This controller was designed with the purpose of manage parking and access control systems. It’s a design ehanced of previous version with aditional features.

We have sold around 18 controller at date (07-2021) with access control systems for parking solutions.

Because we assembly all manually in our workplace with a heat gun and soldering iron, we are limmited to this tools, so we can’t use any kind of elements smaller for now.

We try to efficiently use the kind and type of components in order to not to waste resources.

In our city, we don’t have directly development competition, but there is commercial hardware with similar purposes that can be programmed, these systems are more cheaper than those developed by us but they do not reach the customization that we can offer to our clients. As they are 100% products developed, we have the ability to adapt its functionalities as we need.

This controller was specifically designed for manage a cane planter. This truck had a native controller but usually has problems, and the repairment take too long. In order to solve this problems “Agroazucar Ecuador” contacted us for make a prototype of controller, that need to do the same functionallities and add a few more.

This project is already finished, operating in field with no inconvenience.

We assembly all PCB in our workplace with our tools.

We make the blueprints for conextions in autocad, connection and operating diagrams

We make the piece design and 3D design in autocad and inventor

This controller was designed with the purpose of manage parking and access control systems.

We have sold all 25 controllers that we made as our first release, all are operating in Cuenca and Guayaquil City without any inconvenience.

Were developments that I made in hand with a development team in the company were I was working before. Similarly, assembly and design are 100% made by the team. This company focus in transportation industry, I was in investigation and development team. 

• First I search for development boards and modules about what we are needing.
• Then, I adquire some, test it and read all datasheets of components and modules.
• Then, I make a list of all componetnes I need and his disponibility in providers like Digikey or Mouser with his part number.
• Then, I update my pcb library adding the schematics and footprints necesaries for design with all aditional information necessary.
• Then, I design the schematics, put rules for PCB according manufacturer and route the PCB.
• Then, I send the gerbers to PCB manufacturer in USA or China and import the PCBs
• Then, I look for the components SMD and Through Hole in USA and China and import them.
• Then, when we have the PCBs and componentes we assembly manually in our workplace.
• After it, we test all pcb and program the MCU in MPLAB (for the PICs) and make a firmware for testing PCBs.
• After, I code the aplication and test with the corresponding peripherals and assembly with all the system.
• Finally, we make continuos enhacement and follow the clients needes.

At the moment, we are a team of 4 people working full time and some collaborators depending of project and I am in charge of all development process

Databases are essential for manage intelligent systems, I use mostly MySQL.
I try to use stored procedures for all tables, so I can have clean and well organiced functions and code.
The most of our clients has closed net circuits, so we usually install a databases in a PC of his subnet and all information stay closed.
Migrate to cloud services is not the best choise in our midst because not all the places have internet access, costs grow up and kick us off from the competition.

Our team got First place in the Ecuadorian robotics contest 2013 in “Creativity” category.