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What operating systems does Applied Science Group have experience with? Print
Embedded Software Solutions
In the embedded industry we have worked with Windows CE, Linux, AMX and QNX operating systems. However, over half of the embedded applications we've developed do not utilize a commercial operating system, and in those cases we have written "executive" kernels to control peripheral devices, timed events and other low-level tasks.
 
Does ASG have any experience with embedded control? Print
Embedded Software Solutions
Yes.
 
Does ASG have any experience with communications systems? Print
Embedded Software Solutions
Yes.
 
Who would use the Talker augmentative communication device? Print
Talker
Our clients include stroke victims, Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury patients, and Autistic children and adults.
 
What types of SCADA systems have you worked with? Print
Controls & SCADA
Our most common SCADA platforms are from GE (Proficy, formerly Intellution), Rockwell (Bizware) and Invensys (Wonderware). There are several less-common and legacy SCADA platforms for which ASG has developed applications.
 
What is Applied Sciences Group's Energy Management solution? Print
Energy Management
Timber is a tool to manage and display information about building resources, not necessarily just energy-related. It operates with an open protocol framework. It provides centralized overview control, but interacts with distributed controls as necessary.
 
What processor types has ASG used in the past? Print
Embedded Software Solutions
Motorola 68xxx, TMS 32xxx DSPs, Freescale Coldfire, Rabbit (Z180), Microchip PIC, Intel 8051 and Intel PC processors. We've never seen a processor we didn't like.
 
Is Windows CE a good choice for an embedded operating system? Print
Embedded Software Solutions
Windows is becoming more popular today than in the past. The most recent version of the CE operating system includes security mechanisms that limit access to program and memory space, which can overcomplicate the ability to integrate certain types of peripherals and other I/O devices. In those cases, if a board support package (BSP) is not already available to work with the hardware, there may be other choices, like Linux, that would be more appropriate.
 
Who would a typical Timber customer be? Print
Energy Management
The typical customer has a wide variety of energy control systems, and the need or desire to bring them under a single control umbrella. Our past customers include department stores, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, and warehousing facilities.
 
Does ASG have any experience with deterministic, real-time systems? Print
Embedded Software Solutions
Yes.
 
What is an embedded software engineer? Print
Embedded Software Solutions
We define it as an engineer who is skilled in the process that makes embedded software different than simply writing an application for, say, a PC. There is nuance associated with embedded processes: They typically contain chronological tasks that must run in a certain order at a certain time; their processors are limited in computing power and available memory; they may require real-time or near real-time responses, and they may or may not have an underlying operating system.
 
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  Applied Sciences Group, Inc.
  4455 Genesee Street, Building 6
  Buffalo, New York, USA 14225
  Phone: (716) 626-5100
  Fax: (716) 626-0629
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