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Software Systems
Consulting
offers a broad spectrum of custom software
development services in a wide variety of fields
including radio communications, process control,
test and measurement, motion control, imaging,
astronomy, data acquisition and
analysis.
We also offer products for receiving and
processing weather
facsimile
images directly from weather satellite or via
ground station relay. We also manufacture hardware
and software for the aquisition an processing of
astronomical and scientific images.
Consulting Services - Our
Clients
SSC has been
instrumental in bringing our client's products to
market quickly and effectively. Below is a
list of just some of the products in which we have
participated:
Meade
Instruments Corporation
 
SSC has automated
the astronomy world. With Meade Telescopes,
SSC has developed smart telescopes that are
programmed to find and track tens of thousands of
stars, planets, nebulae, and satellites.
Shown are the LX200GPS telescope and
AutoStar
II
controller. The telescope contains a
precision GPS and level allowing it to
automatically locate itself and find all the
objects in the heavens automatically. The
controller allows the user to easily select objects
he/she wishes to view. SSC developed
virtually all the firmware and software for these
products.
FoneCam
SSC designed and
developed the hardware, firmware and software for
FoneCam. FoneCam is a camera that connects to
an ordinary telephone line that can transmit images
to a computer anywhere in the world. The
software is flexible so you can schedule pictures
for time lapse and replay them as an animation or
generate an .avi file from them. SSC designed the
hardware, and implemented the firmware and software
for the device. The software includes a Windows
application, providing a complete, turnkey
solution.
Phase
Metrics
SSC developed the
software to control the only commercially available
Scanning Kerr Effect Microscope (SKEM).
The SKEM software controlled piezo-electric stages
to scan recording heads and thin films in order to
map the micro-magnetic domain patterns in the
device. SSC developed all the acquisition and
analysis software to allow imaging and mapping of
the domain patterns.
SSC developed the
software for the first dynamic fly-height tester to
measure in the sub micro-inch fly height
regime. The tester used a multi-wavelength
interferometer approach to accurately measure
flying heights down to contact. SSC developed
all of the motion control, acquisition and analysis
software for the tester.
SSC worked with
Hutchinson Technologies and Phase Metrics to
productize the Head Resonance Tester. This tester
performs a modal analysis of the recording head
while it is flying on the disk. It uses a laser
interferometer to acquire the signal and custom
hardware & software to analyze it. SSC
redesigned and redeveloped the software to increase
throughput and conform to the disk industry
standards.
Stratagene
SSC worked with
Stratagene to enhance their Eagle Eye II product
used for gel documentation and chemiluminescence
analysis. SSC assisted Stratagene in developing a
new image acquisition module which supported a
variety of high performance scientific digital
cameras including a -20C cooled camera.
KLA-Tencor
SSC has been
involved in developing the software for MRW series
products since their inception. These testers
measure the magneto-resistive response of a device
while it is still on the wafer. Exact motion
control and positioning is required as well as
efficient processing since there are tens of
thousands of heads on a single wafer. SSC
developed the motion control, vision, and
acquisition/analysis software for these
products.
Via Medical (now
MetraCor Technologies)
SSC was
instrumental in developing the control software as
well as the low level firmware for the Via Blood
Gas and Chemistry Monitor. This device
continuously draws, analyzes, and monitors the
patient's blood in real-time.
Berkeley Process
Controls, Inc.
SSC worked with
Berkeley Process Controls to design and developed a
completely new integrated development environment
for their new generation multi-axis
controllers. The environment allows rapid
development of complex motion control projects
through an innovative "syntax free" programming
language.
HP, Cannon,
Okidata, Lexmark, Genicom
If you've ever used
any of the printers from leading manufacturers,
you've probably used print drivers developed by
SSC.
Pacific Data
Products
 
SSC worked with
Pacific Data Products to develop new memory and
font cartridges for the LaserJet series of printers
from Hewlett-Packard. In addition to font
cartridges, SSC pioneered the work of putting logic
into font cartridges. This allowed the
development of cartridges that could emulate a
PostScript engine or other printers.
Page Technology
Marketing, Inc.
SSC has been
working with PageTech for many years developing
innovative applications for document imaging and
data merging. SSC's intimate knowledge of the
HP PCL printing language has allowed rapid
development new print engine based
applications.
Document
Sciences Corporation
SSC developed
Visual C++/MFC applications for use in Document
Sciences content management products for
high-speed/high-volume printers. These applications
were developed to Document Sciences specifications,
using an interface similar to Windows
Explorer.
Satellite
Technologies Management, Inc.
  
SSC developed
software and firmware to support facsimile, voice,
and data transmissions over STM's proprietary
satellite hardware. SSC also implemented the
INMARSAT protocol for STM's line of satellite
products.
Tax Processing
Software.
SSC was a pioneer
in the automated tax processing software
arena. SSC developed complete tax processing
software targeting the small to mid size accounting
houses. SSC was the first company in the United
States to
receive approval for filing personal returns
electronically with the IRS with personal
computers.
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