Research Group Embedded Systems

Ongoing Public Funded R&D Projects


DrohnFH

The goal of the project DrohnFH – Stadt Wien Kompetenzteam für Drohnentechnik in der Fachhochschulausbildung (i.e., Drone Technology in UAS education) is to integrate a selection of technologies that make uncrewed air and ground vehicles (UAV and UGV) – i.e., drones – possible into courses and lectures as the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, thereby boosting student engagement. In the course of the project, engaging exercises, lecture units, workshops, demonstrators, as well as bachelor's and master's projects in the field of drone technology are developed. Furthermore, applied research in the context of the project is conducted. more


Inclusion International

The project Inclusion International combines the fields of action "internationalization" and "e-Inclusion” (support of people with disabilities through modern information and communication technologies). Through the development and implementation of targeted measures, the project addresses current challenges of the Internationalization Strategy 2025 of the UAS Technikum Wien – in particular the increase of student and staff mobility, the provision of new internationalization activities for different faculties and study programs as well as the intensification of cooperation with international partner universities. more


Finished Public Funded R&D Projects


UGV-ABC

The goal of the project UGV-ABC is to develop a new type of mobile first response CBRN laboratory. For this a new type of aggregation state agnostic sampling device is developed for the Taurob Ogrip Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) platform. Robotics and automation challenges of sampling are tackled jointly with the Department of Industrial Engineering. The Department of Electronics Engineering focus is to validate and implement the sensor choices for onboard analysis, e.g., RAMAN spectrometer, multispectral camera, and gamma camera. more


Knowledge Hub for Accessible Technologies

The aim of the "knowledge hub for accessible technologies" is to foster the use of accessible technologies and thereby contribute to an inclusive society. In an intermediary role between companies, research institutes, care providers and users ("need-knowers"), the knowledge hub creates awareness of the possibilities and benefits of assistive technologies (AT), active assisted living (AAL) and accessibility of digital information. Company partners are supported in the barrier-free design of their products and workplaces as well as the development of new target groups. In addition, new solutions are developed in small projects - for example, to support a specific person with computer access or to implement a concept for a barrier-free company homepage. The project "knowledge hub for accessible technologies" is partly funded by the city of Vienna (MA23).


Josef Ressel Center "Innovative Platforms for Electronic-Based Systems"

In the Josef Ressel Center INES (Innovative Platforms for Electronic-Based Systems) the Research Group Embedded Systems aims to address hot topics in the area of FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) design. Applied research questions related to FPGAs, like Design Space Exploration, Hardware/Software Co-design, High-Level Synthesis, High-Performance Computing or Fault-Tolerant Design will be investigated in several application fields and in cooperation with three industry partners. more


ESprESSO-IT - Enforcing SafE and Secure SOftware — In Teaching

The project ESprESSO-IT started on March 1st, 2018. The objective is to enforce awareness for safety and security in software from the very beginning of learning how to program. In order not to increase the total effort put in by the students, tools for automated feedback are to be incorporated. Those tools shall also keep permanent awareness for safety and security issues in the students code. Furthermore, a set of guidelines — dos and don'ts — is to be built. more


StudyATHome Internationally

The project "StudyATHome Internationally - International Teaching Setup for Students in Assistive Technologies and Smart Homes" aims to develop and implement an international teaching setup for students in Assistive Technologies (AT) and Smart Homes (SH) for people which are less mobile due to job, family or disability. This can be part-time students but also full-time students with a job, family or disability. Secondly, the courses of the faculty should be more attractive to incoming students of partner universities. Finally, the accessibility of the courses should be improved. more


AutoHoneyI(I)oT

The aim of project AutoHoneyI(I)oT is to a framework that automatically creates target device tailored honeypots for the (Industrial) Internet of Things which are capable of convincing an adversary that she actually breached a real device instead of a decoy. The project "AutoHoneyI(I)oT" is partly funded by the FFG. more



FPGA 4.0

The project FPGA 4.0 deals with security issues and analog aspects of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays which are sophisticated microelectronic components that today can be found in a multitude of applications. That way, the Research Group Embedded Systems tries to maintain and extend know-how in the area of hardware platforms for today's and future embedded and cyber-physical systems. more


SyCtrl

This research cooperation named SyCtrl (Sylents Controller – Predictive Maintenance of BLDC Motors) between the company Sylents and the UAS Technikum Wien is focused on research topics in the field of predictive maintenance of electronic BLDC motors. Sylents utilizes the BLDC motors for green drives of water vehicles. In order to reduce and predict severe maintenance periods of the electronic drive predictive maintenance concepts will be implemented and applied to a prototype demonstrator.


ISaFe

Project ISaFe pursues a novel approach based on binary rewriting to retrofit already existing IoT systems with security featurs in order to make them more resilient against unauthorized access attempts. The project "ISaFe" is partly funded by the FFG. more



ToRaDes - Toolbox for Rapid Design of Smart Homes and Assistive Technologies

Smart Homes and Assistive Technologies are tailored towards interoperable electronic products operating in the immediate (living-) environment of people, to enhance their quality of life. Utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Embedded Systems is a key aspect of Smart Homes and modern assistive tools. In course of the ToRaDes project (Toolbox for Rapid Design of Smart Homes and Assistive Technologies), resources and infrastructure for easy application and adaptation of modern building automation solutions and assistive technology for people with disabilities are developed and applied in academic teaching at the UAS Technikum Wien. more


DIScoVER

The aim of project DIScoVER is to provide teaching material, course concepts, as well as hardware and software demonstrators for an industry ready education in the field connected embedded systems more


iPlat - Innovative Platforms for Mixed-Hardware/Software Systems

The goal of the project iPlat ("Innovative Platforms for Mixed-Hardware/Software Systems") is to foster educational activities in the area of hardware/software co-design and verification at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien and to increase the visibility of microelectronic systems in general. more



OpenLab - Open Laboratory

The project OpenLab (an acronym for "Open Laboratory") deals with the development of dedicated lecture notes, demo examples, open source measurement equipment, scripts and other course materials as well as prototype and test environments, in order to provide students low-cost, powerful measurement equipment. more


ViTAL - assistiVe domoTics for Autonomous Living

The project assistiVe domoTics for Autonomous living deals with the developement of technologies to support daily live activities of elderly and disabled persons. Within the project assistive domitics with special focus on smart homes, e-health as well as assistive robotics will be integrated into a safe and secure platform. more


ULEA - Unterrichtslabor fuer Elektromobilitaet und Assistive Technologien

The aim of the project ULEA is build up of competence as well as the set-up of a laboratory for experimenting and training with e-mobility systems and assistive technologies. Furthermore a semi autonomous wheelchair demonstrator system is built by combining commercially of the shelf e-mobility components. more


Software Analysis Toolbox

In the project Software Analysis Toolbox we adapt and develop tools to support teaching of Embedded Systems Software.
In the project we will use synergies with the Josef Ressel Center for Verification of Embedded Computing Systems to adapt test and verification tools and complement these with suitable tools for the development process. more


Josef Ressel Center for Verification of Embedded Computing Systems

The Josef Ressel Center for Verification of Embedded Computing Systems makes state-of-the-art verification technologies industrial applicable and investigates new technologies, tools, and methods. In particular, we will develop a flexible runtime unit that will facilitate testing and functional checks when the system is operational.
Along with the partners Bluetechnix GmbH, Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Kapsch TrafficCom AG, Loytec electronics GmbH, and Siemens AG Österreich we will focus on dedicated aspects of their verification process in order to improve the reliability of their products. more


Prosperity4All

Prosperity4All (P4A) aims at creating a Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII) for the development of universal, auto-personalized accessible interfaces. That will allow a new ecosystem to develop where cross-platform techniques, crowdsourcing and gamification enable new strategies for the delivery of accessibility services, enabling an entirely new approach to accessibility solution development; P4A is a large scale Integrated Project (IP) funded by the European Comission in course of the 7th framework program (FP7). more


AsTeRICS Academy

The "AsTeRICS Academy for Cross-Cultural Education and Research in Assistive Technologies" (AsTeRICS-Academy) is devoted to the international research cooperation in the field of Assistive Technologies and to the strong reflection of these topics in the curriculum of the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) Technikum Wien. The various aspects of assistive technologies include autonomy and comfort in the Smart Home (Ambient Assisted Living, AAL), the accessible design of Web pages and user interfaces (Accessible Design, Design-For-All) and the provision of assistance to people with physical or mental disabilities by special devices. An essential task of the AsTeRICS-Academy is to bring international developments in these areas into the academic and educational portfolio of the UAS Technikum Wien. more


moduLAAr

More than 50 flats for the elderly will be equipped with modular and standard compliant AAL technology whereby the services consider the whole social environment of the user. The majority of the flats already exist and will be upgraded under consideration of highest efficiency by using modern wireless technologies. For the buildings to be newly erected the integration of AAL technologies will be already considered in the early planning phase to be as non-obtrusive and cost effective as possible. The used technologies will be evaluated scientifically in terms of user acceptance, usability and the benefits and acceptance for the care giver and its staff. The aim is to create a reference implementation in a region and the exploit the results and experiences to the public as well as to develop an economic model for further use. more


TWASIC

The project TWASIC (an acronym for "Technikum Wien ASIC") aims to provide standard-cell based ASIC (Application-specific Integrated Circuit) technology to students of the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. By developing dedicated lecture notes, demo examples, EDA tool flows, scripts and other course materials as well as prototype and test environments, students of our university will be able to design their own microchips. more


Founded Professorship Ambient Assistive Technologies (AAT)

The demographic trend in industrial nations towards an aged population and a decline in birth rates requires new strategies to cope with the upcoming social and economic challenges. Ambient Assistive Technologies can provide support to elderly or disabled persons, foster their autonomy and quality of life and lower the cost of medical care.
The founded professorship expands the expertise of the institute to the sectors of supportive tools and smart home technologies, to better convey these topics in course of the academic education. more


Endowed Professorship Embedded Control and Navigation

The availability of the first fully integrated MEMS gyroscopes in 2002 enabled the developement of small and lightweight navigation sensors. In combination with other sensors they are used in such different areas like avionics, mobile robotics, sports or medicine. The objectives of the endowed professorship "Embedded Control and Navigation" are to improve the know-how in the upcoming field of navigation technology, to develop educational materials and showcase navigation systems and to assist our different degree programmes in the education of students in this technology. more


FlexiCount

Real and accurate figures of the traffic patterns of individuals provide the basis for decision making and planning in public areas. The actual uses range from optimizing means of transportation over directing the flow of people (e.g. for commercial purposes) up to assess safety measures of events (e.g., festivals). FlexiCount investigates means to obtain such figures in an automated way using sensor-mats. more


Competence Team Design- and Verification-Patterns for Embedded Systems (DEVPATS)

These days, the majority of embedded systems engineers still designing, programming, and verifying embedded software on single-core embedded microcontrollers. As new technology trends emerge, more and more embedded chip vendors altering towards multi-core technology, in terms of trying to provide sustainable performance enhancement by simultaneously lowering chip power consumption.
Therefore, an embedded software designer, who is responsible for programming such new multi-core chips, are now facing new design challenges due to the inherent parallelism of two or more cores running simultaneously.
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AsTeRICS

AsTeRICS stands for "Assistive Technology Rapid Integration and Construction Set". In course of this international Collaborative Project funded by the European Commission, flexible and affordable setups for user driven Assistive Technologies dedicated to people with severely reduced motor skills will be developed and explored. more


Competence Team Embedded Platforms

The objective of Competence Team Embedded Platforms is to extend the expertise of embedded platforms and their application. This includes hardware, software, operating systems, middleware, communication, networks, and distributed systems. Development tools like Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), compilers, and debuggers are another major concern. more


AC-Centrope II

The funded project AC-Centrope II pursues the development of a curriculum, lab infrastructure, and courses for E-Mobility. The ERDF funded project is organized as a joint effort of Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, the István Széchenyi University in Györ, Hungary, and the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. more


Coordinated Test, Debugging, and Diagnosis in Distributed Embedded Systems (COORDES)

In the course of the research project COORDES a new, patented solution which enables coordinated test, debugging and diagnosis in distributed embedded systems is realized using FPGA-based as well as MPW-based ASIC prototyping. more


Test and Verification of Dependable Systems

The competence team for test and verification of dependable systems investigates concepts and methods that will enable testing and debugging of tightly coupled distributed embedded systems. Based on tight distributed clock synchronization a first demonstrator shall enable, for example, investigation of distributed algorithms. more

Design Methods for Embedded Control Systems (DECS)

Relevant topics addressed by the DECS project are (i) formal specification and verification of embedded control system architectures and, (ii) elaborate test and diagnosis tools for distributed embedded systems with a focus on automotive communication systems. more


Debugging of Real-Time Systems

The goal of the project is to develop strategies for debugging of real-time systems, which are used in today's networked automotive systems using CAN, LIN or FlexRay. In addition, the project aims to transfer the findings and results to the department's undergraduate and graduate courses. more


Automotive Gateways

LIN, CAN, Byteflight, FlexRay, MOST are communication subsystems that are in use in modern cars. These interconnect different electronic control units and enable thus the combination of various information that can be used to realize new features.
The research project Automotive Gateways investigates the complex network infrastructure in today's cars and tries to find proper solutions on how to interconnect the various sub-systems. more

Component-based Automotive System Software (COMPASS)

Consortia like AUTOSAR push the standarization of the software in the automotive industry ahead. The research project COMPASS investigates a component based approach, metrics, and benchmarks to assess cost, performance and dependability aspects of such solutions. more

Systematic Test of Embedded Automotive Communication Systems (STEACS)

The vision of the STEACS project is to handle the automotive electronics complexity towards "Self-testing Cars". To that end, this project will implement diagnosis and test tools based on requirements derived from the project partners. more

Industrial Contracts


Digital Signal Processing in MIMO and Dispersive Systems

The ongoing innovations in the field of MEMS technology enable additional use cases in growing and emerging areas such as healthcare, automatic manufacturing, and predictive maintainance. The research cooperation between Infineon Technologies Austria AG and the UAS Technikum Wien focuses on developing a prototype to evaluate the potential of MEMS-based microphones for detecting sub-millimeter movements. This includes experimental software modules that further process the data provided by multiple MEMS microphones, based on multicore microcontrollers (Tricore Aurix family). To evaluate the feasibility and capabilities of such a system, all modules will be combined into a demonstrator capable of non-contact pulse measurement.

Emerging Applications Lab on Software Development for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) based on Multicore Microcontrollers

This research cooperation between the company Infineon Technologies Austria AG and the UAS Technikum Wien is focused on research topics in the field of aviation. Specifically, the UAS Technikum Wien develops experimental software modules for Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) based on a multicore microcontroller (Tricore Aurix-2G), which is widely used in the automotive industry. Various companies (Airbus, Boeing etc.) focus on research and development in the field of autonomous aviation. Within this field of application aviation safety plays a major role. Currently, there are no security standards for aviation safety existent. Therefore, adequate physical demonstrators are mandatory to check the plausibility of future aviation safety standards and to test and implement them.

Research Cooperation between Elektrobit and UAS Technikum Wien

This reserach cooperation between the company Elektrobit Austria GmbH and the UAS Technikum Wien is focused on the adaptive AUTOSAR stack ARA::COM. The students side of the mutual benefit is insight into an actual topic of high industry relevance and the possibility of doing theses or specialization groups in this context.

Development of an Audio-Recorder Prototype for Smartphones

In this project we developed a high-fidelity stereo audio-recorder prototype for smartphones. The respective prototype was developed as an acessory for Android and iOS devices. The contractor is Thomas Buchstätter an entrepreneur and employee of play.fm. The project received funding by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG.

Engineering support in the context of the Eurocontrol project SESAR

In this project the Research Group Embedded Systems offers design and engineering know-how to Frequentis in the context of the Eurocontrol funded project SESAR as a subcontractor.

MDEBox - A Wireless Network Module to connect production machinery

In this project we develop a wirless module that interconnects various production machines (CNC, lathes, etc.) in order to collect status information and the number of pieces every machine produces.

Modbus - Dynamic Route Information Panel Gateway

In this project we ported a SiTOS implementation to the Modbus bus protocol for a dynamic route information panel. Furthermore, we enhanced the functionality of the software to accomodate displaying of multiple independet texts in different language locales.

Implementation of a coordinated firmware update solution via JTAG

In this contract the Research Group Embedded Systems develops a coordinated firmware update solution based on IEEE 1149.1 JTAG. The software makes use of Standard Vector Format files and distributed test and debug services.

Design, implementation and test services for distributed embedded systems

In the context of this contract the Research Group Embedded Systems offers design, implementation and test services for FPGA and ASIC designs relying on Ethernet and IEEE 1588 clock synchronization.

Training: Programmable Logic Devices and VHDL
  • Programmable Logic Devices (PLD, FPGA Technologies)
  • Synchronous Design Methodologies
  • VHDL for Combinational & Sequential Logic
  • VHDL Signals, Variables and Datatypes
  • Theory and Application of Finite State Machines

Design and Verification Support for a Distributed Real-time System

Engineering support for the design and verification of the distributed hardware/software for the measurement products DIS and VIS. In particular, hardware and software review as well as courses to transfer know-how to improve the concepts of the respective products.

SiTOS - Dynamic Route Information Panel Gateway

In this project a gateway for a traffic management system was developed that allows to display route-information via suitable information panels. The solution is based on a PC/104 platform running the SiTOS protocol.

Engineering Support for Hardware/Software Co-Design

In this cooperation with the company Oregano Systems the Research Group Embedded Systems provides engineering support for hardware/software co-design.

Test und Diagnosis of a FlexRay EPL Sub-System

The aim of this project is to define and implement test and diagnosis scenarios for bit error rate observations at the interface level which connects a FlexRay communication controller to the transceiver circuitry. more

Development of a Data Collection Platform (DCP)

In the context of this project the Research Group Embedded Systems is developing a satellite modem aka. data collection platform (DCP) for the company Logotronic GmbH. With the help of a data logger observations and measurements of the physical, chemical or biological properties of oceans, rivers, lakes, solid earth and the atmosphere are obtained. The DCP interfaces to this data logger and relays the collected data via METEOSAT or GOES satellites to dedicated ground stations. more