MDS Aero Support Corporation’s software engineering group continually invests in the latest hardware and software design tools to provide customers with reliable and effective programs. Part of our responsibility includes the design, development, implementation and support of the MDS Data Acquisition System software. This includes the real-time data acquisition monitoring software running on a UNIX/Linux platform, the Graphical User Interfaces running on a Windows PC platform, as well as software running on embedded systems.

The department is involved in the System Software Requirements specification, and follows through with a formal development process to system implementation. This development process includes the use of the Rational Rose for UML modeling.

Real-time interfaces have been implemented for a large number of devices, including:

• VXI, VME and PCI acquisition cards
• GE Fanuc and Allen-Bradley PLC’s
• Intelligent pressure scanners from PSI and Scanivalve
• Intelligent temperature scanners from Kaye and Scanivalve
• a variety of Ethernet based systems (TCP/IP and UDP), including RTP products, Modbus Ethernet, as well as proprietary customer systems
• a variety of serial interfaces (RS232/485/422), including Nobel Systems, Modbus, temperature/humidity systems, as well as proprietary customer systems
• GPIB interfaces to pressure systems, vibration systems and instruments
• ARINC-429 and MIL-STD-1553 interfaces

Services provided by the department include:

• System Architecture and Design
• Real-Time software development
• GUI and Server based software development
• Database design and development

The skill sets employed by the department include:

• SGI UNIX, Linux, TimeSys Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP, Embedded Windows operating system environments
• C/C++ programming, Visual Studio 6/.NET (C++, Basic, C#, COM/DCOM), LabVIEW, X windows/Motif
• Database development includes Oracle (RDBMS and Forms), MS FoxPro, MS Access
• Integration with the following applications: DataView, Sphinx Open, Far Point Spreadsheet, MS Excel, Hummingbird Exceed
• Tools employed include Rational Rose, Insure++, TimeStorm, TimeTrace, X Designer

Please visit the MDS Products and Projects pages for examples of recent engineering services projects and solutions. For additional information on the services and products offered by MDS Aero Support please e-mail us at marketing@mdsaero.com.