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SwRI has evaluated, developed, deployed, and verified embedded systems for more than 20 years.

 

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SwRI developed the Tomahawk Missile HIL simulation system.

 

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SwRI expertise is applied to a wide range of applications including network-centric systems, cyber security, wireless communications, radar and remote sensing, automation applications, and space and airborne systems.

Embedded systems have been evaluated, developed, deployed, and verified for more than 20 years by the Embedded System Group of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).


The staff maintains a system focus and excels in forming small, interdisciplinary teams to solve clients' difficult real-time and embedded systems problems. SwRI provides services ranging from turn-key system development to system engineering and system integration services, to short-term consulting agreements.

 

Embedded Systems Technology

Embedded systems technology includes:

  • Real-time scheduling

  • Adaptive systems research

  • Expertise in commercial real-time operating systems, including:

    • VxWorks™

    • WindowsCE™

  • Laboratory outfitted with the latest:

    • Real-time system development tools

    • Debugging tools

    • Analysis tools

The Embedded Systems staff has developed many real-time and embedded systems including:

  • Automotive and in-vehicle systems

  • Device drivers for Windows NT and 2000, Unix/Linux, and VxWorks™

  • Field calibrator interface protocol software systems

  • Flight software for science instruments and command and data handling

  • Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation systems

  • Real-time networking systems

  • Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Board Support Packages (BSPs)

  • Robotic control software

  • Signal processing and real-time video/audio compression systems

  • Spacecraft interface simulators

  • Telephone monitoring systems

For more information about embedded systems technology capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Robert Klar at rklar@swri.org or (210) 522-5052. We can offer you insights about how to specify the lowest cost approach to solving your embedded systems problem.


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Contact Information

Robert A. Klar

Embedded Systems Technology

(210) 522-5052

rklar@swri.org

Related Terminology

software engineering

software development

high-reliability software

real-time systems

embedded software

flight software

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October 23, 2009