Altia CEO to Speak at Automotive HMI Cosmos Conference in Germany

IQPC Automotive HMI Cosmos 2015This fall, Altia will join automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers including BMW, Honda, Porsche and Visteon at Automotive HMI Cosmos. This international conference will be held from September 28 to October 1 at the Hilton Hotel in Mainz, Germany.

Mike Juran, Altia’s CEO, will present “The 3D Instrument Cluster: Frivolous Eye Candy or HMI Breakthrough?” at the event. During his presentation, Mr. Juran will discuss topics like:

  • The killer app for 3D in the car
  • The reality of performance vs. hardware cost
  • 5 common 3D design mistakes
  • 3D for the mass market?

For more information about this event, click here: http://bit.ly/HMI_Altia

For more information about Altia for automotive, visit www.altia.com/auto.

 

 

Are Consumers Really Ready for Wearable Text?

Wearable Text - Wrist WatchThe future of technology is ready to be worn. Common accessories such as watches and eyewear are now equipped with powerful processors and vivid displays. And according to the Wearable Electronics Market and Technology Analysis report, the wearable technology market is expected to grow to $11.1 billion by the year 2020. Companies such as Apple are poised to lead the pack when wearable tech explodes in the marketplace—but when exactly will that be? Continue reading “Are Consumers Really Ready for Wearable Text?”

“Time to Market” Advice That’s Pretty Timeless

Recently, we ran across “Time to Market“, a blog post by Jack Ganssle, on Embedded.com which offered some great wisdom about accelerating schedules for firmware delivery. Even though the article was written in 2013, the advice remains true and quite excellent.

We especially liked these recommendations:

Requirements are hard. So spend time, often lots of time, eliciting them. Making changes late in the game will drastically curtail progress. Prototype when they aren’t clear or when a GUI is involved. Similarly, invest in design and architecture up front. How much time? That depends on the size of the system, but NASA showed the optimum amount (i.e., the minimum on the curve) can be as much as 40% of the schedule on huge projects.”

That last bit of advice [“Buy everything you can.”] applies to tools. Buy the best. A few $k, or even tens of $k, for tools is nothing. If a tool and the support given by the vendor can eek out even a 10% improvement in productivity, at a loaded salary of $150k or so it quickly pays for itself.”

“Never have embedded systems been so complex as they are today. But we’ve never had such a wide body of knowledge about developing the code, and have access to tools of unprecedented power. It’s important we exploit both resources.”

Read all of Ganssle’s time to market guidelines here.

For more information about how Altia can help get embedded GUIs to market faster, connect with us here.

Bridging the Generation Gap in GUI Design

GUI Development across generationsMany developers base their GUI design and implementation on two types of people. The first is the tech generation. They’re tech-savvy and connected to their gadgets pretty much constantly. They adapt to new technologies and understand how to navigate through systems with relative ease.

The second type is the older generation. These people are presumed to be tech-illiterate. They don’t understand how to use technology at all — and they may lack the built-in skills to learn how to use technology.

Continue reading “Bridging the Generation Gap in GUI Design”

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