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:
Distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering with more than sixty years of experience in engineering R&D, product…
Embedded systems industry veteran who built or managed the development of more than one hundred computer products. Started three technology companies and…
A leading research university-educated electrical engineer, computer scientist, and physicist with over two decades of technology leadership and entrepreneurial…
Independent consultant across all aspects of semiconductor design and development with more than two decades of experience in industry. …
Electrical engineer and embedded computing pioneer with over thirty years of experience designing electronics hardware and low-level software as well as more…
A leading research university-educated professor of electrical engineering and computer science whose career in industry began at a major technology company. Has…
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with significant industry experience in telecom, aerospace/defense, security, and healthcare application domains…
Computer engineer and consultant with more than two decades of industry experience developing software for embedded systems and mobile apps powered by Android,…
Computer science expert and independent consultant with four decades of experience designing software and electronics at the forefront of…
Former adjunct professor of computer science and university researcher turned industry consultant and trainer focused on software process improvement and product…