Hardware Development Projects

In-car video and audio switching and distribution modules (Analog RGB & CVBS as well as Digital LVDS)

Bluetooth projects (OEM and aftermarket hands-free car kits, e.g. CIX3000 Blue, which was awarded the EISA award for Best In-Car Communication Product 2004, Bluetooth Audio Streaming Devices)

High-speed digital designs (DSP-based, 32-Bit & 64-Bit µP-based with (DDR-)SDRAM, GBit Ethernet, LVDS, USB 2.0)

Low-power designs (MSP430-based, battery-powered portable devices)

Low-noise mixed-signal designs (audio and video conversion, data acquisition for optical spectrometers)

Cost optimisation / ratio versions of existing products



Software Development Projects

Real-time operating systems: VxWorks, Integrity, QNX, OSEK, µC/OS-II, DSP/BIOS, VDK, OSE, Linux, Windows CE

V-Model SW development process according to CMMI Level 2

SW performance optimisation (creation of fixed C- code models, data stream- and pipelining, code profiling, hand-optimized assembler)

Latest SW projects:

Integration graphics accelerator and GFX lib driver for OEM electronic headunit (3 MY)

Three-headed multimedia-center, including MP3, DVD playback, e-mail and internet gateway, WWW-browser, integration, integration of multimedia services and MMI (3 MY)

Bluetooth connectivity platform for mobile phones (including adaption layer for incompatible mobile phones)

Module for nomadic device connectivity: integration of iPod, USB mass storage devices and bluetooth audio streaming devices into existing radio platform (2 MY)

Integration and acoustic optimisation of echo canceller and noise reduction for OEM customer (0.5 MY)

Integration of MP3/WMA/AAC playback, MP3 encoding, speech compression, barge-in- functionality, audio equalizing, matrix decoding, housekeeping and lifecycle and chime
synthesizer into OEM headunit (10 MY)





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