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:
Independent engineering consultant specializing in wireless cellular mobile technology and real-time embedded software development. Has hands-on experience with…
Independent engineering consultant in the design of both electronics and software with a formal education in electrical and mechanical engineering. …
Professor of electrical engineering with extensive experience as a technology industry practitioner. Special expertise spans design and development of…
Professor of electrical engineering and independent consultant with twenty-five years of hands-on engineering experience in industry. An…
Professor of electrical and computer engineering and experienced consultant to industry specializing in software design…
Electrical engineer with extensive electronics and software product development experience across a broad range of industries and platform architectures. Former…
Professor of electrical and computer engineering and division director of a center for national security technology…
Engineer with over thirty-five years of experience designing electronics and software for consumer electronics products and safety-critical medical devices. Has…
Former adjunct professor of electrical engineering and consultant with more than two decades of hands-on industry…
Physicist with over three decades of industry experience and a prolific innovator in electro-optical systems who invented a new type of optical microscopy, co…