Embedded Software Engineering Kongress - Background

Green Hills Software is the worldwide leader in embedded safety and security, enabling technology innovation and differentiation for over 40 years. Green Hills Software provides safe, reliable, secure, and scalable software platforms for the automotive, avionics, defense, industrial, medical, mobile device, networking, smart energy, and railway industries. The platforms support a wide range of microprocessors and microcontrollers, provide the highest levels of software integration, and can comprise real-time operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, the integrated development environment with C/C++ compiler, debugger, code analysis and performance tools, and hardware probes allowing customers to unify their development environment across large development teams. Green Hills Software’s expertise and services have helped many customers achieve industry certifications to the highest levels of safety and security.

Qt Quality Assurance offers a comprehensive set of software quality management tools for cross-platform (e.g. Windows, Java, Android, iOS and Mac) and multi-language (e.g. C, C++, SystemC, C#) software development. From automated GUI testing (Squish), code coverage analysis (Coco), test result management (Test Center) to Axivion Static Code Analysis and Axivion Architecture Verification – all integrate seamlessly into existing development environments Following industry-leading safety and security standards and coding guidelines, such as MISRA, AUTOSAR, ISO  26262 and CWE, our tools are ideal for developing safety-critical software. Qt Quality Assurance is part of the Qt Group, a global software company, trusted by industry leaders and over 1.5 million developers worldwide to create applications and smart devices that users love. We help our customers to increase productivity through the entire product development lifecycle: from UI design and software development to quality management and deployment. Our customers are in more than 70 different industries in over 180 countries. Qt Group employs some 700 people, and its net sales in 2022 were 155.3 MEUR.

Vector shapes software and electronics development with innovative products. And has been doing so for 35 years. As a "Simplifier", more than 4,000 employees worldwide simplify the technology development of customers and thus contribute to their success. With future-proof software tools, embedded software and cloud technologies. This is achieved above all through a passion for technology and the aspiration to always deliver top performance.

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BlackBerry® QNX® is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks and development tools, and provides expert support and services for building the world’s most critical embedded systems. The company’s technology is trusted in more than 215 million vehicles and is deployed in embedded systems around the world, across a range of industries including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, transportation, heavy machinery and robotics. Founded in 1980, BlackBerry QNX is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada and was acquired by BlackBerry in 2010.

With more than 1000 skilled IT strategists, consultants, data scientists, cloud specialists, and excellent software architects, Cloudflight is one of the leading full-service providers in the area of industrial digital transformation with extensive expertise. From cloud native to embedded software to AI solutions and eCommerce, our interdisciplinary teams will find, develop and implement the perfect digital solution for you. Cloudflight is a strategic thought leader with high industry expertise and a hand-selected talent-pool of people that make a difference.

Crank AMETEKⓇ is a global innovator in embedded GUI solutions that accelerate the design and development of modern UX for tomorrow's embedded devices. Through the Storyboard GUI development framework, Crank drives innovation and faster time to market for brands wanting to deliver sophisticated customer experiences and unmatched performance. With decades of domain expertise, brands such as Coca-Cola, John Deere, and Vorwerk rely on Crank to bridge the gap between UX vision and customer expectations. To learn more, visit cranksoftware.com

Crossware is a cross-platform UI, IoT, and multimedia Software Solution Provider. Pixelperfect and frictionless UX/UI applications and workflows are as close to our heart as ambitious C++ or C multimedia and middleware development. With in-depth OS and HW expertise (Qt, Linux, Android, Flutter, MCUs, FreeRTOS, …), we cover the entire systems engineering core functions and help customers a across industries to develop innovative, reusable, and highly performant native solutions.

The professional electronics magazine ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS has been the partner of the industry for more than 55 years, providing all sectors of the electronics development industry with technical information. The topic Embedded Software Engineering with its extensive readership has been a constant focus of their professional magazines, newsletters and websites.

Embedded Office is founded in 2003 in Germany with a focus on functional safety and industrial security consulting. The engineers are certified experts in embedded software development for safety-critical systems. The unique Safety Mentoring service guarantees the success of software approvals for use in products according to IEC 61508, ISO 26262, IEC 62304, EN 50128, or DO-178C. Provided software components like the "Flexible Safety RTOS" and complete platform integrations are completing the service to minimize efforts for new projects in the safety and security domain.

Embedded Wizard is TARA System's market-leading solution for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for embedded systems, with more than 30 years of experience in a wide range of industries. Our goal is to make the daily work of software engineers easier by providing the most convenient and efficient tool for embedded GUI development. We provide a versatile framework that can be used to create complex, lean and fast UIs. In addition, our GUI Services team offers a range of professional services related to Embedded Wizard, from workshops up to the comprehensive GUI development.

With an innovative test device, embeff supports customers who develop software for microcontrollers. The ExecutionPlatform tests hardware-dependent software without an expensive test bench and without laboratory equipment. With open-loop tests, developers already work on real hardware at the beginning of the project.

For nearly 20 years, Emenda has provided tools and expertise to help developers efficiently build software that is more reliable and more secure.
Harnessing innovative and leading-edge technology, Emenda delivers effective solutions to accelerate the development of safety- and mission-critical software systems and establish compliance with quality and security standards.

F&S Elektronik Systeme has been developing and producing embedded modules for over 25 years. F&S offers standard modules based on NXP processors as well as customized solutions for industrial and medical applications. All F&S boards are "Made in Germany", long-term available and ISO 9001 + ISO 13485 certified. To complete the products, F&S offers numerous software solutions (Secure Boot, Over-the-Air Updates,...) as well as free design-in support.

genua secures sensitive IT and OT networks in the public and enterprise sectors, for critical infrastructure organizations and in industries with an obligation to maintain secrecy with highly secure and scalable cyber security solutions. The range of solutions spans from firewalls and gateways, VPNs, remote maintenance systems, internal network security and cloud security to remote access solutions for mobile employees and home offices. genua GmbH is a subsidiary of the Bundesdruckerei Group. With more than 400 employees, it develops and produces IT security solutions exclusively in Germany.

GLIWA is one of the world‘s leading vendors of analysis tools for embedded software. The timing suite T1 provides 1st class analysis for developing, visualizing, optimizing and verifying embedded software. It has been used in more than 1000 mass-production projects and has become the de-facto standard for timing analysis in the automotive domain. With T1 there is no need for special hardware or stopping the execution of a running system. T1 works on the developer’s desk, at the test-bench and in the real environment, for example the car. It can even be present in the final production version of the software – supervising the software at run-time (ISO 26262 ASIL-D certified versions of T1 are available).

Green Hills Software is the worldwide leader in embedded safety and security, enabling technology innovation and differentiation for over 40 years. Green Hills Software provides safe, reliable, secure, and scalable software platforms for the automotive, avionics, defense, industrial, medical, mobile device, networking, smart energy, and railway industries. The platforms support a wide range of microprocessors and microcontrollers, provide the highest levels of software integration, and can comprise real-time operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, the integrated development environment with C/C++ compiler, debugger, code analysis and performance tools, and hardware probes allowing customers to unify their development environment across large development teams. Green Hills Software’s expertise and services have helped many customers achieve industry certifications to the highest levels of safety and security.

Green Hills Software is Gold Sponsor of ESE Kongress 2023.

Founded in 1963, the Helbling Group employs more than 600 people in Switzerland, Germany, the USA and China. As one of the leading development service providers in the German-speaking region, we develop innovative solutions for our customers from numerous different industries. These include home and office appliance, medical devices, automation loT, automotive, power electronics and many more. We inspire our customers with joy in technology, creativity and commitment.

Hitex was founded in 1976 and is one of the leading providers of tools & services for complex embedded designs. The range of solutions for the key topics of software quality and functional safety covers the entire development process. With development and test tools as well as safety components, Hitex helps to make software more powerful and safer and to shorten development time. In addition, the company supports with services such as consulting, training, test services or certification support.

The infoteam Software Group has been implementing specific software solutions for customers in the industry, infrastructure, life science and public service markets for 40 years. The core business is the development of solutions in the field of automated control systems, embedded systems and application software. The company employs more than 300 people in Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Greece. Its headquarters are in the Nuremberg metropolitan region. According to Statista, infoteam is one of the most innovative companies in Germany. It also received the "Bavaria's Best 50" award.

ISCUE is an acknowledged service-provider and expert for high-quality embedded software development. The company was founded 2006 in Nuremberg and has currently 40 employees. Numerous, well-known automotive suppliers are among ISCUE‘s clients. The company has expert knowledge in following areas: Development processes according to Automotive SPICE™, software engineering according to functional safety requirements (ISO 26262), AUTOSAR (Versions 3.x, 4.x), In-car-communication (CAN, CAN FD, Flexray, LIN, Network Management, E2E), application, diagnosis and flash-bootloader.

KENOTOM is an engineering services provider for Embedded Systems and Industrial Automation based Thessaloniki in Greece. Having established partnerships with some of the largest Tier-1 automotive electronics suppliers in the EU, the company has gained significant experience in Automotive ECUs. Its expertise in AUTOSAR, MISRA, the safety relevant standards conformity (e.g. ISO26262/ISO21434) as well as the compliance with quality, information security and functional safety standards (e.g. ISO, VDA-TISAX) put the company at the forefront of automotive safety critical embedded systems development.

Lachmann & Rink is the reliable partner for Smart Industrial Solutions. As South Westphalia's largest consulting and development center for industrial software, we realize individual solutions for mechanical and plant engineering as well as the manufacturing industry. We make industry smart and intelligent, give machines new functionalities, network them, optimize processes and create innovative business models. We proudly help technology and global market leaders to their project success through developments for API, IIoT, embedded, cloud services, digital twins and much more.

MATHEMA Engineering, the engineering brand of MATHEMA GmbH, is characterized by a high level of expertise in the field of hardware-related solutions. The in-house joint venture combines knowledge from the areas of embedded and data science and offers comprehensive consulting and precise coordination of software and hardware. Further areas of expertise are automation, test automation, CI/CD & consulting. With an integrated hardware and software approach, MATHEMA Engineering guarantees a holistic and successful implementation of your projects.

Mathworks - World's Leading Developer and Provider of MATLAB, Simulink, and Polyspace: Polyspace static code analysis products use formal methods to prove the absence of critical runtime errors under all possible control and data flows. Checkers for coding rules (MISRA-C/C++, CERT-C, ...), security vulnerabilities (CWE), code metrics and hundreds of additional error classes increase code quality. We are well known for MATLAB® and Simulink®. They enable development and system design for embedded systems for a wide variety of advanced products.

MicroConsult is your partner for embedded systems engineering: professional training, project support and consulting. From microcontrollers to system design, benefit from our decades of experience. True to our motto EXPERIENCE EMBEDDED, we provide knowhow transfer tailored to meet your needs and project objectives. MicroConsult, together with ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS, is founder and organizer of the Embedded Software Engineering Kongress (ESE Kongress), one of the most renowned professional events in the embedded industry.

MicroDoc is the leading provider of Java and GraalVM technology in Europe with a ratified seat on the JCP Executive Committee and GraalVM Project Advisory Board. With tailor-made offers for commercial and open-source Java and GraalVM runtimes in embedded applications, MicroDoc has been serving an international customer base with offices in Stuttgart, Munich, and Berlin since 1991. Our focus on complex software technologies and software infrastructure has made us a respected partner for the automotive, energy, and financial industries.

oose - the self-organized training and consulting house in Hamburg. For more than 20 years we have been offering excellent seminars, workshops, consulting and project support for Software & Systems Engineering, New Work and Innovation. We accompany changes, introduce new methods, impart knowledge - and empower people to find their own solutions. Whether on-site with our customers, at our oose.campus in Hamburg's Sternschanze or online.

Parasoft helps organizations continuously deliver quality software with its market-proven, integrated suite of automated software testing tools. Supporting the embedded, enterprise, and IoT markets, Parasoft's technologies reduce the time, effort, and cost of delivering secure, reliable, and compliant software by integrating everything from deep code analysis and unit testing to web UI and API testing, plus service virtualization and complete code coverage, into the delivery pipeline. 

Perforce static analysis tools power innovation at an unrivaled scale. For over 30 years, our tools have been trusted globally by industry leaders in tightly regulated, safety-critical embedded software industries for driving quality, security, compliance, and speed — across the technology lifecycle. For every embedded software development team, Perforce static analysis tools can help reduce development costs and accelerate your time to market.

PROTOS enables early testing in the project with its test tools for embedded systems. The software developer can perform unit and integration tests for the future device at his desk (e.g. on his Eval board). The miniHIL system with toolchain allows modeling, generation and execution of environment simulations and test case generation. The test automation is done by Continuous Integration. Further more: Mastering of complex software by architectural methods,  development of domain-specific languages/ toolchains, engineering for methods and toolchains.

For over 25 years, QA Systems has been helping companies develop high-quality, standards-compliant software for embedded C/C++ systems in the safety and business-critical area. With QA-MISRA, the static analysis tool for automated coding standards compliance such as MISRA, AUTOSAR, CERT, etc. With Cantata, the software testing tool for automated unit & integration testing. Both tools are certified by SGS TÜV Saar for the highest safety levels of all important standards. QA Systems operates worldwide directly as well as through a global reseller network.

Qt Quality Assurance offers a comprehensive set of software quality management tools for cross-platform (e.g. Windows, Java, Android, iOS and Mac) and multi-language (e.g. C, C++, SystemC, C#) software development. From automated GUI testing (Squish), code coverage analysis (Coco), test result management (Test Center) to Axivion Static Code Analysis and Axivion Architecture Verification – all integrate seamlessly into existing development environments Following industry-leading safety and security standards and coding guidelines, such as MISRA, AUTOSAR, ISO  26262 and CWE, our tools are ideal for developing safety-critical software. Qt Quality Assurance is part of the Qt Group, a global software company, trusted by industry leaders and over 1.5 million developers worldwide to create applications and smart devices that users love. We help our customers to increase productivity through the entire product development lifecycle: from UI design and software development to quality management and deployment. Our customers are in more than 70 different industries in over 180 countries. Qt Group employs some 700 people, and its net sales in 2022 were 155.3 MEUR.

QT Quality Assurance is Gold Sponsor of ESE Kongress 2023.

Razorcat Development GmbH creates test tools for software development of embedded systems for more than 25 years. The unit and integration test tool TESSY is certified to IEC 61508, IEC 62304, ISO 26262 EN 50128 and it already supports many software projects in all industrial branches in their verification of safety critical and high-quality software. Together with the Integrated Test Environment (ITE), Test Operator Platform (TOP) and Check Case Definition Language (CCDL) tools, Razorcat offers solutions for all stages of the test process. Services like test management, testing, consulting and seminars additionally support customers worldwide.

Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces in Rust, C++, Python, or JavaScript for embedded, desktop and mobile applications. Ease of programming, speed, and productivity along with low memory consumption and resource requirements have boosted Slint’s adoption within the developer community. Identified as one of the fastest growing open-source startups in 2022 by Runa Capital, Slint was awarded the prestigious Embedded Award for Tools category at Embedded World 2023. Star us on GitHub https://github.com/slint-ui/slint and visit https://slint.dev to know more.

SodiusWillert has been helping companies meet the challenges of developing complex products and systems for more than 30 years. Our focus is on collaboration across domains and disciplines. We support you with engineering lifecycle tools that we adapt to your processes, workflows, and tool environment as needed and assist you with consulting, coaching, workshops, and training. You benefit from end-to-end engineering with complete traceability and can focus on developing high-quality products.

SYSGO is the leading European provider of real-time operating systems for critical embedded applications in the IoT. Our products have been designed to meet the highest requirements when it comes to Safety and Security. Our customers are leading players in the Aerospace, Railway, Automotive and Industrial Automation industries, who use our PikeOS product as a platform for critical systems that need to be certified against industry-specific Safety and Security standards. Founded in 1991 and based in Germany, SYSGO has also subsidiaries in France, the Czech Republic and maintains a world-wide distribution network. The company is part of the European Thales Group.

Systemtechnik Leber is a leading supplier of solutions in the field of drive technology, digital electronics, fieldbus and communication technology, power electronics, power supplies and power controllers. We develop concepts as well as electronics, hardware and software for well-known manufacturers from medical technology, aviation, automation technology as well as the automotive and consumer electronics industry and provide support in all phases of product development - from prototype construction to series production.

TASKING is a leading provider of embedded software development tools headquartered in Munich, Germany. TASKING Embedded Software Development solutions provide an industry-leading ecosystem for your entire software development process. Each TASKING compiler is designed for a specific architecture and meets the specific requirements of your industry, including automotive, industrial, telecom and datacom.

TrustInSoft  develops TrustInSoft Analyzer, a source code analyzer that analyzes C and C++ code and mathematically guarantees the absence of defects, immunity of software components to the most common security flaws, and compliance with a specification. The technology is recognized by U.S. federal agency the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The key differentiator for TrustInSoft Analyzer is its use of mathematical approaches called formal methods, which allow for an exhaustive analysis to find all the vulnerabilities or runtime errors and only raises true alarms. 

Tuxera develops quality-assured embedded data management and networking software, including high-performance and reliable file systems, flash management, and networking stacks. Our software meets the strictest reliability, endurance, performance, and security requirements for today’s embedded systems. Tuxera’s solutions are precision-engineered to capture, manage, transfer, and preserve the integrity of data generated by connected devices and sensors.

As a software consultancy company, Validas specializes in validating software for functional safety. It leads the world in certifying software tools and libraries for developing embedded systems. Validas is committed to ensuring the safety and efficiency of software development methods and tools, especially for the automotive industry. It follows safety standards like ISO 26262 and has a certified process for classifying and qualifying software tools and libraries. Validas helps its customers with the analysis, design, and automated validation of their software development tools

Vector shapes software and electronics development with innovative products. And has been doing so for 35 years. As a "Simplifier", more than 4,000 employees worldwide simplify the technology development of customers and thus contribute to their success. With future-proof software tools, embedded software and cloud technologies. This is achieved above all through a passion for technology and the aspiration to always deliver top performance.

Vector is Gold Sponsor of ESE Kongress 2023.

Verifysoft specializes in the development, sales and support of world-class software testing and analysis tools. From Offenburg we serve over 700 customers from more than 40 countries. *Testwell CTC++ is the leading code coverage analyzer for embedded software. *GrammaTech CodeSonar is a static code analysis tool designed specifically for testing embedded software. In addition to bug detection, CodeSonar checks programming guidelines. *Imagix 4D supports the understanding and documentation of third-party and legacy source code

WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems (WHIS) is an RTOS company that specialises in safety, producing and supplying Real-time Operating Systems and Software Components to the Automotive, Medical, Aerospace and Industrial sectors. WHIS supply SAFERTOS^®, the unique Real-Time Operating System pre-certified to IEC 61508 SIL3 and ISO 26262 ASILD by TÜV SÜD, OPENRTOS^®, a commercial license for the embedded Real-Time Operating System FreeRTOS, as well as a range of safety components, middleware, and Board Support Packages. WHIS is able to provide professional training, support and consultancy.

wolfSSL is an embedded, lightweight cybersecurity software package targeted at IoT, embedded, and RTOS environments primarily because of its size, speed, and feature set. wolfSSL supports industry standards up to the current TLS 1.3 and DTLS 1.3, is up to 20 times smaller than OpenSSL, offers a simple API, an OpenSSL compatibility layer, OCSP and CRL support, is backed by the robust wolfCrypt cryptography library, and much more. As a leader in governmental standards and certification wolfSSL maintains FIPS 140-2, is in process with FIPS 140-3, and has complete support for RTCA DO-178C level A certification.