Industry solutions
Solutions
Overview
Our proven expertise in industrial automation software and hardware development assists our customer’s successful development of embedded systems products. We help our customers implement their concepts into serial products, thus adapting to the fast-evolving market.
Moreover, we provide engineering services, hardware, and software for various components including sensors, control unit devices, remote troubleshooting, remote system access, predictive maintenance, safety input devices, safety actuators, machinery health monitoring, control fluid flow rates, controlling robotic machinery, control unit devices and metering applications.
Software
Development
We follow different development methodologies, depending on the type of project as well as the customers’ requirements or standards. Also, we apply our internal procedures of the quality management system, tailoring the applications to the customers’ requirements.
Furthermore, for the industrial automation sector, we mainly follow two development methodologies, the waterfall methodology and the agile approach, depending on the specifications of the project.
We offer complete BSP development services that include infrastructure development, as well as the required modularity for scalability and long-term maintenance. Also, 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 as well as Bare-Metal
- Bootloader development, secure boot, and also PKI infrastructure setup
- Both 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, RS-232, Ethernet
- Build system development
- Hardware tests and bring-up
- Device drivers development for peripherals and software stacks
- Startup code development
- Drivers backporting
Our team of embedded engineers has a rich experience with various microcontrollers, for both single processors and multi-processors and also digital signal processors. We specialize in optimizing, testing, as well as debugging hardware prototypes and shortening the “time to market” for the designed products. Furthermore, our middleware software brings unified interfaces with 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
- Telecom and networking protocol development
- Wireless protocols
- IoT protocols
- SDK’s
We offer tailored embedded solutions for industrial automation by using modern frameworks for domain-specific applications, APIs for integration with other systems and libraries as well as simulators for quick prototyping, widgets, or display controls. Moreover, the Graphic User Interface development and integration services that we offer are meant to bring color, ease of usage, and aesthetical design to the integrated systems. Also, 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
Our team of expert engineers can improve performance, reliability, and also the efficiency with the implementation of advanced control algorithms. In order to do that, we use tunable automated optimization methods and the development of controller code for embedded systems that are designed to meet the performance requirements of the hardware. Thus, we are specialized in the development of algorithms that are customized to solve various kinds of tasks.
Key Development Areas:
- Sensor fusion and high-level data fusion
- Measurement and control
- Monitoring of process parameters
- Search, processing, presentation, and also the acquisition of industrial parameters
- Communication and network sharing
- Quality testing and analysis
- Power management
- Equipment monitoring and management
- Condition monitoring for large machines
- Safety and security management
- Optical data analysis
- Digital Filtering
- Digital Communications
- Detection & Classification
- Time domain analysis
- Frequency domain analysis
- Closed loop control systems
- Process Controls Systems
- Motion Control
- Safety, Diagnostics, and Test Algorithms
- Audio and sound stream analysis and control
- Vibration detection
safety, security and testing
Security
Our security solutions are compliant with IEC 62443 and incorporate the following steps:
- Permission – we develop solutions that manage access to operations systems and information through the network and physical controls.
- Protection – we implement specific controls as part of the operations systems for ongoing protection.
- Detection – we develop solutions that allow monitoring of the operating environment to detect and also communicate threats.
- Response – we develop procedures and systems to support rapid response to cyber incidents to contain and mitigate attacks
Standards
- IEC 61508: Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
- ISO 13849: Performance Level (PLe)
- IEC 62061: Safety of Machinery
- IEC 61800: Adjustable Speed Electric DC Power Drive Systems
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 for industrial automation is done from concept to creation. Therefore, it includes the design of the electronic schematic, layout design, and design optimization.
For every step of the development process, our team ensures that:
- The electronic components are placed and routed optimally
- The signal integrity, thermal, as well as the mechanical constraints are dealt with optimally
- Specific project and certification requirements are implemented and also tested robustly
- The design is optimized for manufacturing and series production
In order to ensure the superior quality of the designed systems, our team develops the necessary environments for the simulation of the circuits. We make sure that the electrical, thermal, and also mechanical parameters of the circuit are within the limits allowed by the client and legislative requirements.
Also, our engineers 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. In order to do that, we are 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
Our team of hardware engineers takes care of all aspects related to PCB schematic design, from the initial system concept up to the actual schematic design. Also, 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 also 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
At DigitalGate, we offer 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 optimizes the design of the PCBs’ by taking care of all the aspects regarding component placement, spacing, clearances, thermal relief, and also shape restraints. Our team of engineers debugs, inspects, and tests so 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, Standars and complience
Compliance Services
- Industry standardized equipment & assemblies – IPC-A-600 and IPC-A-610
Standards
- Secure hardware development life cycle – IEC 62443-4-1
- Technical security requirements for IACS components – IEC 62443-4-2
- Hardware solutions development in accordance with IEC 61800 – Adjustable Speed Electric DC Power Drive Systems
Tests
- Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Testing
- Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Testing
- CE Certification
- RoHS Certification
