Archive for the ‘automotive’ category

Design Webinar Q&A – MATLAB Stateflow Integration

February 22nd, 2012

*** On February 14th, one of our Senior HMI Developers, Brian Stewart, presented a training webinar entitled “Altia Design 101: Ready, Set, GUI!”. The webinar showed how to build user interface projects from start to finish. Brian also included a live demo of building an automotive user interface using our GUI tools. This post features a question asked by an attendee.

QUESTION: Is it possible to integrate the MATLAB Stateflow with Altia Design?

Brian: Yes! We have a demo to do just that with all the files you need. Just email info@altia.com for that demo. Make sure to tell us where you are from and that you saw the webinar.

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To watch a recorded video of the webinar, shoot us an email to info@altia.com so we can send you a download link. To attend future webinars, check our blog regularly for updates:www.altia.com/blog

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Design Webinar Q&A – Versions of Altia Software

February 22nd, 2012

QUESTION: What version of Altia Design are you using to build the GUI? What is the latest version of the Altia Design UI tools?

Brian: This is Altia Design 10.1 which came out in December of 2011. Altia Design 10 included tons of new features like vectors, blur, classing, and the ever-powerful navigator. Here’s a link to read about the newest features: Altia Design 10.1

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Cool Automotive Interfaces showcased in USA Today

February 16th, 2012

2013 Dodge Dart

The front page of the Money Section in today’s issue of USA TODAY featured an article highlighting the growing virtual cluster world for automotive OEMs. The article entitled “Cars’ instrument panels become more like video games” mentions several projects that feature Altia products. Great to see our handy work in action. To read the article, click here. And to find out exactly which of the cars mentioned feature UIs from Altia, email us.

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Tags: automotive cluster digital display driver cluster driver systems embedded systems TFT ui ui design ui tools user interface ux

Altia’s User Experience Director published on Mashable

February 9th, 2012

Mashable featured an article written by our very own Steve Tengler. The article is a great overview about the challenges and opportunities for automotive companies as they push for connected vehicles. Great job, Steve!

Click here to read the article.

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Tags: automotive connected embedded systems hmi mashable ui ui tools user experience ux

2012 Detroit Auto Show

January 30th, 2012

A few belated photos and thoughts from the Detroit Auto Show. We had lots of our user interface / embedded projects featured by OEMs at this year’s show. Driver clusters and information displays, as well as TFT touchscreen center consoles. We wanted to show off a cool booth featuring Dodge’s new midsize car, the 2013 Dart. The booth featured a car interior (called the “uconnect”) with a large display showcasing the driver cluster above.

2013 Dodge Dart

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Tags: auto show automotive center console center stack cluster Detroit north america auto show software technology TFT touchscreen user interface

Ford to open Silicon Valley lab

January 30th, 2012

Ford Motor Co. is the latest automaker to open a research lab in Silicon Valley, where it hopes to scout out new technology and keep ahead of trends. Auto makers have shown a penchant towards technology, especially following the big launches at January’s Detroit Auto Show. Many new models featured embedded touchscreen systems with slick user experiences.

Ford plans to open the lab near Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., in the first few months of this year. It will employ around 15 people, including some recruited locally and others who will rotate in from Ford’s headquarters in Dearborn.

See the full article here.

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Tags: automotive embedded ford hci hmi silicon valley ui user experience user interface

Altia Sponsors the 2012 Motorcity Automotive Industry Night

January 10th, 2012

Steve Tengler, Gary Greenwood, Janan Darancou and Daniel Darancou, Chief Designer of CH Auto Technology Corporation, discussing the future of automotive design at the 2012 MAIN Event. (January 8, 2012)

The 2012 MAIN Event welcomes auto execs and celebrates student automotive concepts

On Sunday, January 8, Altia joined Ford Motor Company, Inteva Products, Dassault Systems, Navistar and many others in sponsoring the 2012 Motorcity Automotive Industry Night Event – the MAIN Event – at the Coach Insignia restaurant at the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit.

This event welcomed automotive professionals from all over the world to celebrate the eve of the North America International Auto Show – as well as showcase student projects from Lawrence Technological University’s Transportation Design Program. The evening also included a keynote address from Bob Lutz — automotive business legend with a resume that includes executive roles at General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler and BMW – as well as a Fotoula Lambros fashion show.

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Tags: auto show automotive event gary greenwood lawrence tech MAIN event north american international auto show steve tengler

The ‘Lorax’ of Driver Distraction – In Connected World Mag

January 10th, 2012

Our User Experience Director, Steve Tengler, recently had an article published in Connect World magazine about Driver Distraction- a prevelant theme in the arena of automotive technology. How do you create cutting-edge interfaces for drivers, but minimize the amount of time their eyes aren’t on the road. In one of his past nine lives, he ran the Global HMI development team at OnStar, as well as had posts at Nissan, Ford, and Visteon. Nice article, Steve!

http://connectedworldmag.com/10_2_magazinearticle.aspx?id=MAZ0111222110440810

Source: http://connectedworldmag.com/10_2_magazinearticle.aspx?id=MAZ0111222110440810

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Tags: automotive displays driver distraction hmi hmi tools human machine interface nhtsa ntsb steve tengler ui ui design user experiences user interface ux

2013 Dodge Dart

January 10th, 2012

At this year’s Detroit Auto Show, Dodge made waves with a new 2013 Dodge Dart. A solid competitor in the midsize sedan category. And of course, lots of great technology including a center stack touchscreen and a digital driver cluster.Check out the interior!

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/07/this-is-the-2013-dodge-dart-w-video/