Automotive
Automotive software development & electronics design
Since 2004, we have been engineering custom automotive electronics: embedded systems for cars, trucks, sea and river vessels.
Our portfolio includes successful projects for American and European automotive concerns: in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), OBD trackers, engine control units, navigation systems and other electronics.
Devices and embedded systems
We help our customers create products for local and global markets: "connected" cars, ICE systems (In-Car Entertainment), integrated solutions for specialized vehicles based on the IoT technologies (Internet of Things).
Our embedded automotive solutions meet the stringent requirements of the industry. We design hardware platforms for uninterrupted operation under harsh conditions and write program code for fault-tolerant embedded systems.
Besides, we are now focused on providing to our clients emerging solutions in telematics & GPS tracking, and custom dash cam development.
Automotive software development
We develop software in compliance with the AUTOSAR and MISRA industry standards. Using special software testing methodologies, we create extremely reliable systems. Examples of our developments:
Software compatible with AUTOSAR, MISRA, and ASPICE
AUTOSAR, Automotive Open System Architecture
AUTOSAR is an international partnership in the development of an open and standardized software architecture for automotive electronic control units (ECUs). The goal of this partnership is to ensure the availability, security, scalability, and portability of software platforms for vehicles; guarantee maintainability throughout the life cycle of the product.
MISRA, Motor Industry Software Reliability Association
MISRA is an association of vehicle manufacturers, component suppliers, and engineering companies, established to provide software reliability in the automotive industry. One of the standards – MISRA C – was designed to promote the security, portability and reliability of programs for embedded systems in the C language.
ASPICE, Automotive Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination
ASPICE is a domain-specific quality model under ISO/IEC 15504. ASPICE serves for software engineers to define, implement, and evaluate the automotive industry product development process. We bring value to our clients by evolving demands satisfaction, risk reduction, and quality assurance. We've are planning to complete ACPICE L2 capability level.
What automotive areas we can support with IoT?
In-car infotainment
– music and video streaming
– newsfeeds & weather info
– entertainment & edutainment
– turn-by-turn navigation
– points of interests locator
– traffic jam alerts
– location-based ads
Data analysis
– tracking infotainment apps usage
– big data analytics of accidents
– visualization, real-time reporting
– proactive alerting & notifications
– telematics for auto insurance
– assessment of driving skills
– maintenance history
Safety & ADAS
– in-lane position control
– parking assistance
– speeding control
– tracking of seat belt usage
– prevention of drowsiness
– avoidance of collision
Cloud solutions
– integration with smart home & office
– cloud-connected vehicles
– GPS-enabled augmented reality
– autonomous & semi-autonomous vehicles
– HVAC & lock management
– car-on-demand & navigation services
Fleet management
– tracking of fuel & vehicle location
– workload management
– management of leased or rented vehicles
– scheduling of usage & maintenance
– optimization of logistics
Proactive maintenance
– pre-production vehicle testing
– A/B testing & fault detection
– remote diagnostics & tech support
– real-time vehicle health monitoring
Why Promwad
Expertise
Close partnership with vendors, access to the best SDKs, extensive automotive portfolio, and deep expertise gives us a strong competitive advantage on the market
Flexibility
Our experience allows us to enroll in any kind of automotive projects as fast as possible. At the same time, we are ready to provide flexible cooperation models
Experience
We can act as a guide for vendors' SDKs in local markets. We provide support to the vendors' clients, leave feedback after working with products, and popularize them in target groups
Automotive devices and software on edge
Problem
Designing and bringing an innovative automotive product or software solutions to the market is always associated with high risks. Customers don't have the necessary expertise, as it can only be worked out in similar projects.
Benefits
We participate in many innovative projects with technologies on edge. That helped us work out an effective risk management policy. Projects connected with innovations always bring along high risks. The average volume of such projects is around $300,000 - 400,000. Cooperation with us allows the client to save above $100,000. The client can use those savings to form the component base and the testing equipment.
Our solution
Quality
High quality of service; increased speed of project implementation; assistance in the implementation into the final solution
Turnkey
Time and money savings in turnkey projects; QA at all stages and quick bug fixing; project management
Support
Flexible cooperation models; growth mutually with the client; quick resolution of the client's sudden tasks; integration of ready-made solutions
Our tech map
Hardware
PowerPC, ARM, MIPS
Standards
MISRA, AUTOSAR, ISO 26262
Telematics modules
GPS, GSM/3G, FM, DARC/KDGPS, GLONASS
Embedded
AAC, AVI, H.264, JPEG, JPEG2000, MP3, MPEG 1 / 2 / 4, OGG Media, OGG Vorbis, RTP, WMA
Vendors
Texas Instruments, Fujitsu, Xilinx, STMicroelectronics, Intel, NXP, Analog Devices
Interfaces
Automotive: OBD, CAN, FR, LIN, MOST, IDB1394; Multimedia: LAN, Bluetooth, WiFi, USB, MMC
"We are grateful to Promwad for fruitful cooperation during the embedded software development for the body control unit, which was designed according to the international ISO TS-16949 standard."
— Alexander Dolozov, Automotive Embedded Software Manager at NPO Itelma
Our portfolio in automotive
Railway navigation system design with GPS & GLONASS We offered the customer a hardware solution based on three modules (units) that are connected with cables
Jade platform for automotive infotainment systems We developed hardware & software platform for automotive display, monitoring, and diagnostics systems based on the Fujitsu Jade MB86R01
Controller for traction driveWe upgraded the controller of an electric traction device for subway carriages made more than ten years ago
Onboard multimedia computerWe have developed a sophisticated hardware and software system for multimedia, GPS navigation, travel time calculation, control of air conditioning
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