Electronic Automotive Systems
Motorcycles, cars, and trucks are increasingly powered by networks of embedded systems, each of which is a combination of software and electronics. Some modern vehicles have over one hundred processors and when even one of these electronic automotive systems malfunctions, the results can be deadly. Barr Group is in the business of designing reliable and secure computers and our team of expert software engineers, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers is intimately familiar with electronic automotive subsystems including:
- Engine control units (ECU) and transmissions
- Anti-lock braking systems (ABS)
- Navigation systems and GPS
- Airbag controllers and electronic data recorders (EDR)
- Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
- Automotive vision systems and self-driving technologies
- Other vehicle safety and security systems
- In-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and telematics like OnStar
- CAN busses and related SAE network protocols
- Hybrid and electric vehicles and battery charging
Barr Group's software experts are familiar with all of the operating systems used by carmakers, including real-time operating systems like OSEK and QNX, and Android/Linux, as well as all programming languages such as assembly, C, C++, and Matlab. And we are just as comfortable with electronic circuits and ASICs and the Verilog and VHDL languages.
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Expert Witness Services
Barr Group's automotive software experts support plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in U.S. District Courts, at the International Trade Commission (ITC), and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Our services include:
- Technical assistance with drafting of discovery requests
- Software source code review and analysis
- Source code comparisons for copyright and trade secret theft
- Analysis of electronics and related design documents
- Prior art review for patent invalidity
- Reverse engineering, including disassembly of binary code
- Forensic analysis and accident reconstruction
- Crash data retrieval and analysis
- Expert reports, declarations, and witness statements
- Testimony at deposition, oral hearings, and trials
Our experience with automotive litigation is extensive and includes source code analysis and testimony in the runaway Toyota economic loss and personal injury cases as well as in suits relating to excess VW diesel emissions, faulty MyFord Touch subsystems, and deadly GM ignition switches.
Barr Group has a demonstrated ability to quickly activate one or more code reviewers to match the size, scope, and complexity of any project.
Further Reading
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Automotive Systems Expert Witness List
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Chemical engineering expert and leading authority on polymer membrane design and synthesis for electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems, with over…
Forensic engineering expert with 45 years of electronic engineering experience specializing in electrical fire investigation, battery system failure analysis,…
Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with over 25 years of combined academic and industrial experience in computer vision and visual…
Wireless systems engineer and CTO with over a decade of specialized experience in Bluetooth Low Energy across embedded systems, iOS, and Android platforms.…
Analytical chemist and expert in energy storage systems and battery management, this expert brings over 33 years of industrial R&D and technical operations…
Electrical engineer and executive with over 40 years of experience in wireless communications, automotive telematics, and signal processing. Expert in embedded…
Senior automotive engineering executive with over 30 years of expertise in mechatronic actuation systems and electromechanical chassis control mechanisms across…
Senior expert in automotive crash safety systems with over two decades of experience in restraint system design, airbag sensor algorithms, and vehicle…
A leader in the field of connected vehicle technologies with three decades of focus on accessing and processing data from vehicle sensors to derive useful…
Consulting electrical engineer and computer scientist with over twenty-five years of hands-on experience prototyping and developing…