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According to market data, the embedded software market (approx. 80% of the overall embedded systems market at this time) was worth around $31 billion in 2005. Industry is finding that the time and cost of programming these often complex processors - particularly where fail-safety assurance is a critical issue - are becoming an increasingly significant component part of the total cost and design time for new products.

ESDL offers test facilities for a wide range of embedded systems realistic applications. Our current test facilities can be applied in a wide range of industry sectors where fail safety procedures are critical.

Advanced Vehicle Hill Simulator
:A complete vehicle and driver simulator that is hooked into an embedded controller to simulate an adaptive cruise-control system in an automotive system.

Inverted Pendulum
:An inverted pendulum is typically used to study inherently unstable control systems. A low-cost off-the-shelf microcontroller is used to control the motor speed and direction to maintain an upright position of the pendulum.

5 DOF Articulated Arm Robot
:This is a 4 foot robotic arm that has five degrees of freedom. This testbed can be used to study distributed control of a robotic arm in the industry.

Elevator Control Trainer
:The elevator trainer models an elevator used in a 4 storey building. A low-cost off-the-shelf microcontroller is used to move the lift to different floors in the building depending on the request sequence.

Forced Air Cooler
:This testbed has a cooling element (fan) that can be used to control the temperature of the fluid in a closed loop system. A low-cost off-the-shelf microcontroller can be used to control the cooling element. This testbed can also be linked with flow control trainer and the temperature control trainer.

Temperature Process Rig
:This testbed has a heating and cooling element that can be used to control the temperature of a fluid in a closed loop system. A low-cost off-the-shelf microcontroller is used to control the heating and cooling element. This testbed can also be linked with the flow control trainer and the forced air cooler.

Flow control trainer
:This testbed is based on the principle of a "water tank" with input and output pipes. It uses a low-cost off-the-shelf microcontroller to maintain the fluid level in the tank by controlling the water pump. This testbed can be linked with the temperature control trainer and the forced air cooler.

Advanced Twinhead MIMO Helicopter
: This testbed is a minature model of a helicoptor system with 2 rotors. Various control algorithms can be applied to this model to study the efficacy of the controller.