Internet-Connected Smart Products
Barr Group is in the business of designing reliable and secure computers and we have software engineers with hands-on experience designing a wide variety of mass-market Internet-connected products that network via 802.11 WiFi, RFID, NFC, Bluetooth (including BLE), Zigbee, cellular, and M2M. For example:
- Smart TVs and smart speakers from Google, Amazon, and Apple
- Set-top boxes for cable and satellite television
- Wearable computers such as fitness trackers and heart-rate monitors
- Smart home thermostats, doorbells, sensors, and LED light bulbs
- Network LAN/WAN routers, hubs, and switches
- Edge computing devices and routers for cloud computing
- Embedded systems and embedded software ("firmware")
Barr Group's engineers are familiar with all of the major technologies used to design connected devices including the Google Cloud IoT, Amazon AWS IoT Core, and Microsoft Azure IoT frameworks, Linux and real-time (RTOS) operating systems, and also the programming languages that are used, such as assembly, C, and C++. And we are equally comfortable reviewing electronic circuits and schematic drawings.
Expert Witness Services
Barr Group's connected device 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 and firmware source code review and analysis
- Source code comparisons for copyright and trade secret theft
- Prior art review for patent invalidity
- Analysis of electronics and related design documents
- Reverse engineering, including disassembly of binary code
- Forensic analysis, including electronic data recovery
- Expert reports, declarations, and witness statements
- Testimony at deposition, oral hearings, and trials
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
- Security and the IoT
- How to Prioritize RTOS Tasks (and Why It Matters)
- Introduction to Rate Monotonic Scheduling
- Embedded C Coding Standard
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Firmware and IoT Expert Witness List
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
This expert leads an independent software intellectual property consulting firm with over 15 years of expertise in source code analysis, reverse engineering, and…
Professor of the Practice in electrical and computer engineering with over 25 years of senior technical leadership in semiconductor design and microprocessor…
Senior embedded systems security engineer with over 15 years of experience designing and implementing secure systems across defense, automotive, and commercial…
Security engineer with over two decades of experience in embedded software development, vulnerability research, and reverse engineering across x86, ARM, and MIPS…
Professor of Computer Science with 25+ years of combined academic and industry experience specializing in real-time operating systems, embedded kernels, and…
Senior software engineer with over two decades of experience in real-time embedded systems, firmware development, and safety-critical system design. Deep…
Professor of electrical and computer engineering and a recognized leading authority on programmable, software-defined, and AI-driven cellular networks and…
Security architect with over 15 years of senior-level experience in Near Field Communications security, mobile payment systems, and secure embedded systems. This…
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering directing an advanced network systems research laboratory, with extensive academic and industrial…
A network security and Internet measurement expert with over two decades of experience, this expert holds a senior faculty position directing technology policy…