Independent Sales Representative's OVERVIEW

Critical Link is a company composed of experienced systems, software and hardware engineers dedicated to designing and developing high quality real-time embedded products.

Background

The Critical Link management team consists of practicing engineers, each with an average of over 15 years of experience managing embedded hardware and software projects. Each member of the team has a proven track record of completing projects within schedule and budget—projects ranging from the rigors of a military development to the rapid pace of commercial product development.

Our well-seasoned engineering staff has an average of 10 years of experience in various aspects of the field of real-time embedded system development. This experience spans all phases of the embedded product lifecycle as well as the technical challenges associated with bringing a product concept to life in a robust product ready for mass production. At Critical Link, we carefully apply the particular areas of expertise of our engineers to our projects—this approach allows us to bring the best talent for the problem at hand to the project at the appropriate times.

Capabilities

Critical Link provides engineering services and custom products to our customers. This service is applied at various levels depending on the customer's needs. For example, we are the entire engineering staff for some of our customers, in other cases we simply augment our customers current engineering staff—either providing skills in areas not covered by the customers current staff, or providing overlapping skills to lighten the load in times of heavy workload.

Our customers rely on us for our system, hardware and software development skills to evolve their project concept to a robust hardware/software product - exactly as they envisioned.

For full-scale product development, we work closely with our customers to follow the product life cycle:

• System requirements definition and design
• Hardware / Software requirements allocation
• Software design and development
• Hardware design and development
• System integration and test
• Project management - start to finish

Expertise

The expertise we provide is focused on real-time embedded products. In today's dynamic world embedded computer products appear in nearly every industry, as a result our services are applicable to a vast variety of industries. Our customers bring their industry market experience and knowledge together with our engineering talents to provide powerful solutions to the needs of their industry. Below is a list of industries where we have applied our skills for our customers:

• Transportation
• Wireless communications
• Wired data communications
• Data networking
• Digital audio processing
• Industrial machine control
• Commercial refrigeration
• Optical measurement
• Real-time operating systems
• Embedded software development tools

Responsibility

Critical Link will take responsibility for all aspects of a project. This extends to cost, schedule, and project management as well as the technical challenges. We take on product developments as projects and apply the appropriate talent at the appropriate times. At Critical Link, we recognize that we are only as successful as the quality of the work we deliver to our customers. As part of this commitment to quality, we stand squarely behind our products.

Projects

Embedded Software

• Real-Time Kernel Awareness for Debug Environment
• Source-Level Debugger for Modula-2
• Flash Programmer
• RAM Diagnostic Test Tool
• Software Simulation of Embedded Processor
• Embedded Audio Switch Controller
• Device Driver Development
• GPIB Interface for Test Equipment
• Train Location Software

System Design

• RF Data Communications System Design
• Pulsed Laser Wavelength Measurement System
• Railroad Wheel Crack Analysis
• Mobile Traveler Information System
• Client / Server Test Plan

Hardware Development

• Digital Audio Console
• Industrial Marking Machine Controller
• Wireless Remote Data Collection Unit
• Ethernet to Serial Protocol Converter

Graphical User Interfaces

• Diagnostic Data Analysis Program
• Diagnostic and Maintenance System
• Virtual Hardware Controls
• Portable Optical Spectrum Analyzer
• Portable Graphics API Library

Wireless Data Communications

• RF Communications Site Survey
• Airborne Data Collection System
• Wireless Base Station Unit
• Wireless Mobile Data Transmission Unit

Wired Data Communications

• Client / Server Network Monitor
• SNMP Enhancement to Embedded System
• Digital Audio Switch
• Database Management System

Please contact Barry Technical Sales to discuss your custom product development.