Automotive Infotainment & Clusters
Our proven expertise in automotive infotainment solutions along with our ready-to-use IP and customisation services provide a significant time-to-market advantage for Automotive Tier-1 Suppliers and OEMs. Our domain expertise spans multimedia, navigation and connectivity. Our ability to offer the complete infotainment product development expertise portfolio consisting hardware design, BSP / driver porting, middleware development & integration and HMI development sets us apart.
Why Us?
- Working experience with eight leading global automotive Tier 1s across Europe, the US and Asia
- Proven experience in production, with our designs going into 50 products with more than six million units already in the market
- “Ready to go IPs” to accelerate development.
- Member of Genivi Alliance: Genivi compliant offerings for multimedia and connectivity
- Member of Mirrorlinks: Car Connectivity Consortium
- Complete product development expertise – Multiple OS (Linux, QNX, Android, iTRON), BSP, Device Drivers, Middleware, GUI and Hardware
Expertise Overview
Car Radio Multimedia Expertise
[+]- Complete multimedia playback system development experience
- Experience in bringing to market Linux and RTOS based solutions (Freescale MARS and Trio middleware based)
- USB/ SD, iPhone/ iPod/ iPad, MTP playback
- Audio/video formats – MP3, AAC, Ogg vorbis, MPEG4, H.264, RV etc.
- Parsers – ASF, MP4 etc.
- AM/ FM
- DVD Playback
- DRM – Zune, Cardea, Janus
- CD Ripping
- CD Recording of Audio and Data CDs
CE Device Connectivity
[+]- iPod Accessory Protocol
- Smart Phone Connectivity – MirrorLink, AllGoConnect, PandoraLink, Android Open Accessory Protocol
- Bluetooth: HFP/PBAP/A2DP/AVRCP & more; BlueZ, iAnywhere stacks
- WiFi
- DLNA
Platform/Middleware
[+]- Autograde fast boot Linux
- Fast boot Android
- Boot Time Critical Services and CAN
- Firmware upgrade (USB, SD, CD)
- Boot Loader
- Device Drivers
- OS: Linux, QNX, Android, Windows, iTRON
- Processors: Freescale i.MX, Coldfire, NvidiaTegra, Intel Atom, Marvel
Navigation
[+]- GPS Integration
- Integration with Navigation Systems (Google Maps, Planet9)
Voice Recognition
[+]- Integration of various VR engines: Nuance, Cambridge VR, Sensory
Cloud Connectivity
[+]- Ubuntu One
- 3G Integration
ADAS (Automatic Driver Assistance Systems)
[+]- Bird’s Eye View Camera with video Stitching of up to six cameras
- Rear-view Camera with Fish Eye Correction
Instrumentation Cluster
[+]- 2D, 3D Graphics
- HMI Development
- Device Drivers
HMI/ GUI Interface development
[+]- UI Rendering with Graphics Applications
- QT/ QML, TAT, Flash, Html5
- OpenGL Integration
Services Offerings
- OS/ BSP/ Driver Porting
- Middleware Development and Integration
- HMI Development and integration
- Board Level Hardware Development
- Product Integration
- Pre and Post Production Support, Including Annual Maintenance Contracts
Development Process
- Strong Configuration Management
- Software Engineering Lifecycle
- MISRA Coding Standards
- Bug Tracking
- Weekly Status Communication
Showcase
RACE Media & Connectivity IVI suite
Low Cost Car Radio - MARS Lite Bluetooth
Case studies
Platform for futuristic connected car infotainment demonstration
We developed an advanced concept platform for CES with cutting edge features such as integrated radio and cluster UI, HMI with tactile feedback and cloud based personal content access.
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Low cost car radio solution with iAP & MTP
We developed and maintained a full-scale low cost car radio solution called TRIO on Coldfire MCF 5249/51 on behalf of its customer Freescale. TRIO has been deployed by 8 automotive Tier1’s worldwide.
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