Technology Expertise

Solutions to connect devices, controls, diagnostic systems with communication protocol software and hardware solutions.

Wired Protocol Technology Expertise:

SoftDEL has expertise in integrating and testing the following communication protocols into industrial products and applications

• OPC
• Ethernet
• Modbus
• HART
• EtherCAT
• OBD-ii
• Fieldbus
• BACnet
• IEC 61850 Electrical Substation Automation

SoftDEL is a leader in Building Automation communication technologies. We offer our own BACnet stack which has been integrated into various next generation building controllers and devices. This BACnet stack is modular and with a small footprint to be able to run on embedded devices.

We envision an industrial world with seamless wireless interconnectivity. Our mission is to be the world's premier industrial wireless networking company.

SoftDEL provides design, implementation and testing services for various wireless protocols and integration of wireless protocols into industrial devices and products such as:

• Gateways
• Wireless sensors
• Monitoring & Configuration tools
• Data Acquisition systems

Wireless Protocol Expertise:

• 802.11a/b/g
• RFID
• WirelessHART
• ISA100.11a
• Zigbee
• Proprietary Wireless

SoftDEL has expertise in hardware engineering particularly around board selection, PCB layout, IO design and simulation testing. Product & application expertise spans from hardware re-engineering of operator interfaces, remote data collectors, sensors, drives etc.

Component obsolescence drives a large part of SoftDEL’s hardware re-engineering and legacy product sustenance services.

• Platforms ColdFire, ARM, Intel, BlackFin
• Board selection, design, layout

Increasingly automation products such as sensors, analyzers, gateways, data loggers, controllers are largely driven by embedded software applications and communications. SoftDEL has significant expertise in developing, maintaining and sustaining embedded software applications, integrating protocol stacks based on various RTOS and RTOS less platforms.

• Device drivers, board support packages
• Qt based embedded HMIs and User Interfaces
• Embedded web services and web servers
• Application porting & re-engineering

SoftDEL’s PC based software and application development team is experienced with the latest user interface technologies. Internally, we use UI designers to help conceptualize user friendly HMIs. SoftDEL also develops PC based simulation, monitoring and configuration applications.

• Rich Internet Applications (Microsoft Silverlight, Flex, GWT), .NET
• HMI development
• Configuration tools for drives, sensors, web based remote management tools
• Analytical visualization engines
• LabVIEW based modeling, simulations

• Panel design & engineering
• Application engineering
• Site commissioning

SoftDEL carries out various software and hardware testing in-house and through partners for specialized conformance and environmental tests. ISO 17025:2005 based certification processes also allow for consistent and repeatable certification and pre-testing for industry standards.

• Simulation based testing
• Development of test plans, test procedures, test cases
• Black Box & White Box Testing
• Source reviews
• GUI Testing
• UL Certification Process
• BACnet Test Lab

Our detail engineering, value analysis/value engineering and sustenance engineering services help customers execute various engineering tasks involved in taking new products from concept to manufacturing ready and draw value from existing products.

Tools & Techniques

• 3D simulation
• 2D drafting
• Prototype manufacturing
• Form & function testing

Value Generators

• ECN/ECR
• Obsolete part replacement
• Legacy data conversion
• Localization
• Product packaging
• Application engineering
• Concept validation
• Reverse engineering
• Standardization
• Cost optimization
• Design for Manufacturability / Assembly / Serviceability

Finite Element Analysis

• Structural Analysis
• Thermal Analysis
• Computational Fluid Dynamics