Automation Research Group

Capabilities

Firmware & Software

From bare-metal C to cloud-connected embedded systems — the full stack, owned in-house.

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What We Do

Four disciplines. One team.

Microcontroller Firmware

Embedded C for ARM Cortex, Renesas, STMicro. FreeRTOS, VxWorks. In-house BSPs, device drivers, and OTA update pipelines.

FPGA & DSP

In-house Xilinx IP — 25+ years of combined team FPGA experience: digital filters, FFT engines, high-speed comms blocks. Vivado/ISE through Zynq SoCs.

Cloud & IoT

AWS IoT Core, MQTT, custom OEM dashboards and REST APIs. From on-device storage to real-time cloud sync.

Protocols & Connectivity

Industrial: Modbus, CANopen, EtherCAT. Wireless: BLE 5.x, LTE-M/NB-IoT. Power-line: G3-PLC, HPGP.

Capability Detail

What we bring to your project.

A look at what we bring to your firmware and software engagement.

Microcontroller Firmware

  • Embedded C for Microchip/Atmel, Renesas, STMicro, ARM Cortex processors
  • UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, A/D, D/A peripheral drivers — in-house source library
  • Bluetooth LE, Ethernet, Zigbee, Cellular and wireless protocol stacks
  • FreeRTOS, TinyRTOS, VxWorks — 16/32-bit RTOS implementations
  • In-house device drivers and board support packages (BSPs)

FPGA IP

  • 25+ years of combined team experience developing Xilinx FPGA, SoC, and CPLD IP
  • Digital filters, FFT engines, and high-speed data storage IP
  • CANopen, RS232, SPI and custom digital communications IP
  • Mathworks System Generator for Xilinx Zynq SoCs — model-based HDL generation

Operating Systems

  • FreeRTOS, TinyRTOS, VxWorks on bare-metal ARM and RISC-V targets
  • Linux — Debian and Yocto on ARM cores (ATSAM9x, i.MX, BeagleBone)
  • Bootloader development and secure OTA firmware update pipelines
  • Cloud connectivity — MQTT, AWS IoT Core, custom OEM dashboards

Software Development

  • Visual Studio C# — desktop and Windows-based instrument control GUIs
  • Java and Python — server-side and data processing applications
  • Matlab / Simulink — model-based code generation for control algorithms
  • REST APIs and cloud back-end integration for IoT data pipelines

Tool Chains

  • IAR Embedded Workbench, Keil MDK, STM32CubeIDE, MPLAB X
  • Xilinx Vivado / ISE for FPGA synthesis and simulation
  • J-Link, ST-Link, PICKit — in-house debuggers and programmers
  • Git version control with CI/CD pipelines for firmware releases

Protocols & Connectivity

  • Industrial: Modbus RTU/TCP, CANopen, J1939, EtherCAT
  • Wireless: BLE 5.x, Wi-Fi (ESP32, Nordic), Cellular LTE-M / NB-IoT
  • Power line: G3-PLC, HPGP for smart grid and building automation
  • Nordic nRF91 / nRF52 series — ARG has production-deployed modules

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