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:
Computer scientist and electrical engineer with more than twenty years of hands-on experience in custom ASIC and FPGA design, embedded firmware development, and…
Senior embedded software engineer with over 15 years of experience in device security, firmware development, and Linux/Android customization with particular…
Electrical engineer with over 30 years' experience in embedded firmware architecture for safety-critical automotive and medical devices, specializing in real…
Senior software engineer with 15+ years of hands-on expertise in embedded and distributed systems architecture, with specialization in hardware-level board…
Forensic engineering expert with 45 years of electronic engineering experience specializing in electrical fire investigation, battery system failure analysis,…
Senior cybersecurity professional with over a decade of specialized expertise in offensive cyberspace operations, wireless protocol exploitation, and RF signal…
Senior electrical engineer with over four decades of expertise in conditional access systems, digital rights management, and content security technologies.…
Senior Engineer with over 25 years of experience in broadband access systems, home networking, and customer premise equipment design. This expert specializes in…
Wireless systems engineer and CTO with over a decade of specialized experience in Bluetooth Low Energy across embedded systems, iOS, and Android platforms.…
A technology strategist and leading authority on Bluetooth Low Energy protocol design, wireless connectivity standards, and short-range wireless networking for…