Consumer Electronics

Here are some consumer electronics projects from which we gained solid experience:

• Payment system based on wireless biometric indentification with either fingerprint or fingervein:
  • Design of several products: wireless biometric reader, portable wireless terminal device that supports biometric payment cards.
  • Design of a very specific and innovative communication protocol (now published as standard).
  • Embedded software design: low-level drivers, handling of all communications from the payment card to the point-of-sales device
  • Management and Manufacturing of a pre-serie lot for a pilot project of several thousands of users.
• Portable WiFi/BlueTooth payment terminal with PCI-PTS security certification:
  • Electronic board design and low-level embedded software design (integration of a secured embedded Linux and its drivers).
  • Partnership with a designer for the housing (Smartphone-like design).
  • Management and Manufacturing of a pre-serie lot.
  • Management of the security certification (PCI-PTS) with the customer.
• Audioguide for museum applications:
  • Design of a new electronic board into an existing housing.
  • Embedded software: integration and design of MP3 audio playback, management of visits and usage statistics.
  • Alarm system based on radio energy measurement (RSSI).
  • Design of PC-based graphic application that connects to the product over USB for configuration and tracks management operations.
• Low-EMI home automation system.
• Integration and design of tactile grapical embedded Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), selecting the most appropriate technologies according to the project specificities:
  • TFT, OLED, eInk (electronic ink) displays.
  • Resistive or capacitive touch sensors.
  • Embedded software: custom graphic layer or standard-based (e.g. Qt).