Consilia helps its customers to reduce their software development budget.
We have been developing applications and embedded firmware for many years.
A usual question for electronic product developers who order services from a software development firm is how to embed software into hardware.
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Software Development
We can speed up your software development project in many areas.
Our specialties are embedded applications.
We also design their software counterparts for host PCs to provide our customers with a full–service chain (including the integration of hardware and software).
List of software services
Embedded Systems Testing
Do you need to ensure your embedded product is stable, maximally reliable, and functional? Our ISTQB certified testers uncover hidden issues early and helping ensure your product launches on time.
What We Can Do for Your Product
We provide services in every phase of the software development life cycle.
It depends on the customer whether they need to use our entire process chain or just some of our services, especially when the customer has their own team with a gap in specific competence (e. g., software testing).
Our typical job flow is based on the following controlled processes:
Feasibility Studies
Before the project's realization, we carefully analyze whether and what technologies can fulfill all the requirements, including manufacturability and production costs.
For such an analysis, we need certain inputs from the customer – e.g., technical requirements, target cost, and schedule.
Software Architecture Design
We consider the design of SW architecture a vital part where we spend reasonable effort at the early stage and save many costs later.
We sketch up the layers of the software, suggest the functional blocks and define relations between them.
Proof of Concept
In some cases, we create a fast prototype that shows us (and the customer, of course) if the system architecture candidate has a great chance to fulfill the key functionalities and requirements.
On such a POC (Proof of Concept), we also test and measure critical points, e.g., mechanical stability, system responsiveness, data throughput capability, and power consumption.
Data Flow Models
Based on software architecture, we create detailed data flow models where we see exactly if it fits the requirements.
We use the output of this phase as a basis for creating the modules/units and the unit test plan.
Research on Solutions
Many marketing models can be realized in multiple ways.
We always analyze multiple solutions or concepts to stimulate a sort of internal competition among them and to select the best of them.
Implementation
We implement the software using a revision control system extensively. We have had very deep experience with Git for many years.
When merging the feature branches into master branch, the system assists us especially at code reviews.
Unit Tests
Our team takes care of unit tests internally.
We use the unit tests to debug the unit/module at the lowest possible level, which is for us one of the most cost-saving ways to stable and reliable software.
Vertical Integration of the Components
In projects where the Agile approach is selected as the best, we make vertical integration of the components together to get a visible feature or functionality every one or two weeks.
That enables the product owner to track whether the project is going straightforward and to disclose potential critical path as soon as possible.
Integration with HW
Cooperation of the software and hardware team is our strong arm.
Our hardware colleagues are highly experienced in creating our own hardware modules and planning hardware/software interface in advance.
Therefore, we usually perform hardware/software integration seamlessly and avoid finding critical systém bugs too late.
Feature Tests
As a part of the vertical integration, we test the system features based on the feature test plan.
When appropriate, we create our own test system and implement the tests so that they can be reused and repeated at any time.
Regression Tests
When adding and implementing new features, we test the existing ones as well to keep the whole system working reliably in all its parts.
Basically, regression tests are for us feature tests repeated on a regular basis.
Therefore, we reuse the test system and test cases from the feature tests.
Feasibility Studies
For such an analysis, we need certain inputs from the customer – e.g., technical requirements, target cost, and schedule.
SW Architecture Design
We sketch up the layers of the software, suggest the functional blocks and define relations between them.
Proof of Concept
On such a POC (Proof of Concept), we also test and measure critical points, e.g., mechanical stability, system responsiveness, data throughput capability, and power consumption.
Data Flow models
We use the output of this phase as a basis for creating the modules/units and the unit test plan.
Research on Solutions
We always analyze multiple solutions or concepts to stimulate a sort of internal competition among them and to select the best of them.
Implementation
When merging the feature branches into master branch, the system assists us especially at code reviews.
Unit Tests
We use the unit tests to debug the unit/module at the lowest possible level, which is for us one of the most cost-saving ways to stable and reliable software.
Vertical Integration of the Components
That enables the product owner to track whether the project is going straightforward and to disclose potential critical path as soon as possible.
Integration with HW
Our hardware colleagues are highly experienced in creating our own hardware modules and planning hardware/software interface in advance.
Therefore, we usually perform hardware/software integration seamlessly and avoid finding critical system bugs too late.
Feature Tests
When appropriate, we create our own test system and implement the tests so that they can be reused and repeated at any time.
Regression Tests
Basically, regression tests are for us feature tests repeated on a regular basis.
Therefore, we reuse the test system and test cases from the feature tests.
Gain support from our experts at every stage of software development and elevate your project to the next level.
How We Can Cooperate
We use various development approaches.
During the last twenty years, we have got experience with two different software development processes: V-model based and Agile based; for Agile, we can work both in Scrum and Kanban mode.
If you are interested in these software development processes discover more about our workflow in the article Comparison of V-model based and Agile software development methodology.
Our Experiences and Focus
In Test and Measurement devices, we often make an embedded software application for the target device itself and add a native or web-based application for the client device. The interface can be a traditional wired one (USB or wired LAN) or wireless (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, and others).
The same approach often applies to IoT applications, where sensors run on bare-metal software and communicate with a gateway through Bluetooth or other IoT connections.
The gateway may be equipped with a light-weight Linux operating system and may typically provide a web server application for the connection to anywhere in the world. The user can access the system via mobile software with user-friendly gadgets.
Key Application Areas
We provide our custom software design for a variety of markets.
Our team worked, among others, for automotive or aviation industry segments, which are special for need of software certification.
