Solutions
Overview
Our proven expertise in aerospace and defense software and hardware development assists our customers’ successful development of embedded systems products. We help our customers implement their concepts into serial products, thus adapting to a fast-evolving market.
We provide engineering services, hardware, and software for various components including weapon systems, command, and control, communications, military intelligence, surveillance, radar and sonar, autonomous, unmanned systems, and human/machine teaming (biometric wearables), simulation and training systems.
We provide engineering services, hardware, and software for various components including weapon systems, command, and control, communications, military intelligence, surveillance, radar and sonar, autonomous, unmanned systems, and human/machine teaming (biometric wearables), simulation and training systems.
Software
Development
At DigitalGate, we follow different development methodologies, depending on the type of project, customers’ requirements, or standards, and apply our internal procedures of the quality management system, tailoring the applications to the customers’ requirements.
For the aerospace and defense industry, we mainly follow two development methodologies, the waterfall methodology and the agile approach, depending on the specifications of the project.
For the aerospace and defense industry, we mainly follow two development methodologies, the waterfall methodology and the agile approach, depending on the specifications of the project.
BSP
Development
Development
Middleware
Development
Development
Application
Development
Development
Safety, Security and Testing
BSP
Development
Development
We offer complete BSP development services that include the infrastructure development, as well as the required modularity for scalability and long-term maintenance. Our BSP solutions are of the highest standards in the industry, tailored to the customers’ requirements.
Our BSP Development Services Include:
● BSP development for Linux, QNX, VxWorks, RTOS and Bare-Metal;
● Bootloader development, secure boot, PKI infrastructure setup;
● Bootloader integration and boot scheme development for normal operation, recovery, software updates etc;
● Boot time optimization;
● Memory footprint optimization;
● OS stacks configuration, networking, USB, video streaming;
● Low-light sensor;
● Infrared sensor;
● Build system development;
● Hardware tests and bring-up;
● Device drivers development for peripherals and software stacks;
● Startup code development;
● Drivers backporting.
Middleware
Development
Development
Our team of embedded engineers has a rich experience with various microcontrollers, from single processors to multi-processors and digital signal processors. We specialize in optimizing, testing and debugging hardware prototypes and shorten the “time to market” for the designed products. Our middleware software brings unified interfaces scalable and transparent functionalities overcoming problems related to reuse and code portability.
Key Development Areas:
● Application driver development;
● OSAL;
● Communication protocols;
● Tracing libraries;
● Framework development;
● Application optimization for runtime, load balancing, memory footprint;
● Control of the execution at thread or task level;
● Manifold applications;
● Secure Operations Language (SOL);
● Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
Application
Development
Development
User Interface Development
We offer tailored embedded solutions by using modern frameworks for domain specific applications, APIs for integration with other systems and libraries, simulators for quick prototyping, widgets, or display controls. All the User Interface development and integration services that we offer are meant to bring color, ease of usage and aesthetical design to the integrated systems. Our solutions are cross-platform, with high-performance capabilities, integrating simple and user-friendly APIs, designed for multilingual support and highly flexible.
Key Development Areas:
● Graphical user interfaces (GUIs);
● Voice controlled interfaces (VUIs);
● Gesture based interfaces;
Algorithm Development
Our team of expert engineers can improve performance, reliability and efficiency with the implementation of advanced control algorithms, with the use of tunable automated optimization methods and with the development of controller code for embedded systems that is designed to meet performance requirements of the hardware. Our team is specialized in the development of algorithms that are customized to solve various kind of tasks.
Key Development Features:
● Image clustering;
● Object detection;
● Image enhancement;
● Object tracking;
● Motion detection;
● Low-level feature detection;
● Image acquisition;
● Data processing and filtering;
● Camera calibration;
● Image stitching;
● Sensor fusion algorithms for low and high level data fusion;
● Localization and mapping as well as SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping).
Cybersecurity
Our team of embedded engineers offer software solutions that incorporate the basic concepts of aerospace and defense cybersecurity.
Our security measures are designed to:
● Manage and validate network systems security;
● Implement security measures for communication;
● Implementation of cyber security policies;
● Data network security measures;
● Automated data processing (ADP);
● Virtual machine;
● TCP/IP and OSI.
Safety, Security and Testing
Standards
● MISRA C;
● MISRA C++;
● CWE;
● CERT C;
● CERT C++.
Cybersecurity
● Big data analytics – solution that monitor and manage devices and unify the foundation to build and deploy connected business applications;
● Trusted secure communications protocols – cryptographic model encryption for data confidentiality and integrity;
● Connected security assurance center (CSAC) – end-to-end monitoring solutions;
● Satellite communications/satellite payloads – custom microwave payload solutions;
● Trusted microelectronics (VISM) – integrated secure microsystems (VISM) featuring embedded security;
● Secure modular systems – Algorithms for securing Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) circuits;
● Operations management platform – security management solution.
Testing
● Unit and module testing;
● KPI verification and validation;
● Hardware in the loop (HIL) testing;
● Module in the loop (MIL) testing;
● Software in the loop (SIL) testing.
Hardware Development
Hardware development is done from concept to creation, and it includes the design of the electronic schematic, layout design, and design optimization.
For every step of the development process our team ensures that:
For every step of the development process our team ensures that:
- The electronic components are placed and routed optimally;
- The signal integrity, thermal, mechanical constraints are dealt with optimally;
- Specific project and certification requirements are implemented and tested robustly;
- The design is optimized for manufacturing and series production.
In order to ensure a superior quality of the designed systems, our team develops the necessary environments for the simulation of the circuits in order to make sure that the electrical, thermal, and mechanical parameters of the circuit are within the limits allowed by the client and legislative requirements.
Our engineers also ensure that the designed circuits are manufactured according to the project specifications and provide customers with the necessary assistance in communicating with the printed circuit board manufacturers, choosing the best suppliers who can produce the printed circuit boards according to the specifications of the design and within the budget of the customers.
PCB Schematic Design
PCB Layout Design
PCB Design Optimization
Testing, Standards and Compliance
PCB Schematic Design
Our team of hardware engineers takes care of all aspects related to PCB schematic design, from initial system concept up to the actual schematic design. We offer optimized schematic designs that are optimal and simulated thoroughly.
Key Development Areas:
● Complete schematic designs from initial concept design up to complete PCB schematic design and its corresponding documentation;
● Optimal schematic designs solutions by carefully simulating the designs and choosing the main components of the schematic;
● Perfect balance between budget and specific application needs.
PCB Layout Design
Our team of engineers offers end-to-end solutions that accelerate the design of the most complex electronics and intelligent systems. By using specialized layout software, our team implements based on the schematic, the optimized layout for the PCB.
Key Development Areas:
● Optimized layout for the PCB based on the schematic design;
● Single or multiple layers PCBs’;
● Components’ placement optimization;
● Routing that defines the optimal electrical connectivity;
● Requirements for placement, signal and thermal integrity consideration.
PCB Design Optimization
Our team of expert hardware engineers optimize the design of the PCBs’ by taking care of all the aspects regarding component placement, spacing, clearances, thermal relief and the shape restraints. Our team of engineers debugs, inspects and tests such that the PCB design is fully optimized for serial production.
Key Development Areas:
● Debugging, inspecting and testing;
● Fully optimized PCB design according to the customers’ requirements, as well as the number of layers required, the best suitable components, the quality and the cost factor;
● PCB designs completely optimized for serial production.
Testing, Standards and Compliance
Hardware Tests
● Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Testing;
● Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Testing;
● CE Certification;
● RoHS Certification.
Standards
Hardware solutions development in accordance to:
● AS9100 – International Quality Management system standard for the Aviation, Space and Defense (AS&D) industry;
● DO-160 – standard on environmental conditions and test procedures for airborne equipment.
Hardware Compliance Services
● DO-254 – Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware.
