NCORE Embedded Engineering
Premium Embedded Software, Firmware, and Hardware Engineering
NCORE is a specialized division within NOVELIC that offers premium embedded engineering capabilities, including full-stack embedded software development, systems engineering, electronics and mechanics, HIL&SIL test systems, as well as analog and digital chip design.
NCORE engineering teams have years of experience working on a wide range of embedded projects, including analog and digital hardware design and prototyping, microcontroller programming, multilayer PCB building, evaluation, testing, etc.
Our clients include top automotive OEM and Tier 1 companies as well as blue-chip industrial companies. We offer a holistic approach to embedded systems development, with an emphasis on reliability and speed.
NCORE Embedded Capabilities
Experts to the core.
NCORE Automotive Prototyping
We are the masters of systems thinking, providing a holistic approach to automotive projects.
What we offer:
- Automotive prototyping
- AUTOSAR software development
- Embedded engineering for software-defined vehicles (SDVs)
- Systems architecture and design (software, electronics, and mechanics)
NCORE Embedded Offering for Software-Defined Vehicles
HIL AND SIL FOR SDV MODULES
- Hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop systems for SDV module design and testing
- Process-compliant for CI/CD/CT
HIGH-SPEED DATA LOGGING
- Ultra-fast HIL and SIL data logging
- Multiple streamers, multiple sources
- High-resolution data timestamping
AUTOMOTIVE ANNOTATION
- Camera, radar, and lidar annotation
- Radar/lidar data recording and collection
- Synthetic dataset generation
SENSOR FUSION
- Camera, radar, and lidar sensor fusion
- Sensor calibration and synchronization
- Deep learning fusion algorithms
ECU DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
- ECU software/hardware development
- ECU testing, integration, and validation
- ISO 26262 and AUTOSAR compliance
AUTOMOTIVE TESTING AND VALIDATION
- Automotive software/hardware testing and validation
- SDV module testing and validation
- ISO 26262, ASPICE conformance testing.
CYBERSECURITY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
- Security standards compliance
- Cloud offerings risk assessment
- Supplier risk assessment
AURIX DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING
- AURIX TriCore DSP and software development and testing
- ASIL-D and AUTOSAR compliance
NCORE Industrial Device Prototyping
We offer a highly reconfigurable power HIL system for component and system integration testing.
Ideal for electric motors, drive inverters, AC and DC chargers, as well as DC-DC converters.
NCORE Startup Coaching and Consulting
NOVELIC helps you develop a product from scratch through expert consulting in fields where your company lacks experience or manpower. We will guide you through the whole process, from POC and feasibility studies to designing and developing any kind of embedded software, hardware, and firmware you need. Be ahead of the competition with a shorter time-to-market enabled by our supply chain management services – we are able to find all components you may need with short lead times.
- Expert consulting services
- POC and feasibility studies
- Designing and prototyping analog/digital hardware
- Designing and building multilayer PCBs
- PCB evaluation and testing
- Microcontroller programming (bare metal/Linux)
- Evaluation, verification, and integration of IPs, sensor chips, communication chips, packaged IP prototypes
- Functional and conformance testing
- Hardware analysis (FMEDA, tolerance, timing and level analysis, derating)
- Supply chain management (shorter lead times)
Design of low latency high speed communication protocols
Premium Services Project Example
Complex 65x35cm hardware design for RF telecommunications project
- Consulting services – providing expertise in antenna design
- Feasibility study
- RF design
- Antenna analysis and simulations
- Large-scale 8-layer 65x35cm hardware design
- Design innovations applied to optimize the solution
- Supply chain management – we provided all necessary components that are hard to obtain in current market conditions
- Component management with short lead times
- Chip vendor alignment
NCORE Embedded Workflow
A typical workflow of a generic product
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NCORE Embedded Skills
or rotate for better user experience)| Category References | Technology |
|---|---|
| Processor Platforms | ARM Cortex, Aurix, TriCore, MSP430, PIC, AVR, MIPS… |
| Embedded Operating Systems | Linux, RTOS, Android… |
| Wired Communications | Ethernet, MAC & Network Layer (TCP/IP). Power Line Communications… |
| Wireless Communications | Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee, sub-GHz Low Power RF (433, 868 MHz) |
| Audio | I2S, AC97, S/PDIF, A2PD. DSP for Professional Audio. .. |
| Software development & testing tools | Enterprise Architect, M$ Visual Studio Eclipse, TI Code Composer Studio, CooCox CMSIS. Visual DSP++ Tessy, PC Lint, PTC Integrity, Polyspace |
| FPGA Evaluation Kits | Xilinx: Zynq7, 7-Series Kintex, Virtex6, Spartan6 Altera: Cyclone V, Stratix V, Stratix 10 |
| PCB Design | Altium, Mentor Xpedition |
NCORE Embedded Project Samples
or rotate for better user experience)| Category References | Technology |
|---|---|
| Cost-effective Home Automation Solutions | ZigBee Protocol HVAC |
| Software Defined Synthetic Instruments | Hardware Integration Software and GUI |
| (open) CAN Protocols in different Automotive Projects | Full Stack |
| PLC Powerline Communication E-cars (AutoSar) | Software Design |
| Sensor communication system | Communication protocol system sesign, Hardware, Firmware, Testing, Field Trials |
| Rotary Angle Sensor | System Design, Hardware, Firmware, Testing, Integration, Calibration, Error Correction |
| PLC Narrowband System | Analogue Front End, Communication Protocols, Telemetry Implementation |
| Acquisition Boards for Radar Systems | PCB, Baseband Design, Firmware, GUI |
| Motor Control Unit | HW, SW Design & Testing, Derating |
| HIL-System with high speed multi-channel data logger | HW Design, FPGA Design, Embedded Linux, Board Support, Field Tests |
| Industrial ToF Sensor | HW, SW Design & Testing |
