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What we do

allocortech provides products for and expertise around avionics, control systems, and general embedded systems applications of various flavors.

Primary areas of subject-matter expertise include:

Safety-critical control system architecture design
Control system component designs (compute platforms, sensors, actuators, etc.)
Verification and validation systems and strategies (HILSim, software abstraction layers, etc.)
Electronics design, manufacturing, assembly, and testing for specialized or general embedded platforms
Software/firmware design for specialized or general embedded platforms

Our Competencies

With specializations ranging from system architecture to detailed design of electronics, our competencies span a wide range of electrical and software arenas, including:

System Design

System safety design and analysis practices (eg. ARP4761)
Robust, fault tolerant system/subsystem design for safety critical applications
Architecture and system design road-mapping for multi-phased development
HILSim architecture and system design for automated system testing
General system design support

Subsystem Development

Electro-mechanical device designs (e.g. Servos, BLDC motor control, etc.)
Battery management and power system devices
Sensing devices including LIDARs, radars, inertial (IMU), navigation (GPS/INS), airdata, and cameras
General high-performance embedded compute platforms for real-time control
Communication devices including Ethernet, CAN, RS-232/422/485
Customized single-board computer (SBC) integrations for various applications (e.g. logging, custom displays, etc.)

Software

Embedded Linux general and specialized deployments
RTOS and bare metal experience on extensive CPU/MCU set
- PowerPC, ARM (Cortex-a/r/m), AVR, PIC, Blackfin, 8051
Embedded systems development toolchain customization and deployment
- Low-level tailoring to reduce reliance on third-party tools
- Leverage low-cost and flexible base-level tools for development and deployment
C/C++ development for embedded targets
Build system development for multi-platform environments
Abstraction frameworks for improved efficiency
- Improved test coverage and reusability
- Reduced platform migration effort
Linux scripting using bash, golang, python, and ruby
Robust software workflow for reliable, scalable, and secure development and deployment
- Issue management, revision control, unit testing, regression testing, and continuous integration via on-prem hardware and/or Google Cloud Platform
- GitLab, GitHub, the Atlassian suite, and various other collaboration tools

Electronic Hardware

Full design cycle from concept to manufacture for electronic systems
- Device conceptualization based on needs and requirements
- Parts selection and trade studies
- Schematic Capture and PCB Layout
- Device bring-up and design verification
- Manufacturing tools/fixtures and automation
- CM interactions for production ramp up
Well-versed in tools for electronics testing and analysis
- Measurement Devices: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, etc.
- Excitation Devices: power supplies, signal generators, etc.
- Qualification Testing: DO-160, MIL-810/461 equipment and procedures
Well-versed in many communication standards
- SPI, I2C, Memories, Ethernet, CAN, RS-232/422/485, etc.

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