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Engineering Heritage

Engineering Heritage

Three decades of engineering pedigree — the past projects and case studies that engineered the work we ship today. From Ford and GM end-of-line test systems and a BMW infotainment prototype to J1939 suspension tuning, photographic order-entry and printer controllers, and a modern Lutron lighting upgrade.

Automotive Infotainment

2008–2012 BMW X5 console + instrument cluster prototype with A1SI's pioneer-class in-vehicle HMI, featured on CNET at CES Las Vegas 2009 and 2010.

  • Multi-touch gesture
  • Haptic tactile feedback
  • 3D navigation

DVP2 Digital Photographic Printer Controller

Redmer Controls Inc.'s ~2003–~2010 controller software for the LUCHT Digital DVP2 — "the world's first digital multi-printer", distributed by ISA / Imager Service Associates. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 controller running 18 subsystems on Windows 2000 / XP, driving a Sony 8-megapixel LCD-array print engine, a GE Fanuc S2K servo paper advance, and networked hot-folders from every major photo-lab front-end (Kodak DP-2, Express Digital, TimeStone, Axiohm, OZE). 500–900 8×10 prints per hour, server-dependent.

  • Sony 8 MP LCD-array exposure
  • 18-subsystem VB6 controller
  • Kodak DP-2 · TimeStone · Axiohm · OZE

Spartan ActiveRide Active Suspension Tuning

Redmer Controls Inc.'s ~2002–~2005 Visual Basic 6.0 calibration and firmware-download tool for Spartan Motors's SmartRide active-suspension system on high-end Class A diesel-pusher motorhomes, fire and emergency apparatus, and motorcoaches. Eleven-subsystem MDI controller on Windows 2000 / XP driving seven J1939 ECUs (CCM + Left/Right Front + Left/Right Rear + Left/Right Tag valve modules) over a Dearborn Group Gryphon DPA III CAN-to-RS-232 adapter. Live parameter tuning across six corners + Central, four-window real-time graphing, Sentinel Pro USB-key security, and OTA firmware reflash to every module from a single dialog.

  • Live 6-corner parameter tuning
  • 7-ECU J1939 control plane
  • OTA firmware reflash · Gryphon DPA III

SNAP Photographic Order Entry

Technical Products Group's ~2002–2017 photographic order-entry application — the direct digital successor to EZ-SNAP. Drove every popular digital SLR (Canon / Nikon / Kodak / Fuji / Sony) via Microsoft WIA, embedded subject + order info in EXIF tags, and dual-backed every shot to the workstation + flash card simultaneously. Same school-picture-company customer base that bought EZ-SNAP, in production-floor service for ~15 years.

  • Digital camera bridge (Microsoft WIA)
  • EXIF metadata on every image
  • Dual-backup "digital film"

GM ATEC EPROM Programmer

2006–2007 Allison Transmission (GM) production-floor EPROM programmer — two DataIO 3980s, two Intermec PF2i printers, RS-232 throughout, built by Technical Products Group (A1SI's predecessor).

  • EPROM burning
  • Barcoded label printing
  • Diagnostic logging

Ford Mustang FN-145 Seat Testers

1997–2005 Ford Motor Company End-of-Line Seat Testers for the Mustang and Lincoln Town Car lines — the founding case study that launched Redmer Controls Inc. (2001–2005) and A1SI's automotive engineering pedigree.

  • End-of-line testing
  • Heating + cooling validation
  • Barcoded traceability

ISA Event Photo System

Redmer Software Company's ~2001 wearable-computing event-photography system. Kodak DCS digital SLR + Xybernaut MA-V wearable PC + head-mounted-display UI, deployed at NASCAR races, cruise ships, and theme parks. One of the earliest commercial HMD-driven workflows in the field.

  • Wearable computing rig
  • Custom Kodak DCS driver
  • NASCAR · cruise · theme parks

EZ-IMAGE for Adobe InDesign

Redmer Software Company's 1999 photographic image compositing and conversion utility for the school-photography lab floor — purchased by the nation's largest School Photography Companies. Class composites, yearbook layouts, ID cards, batch image processing, all driven directly from the lab's customer database into Adobe InDesign.

  • Class composites + yearbook layouts
  • Lab-scale batch processing
  • Adobe InDesign integration

EZ-VIEW Student Image Viewer

Redmer Software Company's 1998 student information + photograph viewer for K–12 schools. Shipped to hundreds of schools across the U.S. and Canada by the nation's largest School Photography Companies — including Olan Mills. xBase data files, 60+ image formats, wizard-driven reports.

  • Student records
  • 60+ image formats
  • K–12 schools, U.S. + Canada

EZ-SNAP Camera Order Entry

The 1997–2001 camera order-entry system that launched Redmer Software Company — the earliest formal company in the A1SI lineage. Powered photo-order capture on Symbol PDT handhelds at Olan Mills, American Family Photographers, and many other U.S. photographic-processing customers.

  • Order entry on handhelds
  • Symbol PDT barcode scanning
  • Studio-floor workflow

See where this heritage leads today — our current products and engineering services.