase, Bug Tracking using ClearQuest and DDTs, Cadre Teamwork Data Flow, Software Design implementing Yourdon, Nassi Schiederman, Hatley Pirbhai Design Methodologies, and State Transition Diagrams.

EXPERTISE:

Real-time Embedded Control Systems: Real-Time Embedded Cyclic Control Executives, Controller Area Network (CAN) Communication Standards used in the transportation industry, Diesel Engine Controls, Flight Control Dynamics, Aircraft Engine Controls, Allen-Bradley SLC5/03, PLC5/3 PLCs; State Machine Design, Digital Signal Processing, PID Control Regulators, Data Acquisition (A-to-D Sampling), 2D/3D Mapping Interpolation, Digital Filtering, Integer / Fixed-Point Math Calculations, PWM D-to-A Output Processing; Structured Programming Techniques, Data/Control Flow Methodologies, Object-Oriented Design Programming Techniques; High-Speed / Low-Power Logic Design, Pneumatic / Hydraulic Interface Design, Audio Signal Processing, Switching Power Supply Design, Motion Controls, Single-Point Grounding, EMI Suppression, and Transmission Line Theory.

PAST PROJECT:

Software and hardware design and development engineering of a unique liquid-based CO₂ refrigeration control system for a railroad car manufacturer. The pictures below show the completed prototype ready for client evaluation.

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