Aftek offers complete Transportation Framework under Integrated Transport Solutions!

Utilizing our broad experience in building end-to-end public bus transportation management and bus tracking solutions, Aftek now offers various transportation services under one complete framework, known as Aftek Transportation Framework (ATF)

ATF is advantageous for transport organizations and independent fleet operators alike, who are seeking expertise for deploying Integrated Transport Solutions (ITS), either partially or fully. ATF offers highly customizable and cost-effect IT solutions for public transportation and logistics sector. It also enables seamless exchange of information between all the concerned business entities.

Designed for scalability and future growth, the main components of ATF are depot manager, bus tracking system, passenger information system, automatic fare collection, smartcard management and driver console unit. Being highly configurable, these components can be easily integrated with third party devices and can also be customized to fulfill JnNURM compliance requirements. For convenience, access to all the framework components is offered by means of a unified portal application.

Aftek Ltd is also in a position to offer consultation and planning, scheduling and pilot testing, training and deployment along with support and maintenance for various ATF components. In essence, when you collaborate with Aftek, you not only partner with one of the highly experienced IT service providers but also get expert assistance for the deployment of the ITS, right from the consultation all the way to the maintenance stage.

To know more about Aftek’s Transportation Framework and its components, visit: http://its.aftek.com

AFTEK develops HMI Platform with Touch screen panel for Industrial applications

Aftek Ltd, a leading System developer in the market, today introduced a resistive touch screen enabled HMI platform supporting a variety of operating systems, powered by a 32-bit processor high performance Application processor. This platform is coupled with a LCD touch screen display ranging in size from 4.3-inch to 10-inch up to 2048 x 2048 resolution. The HMI platform is highly configurable and offers 128 MB of DDR2 SDRAM, 512 MB of NAND Flash, a variety of I/O ports, USB and Ethernet connectivity along with an SD expansion slot.

Continuing Aftek's tradition of offering cost-effective development and fast output to market, the HMI flash board is ideally suited for tablet-designed HMI panels. It can be readily used in the following application areas: Factory Automation, Process Automation, Packaging Industry, Water / Effluent Treatment, Injection Molding and more.

The flash board is powered by an 32-bit processor and be configured to run on a variety of operating systems.

Such as Windows CE 6.0, Linux 2.6 and QNX. The board comes with a TFT LCD touch screen offering WVGA resolution and is available in 7'' and with 400 cd/m2.The display offers LED backlight for easy readability and touch pad for fast navigation.

The HMI platform is supported with 128 MB of DDR2 SDRAM and 256 MB of NAND Flash storage, along with an SD expansion slot. It has built-in RTC and runs on 12 - 24 V DC. It also offers Ethernet 10 / 100 connectivity, one isolated RS485 port, two RS232 port, one USB 2.0 HS Host, one USB 2.0 HS device and one parallel printer port. It also provides multiple isolated digital input output ports.

The system offers highly modular design and can be configured according to specific requirements. Many optional I/O ports can be added / removed from the base flash board to suit a particular application area, making it a truly versatile HMI solution.

For more information, please contact us at: servicesinfo@aftek.com.

Aftek develops framework for attendance monitoring and control

Looking for a centralized, robust and efficient solution for employee attendance monitoring?

Look no further than Aftek's attendance monitoring framework! Benefitting from Aftek's seven plus years of expertise in attendance domain, this framework is developed to address your organization's employee attendance monitoring needs and more.

Aftek's attendance monitoring framework enables easy monitoring and control of day-to-day operations in time attendance, EDP and payroll departments. It can seamlessly incorporate complex and varying business rules and HR policies without hampering previous employee data.

Aftek's attendance monitoring framework records and maintains daily attendance of the employees and provides several features like leave management, shift schedule management, over-time, late arrival, out duty, compensatory offs, visitor tracking, canteen management, gate pass management with photograph and more. It can also maintain individual employee details such as passport-visa details, educational background, training records, organizational hierarchy, CTC details and appraisals feedback. Moreover, generation of various reports and logs is now literally put at your finger tips!

You can incorporate Aftek's device-independent attendance monitoring framework with any third party hardware reader, smart card reader or even with Bio-metrics reader. You can make use of its master import utility for filling up the master data quickly. Offline reader support is also provided where network connectivity is an issue. Additionally, all of the data can be exported in text, CSV, XLS, PDF and XML formats with the option of customizing rows and columns of the attendance roaster. This data can act as an input for payroll and ERP systems. You can also send the exported report through emails to the required audience, i.e. employees, HR department, accounts, management and so on.

A web-enabled workflow based application is offered to manage leave applications, out-duty details, and "forget to swipe (flash card)" details to reduce manual paper work. When a valid card flash is not found, the system can optionally send automated notification to employees for taking corrective actions. Additionally, a superior can sanction or reject these applications and can also delegate the sanctioning duty to his subordinate when required. An employee can also request a notification for his peer's leave to plan his work accordingly. Optionally, all of these features can be accessed using a Mobile interface.

To order an evaluation copy for your organization, contact us at: jayantw@aftek.com

Solution - Residential - Details - Security

Security
-Smart card based access for residents.
-Lobby light and pre-recorded greeting message
-Multiple motion detectors for complete security
-Stay / away modes and multiple security zones
-Alarm notification in case of intrusion to neighbors, society security gate, voice call to preset phone numbers, -SMS, e-mail
-Surveillance cameras
-View image of visitor at society gate or apartment door
-Voice communication with visitor at society gate or apartment door
-Stored images of visitors in the absence of flat owner can be viewed after he is back or over Internet, with date and time stamp.
-Door latch can be operated from the display unit or from any room.

There are many more possibilities. It is important to first understand and see the features in operation. Digihome would be glad to work closely with you and help you finalize the features that you should be offering to your customers, based on the layout of the scheme, flats and the price point.

More information
http://www.digihome.co.in/security.asp

AFTEK's Hardware design and development expertise

Aftek's substantial capabilities in hardware design and development gives a significant competitive advantage. Our customers from various segments of the industry have applied our expertise in hardware and software to build cost effective solutions; making us a true one stop shop.

Our applications cover a broad range of areas including: board design, analog and mixed signal applications, semiconductor chip validation systems, FPGA or CPLD based design and development, Analog-Digital Converter (ADC) and Digital-Analog Converter (DAC), video and audio interfaces, RF, Wi-Fi, ZigBee®, and other related technologies.

Aftek has provided services to many customers with comprehensive design cycles for a variety of projects. We have provided our esteemed customers with end-to-end design support as well as individual services for their developments.

-Requirement analysis
-Hardware architecture design
-Component and chip selection
-Schematic level designing
-PCB layout designing
-Board bring-up program
-System integration and testing
-Certifications and compliance

Infrastructure:
Aftek has up-to-date infrastructure for its teams to carry out its multifaceted services:
R&D lab: Full antistatic lab with SMD reworks station and highly skilled technicians
Instruments: Logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, DSO, DMM with data logger and similar such instruments
Tools: PADS Power PCB, Allegro PCB design and Allegro SI, XDS510, MultiICE and other tools

Intelligent Transport System

Intelligent Transport System
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is designed for the urban / state / private road transport organizations (public and private RTCs). The system consists of a backend and a hardware component to provide an integrated solution for the driver console unit, electronic ticking machine, passenger information system and vehicle tracking system. ITS provides a single solution for transport companies to schedule and monitor buses with the help of advance technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi and GPRS.


The Need
Road transport organizations typically have huge fleet of buses that operate from depots situated at remote locations. With the increase in population the public transport organizations need to improve their services to provide better facilities. Without having an intelligent transport system in place, it is very difficult to improve the service. ITS will enable the transport organization to get the required bus, schedule, route and passenger information very quickly to execute public queries in a very efficient manner. With the help of Vehicle Tracking System, people can get the current location of the bus without communicating with the staff members. The electronic ticketing machine stores information of each and every ticket issued to the passengers. This ticketing data is used for managerial decisions such as introducing new bus routes or allocating part-time buses to operate at crowded locations. To have a better up-time for bus, ITS provides a driver console to monitor the bus 'health'. With the increase in terrorist attacks, public security is critical. ITS also provides security cameras which record the audio and video inside the bus.

Solution
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) facilitates better public transport services by considering the bus earnings, public safety and security.

Driver console unit

A driver console unit (DCU) is a hardware device having Wi-Fi, GSM / GPRS, RS232, RS 485, USB, CAN BUS host interfaces, Digital IO, Analog IO for communication and interfacing with other devices such as LED display boards, GPS, Electronic ticketing machines, CAN bus, etc. The device has a touch screen enabled driver console application that displays the current stage and next stage details with audio visual alerts and vehicle engine CAN BUS parameters like temperature, engine speed, door status, etc. The bus stages are advanced automatically based on the GPS position. It can also control the security camera as well as vehicle rear camera units fitted inside and outside the bus.

Electronic Ticketing Machine
An Electronic Ticking Machine (ETM) is a hardware device capable of issuing passenger tickets and sending the ticket data over serial and GPRS interfaces. It is capable of automatic fare collection (AFC) using smartcards and recharging the smart cards. All these transactions will be stored on the ETM itself which are uploaded directly to the PC based application or on the driver console unit over a serial interface.

Passenger Information system
A Passenger Information System (PIS) consists of a DCU application which controls LED display boards fitted in the bus. The display board shows route and stage information on which the bus is currently plying. The internal display board is also capable of displaying advertisement contents as configured from the backend application.

Vehicle Tracking System
The Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) is integrated with the DCU unit to get the vehicle positioning data along with other information such as driver, route and stages. The VTS online map console shows the vehicle position with bus details. The VTS system provides powerful search criteria to drill down the search to the route level. Zoom in, zoom out, pan and identify features are provided for the user to view the map more conveniently.

Ground Booking Terminal
Ground booking terminal (GBT) for conductor-less buses, is an optional feature that can be used for issuing the tickets using ATM cards. It also acts as a query terminal to obtain information such as: buses between two stops, information about the nearby important places (bank ATM, Mall, historical places, etc) on the map.

More information please write to me @ jayantw@aftek.com

Jayant Wagh

Aftek presents SoC based Power Line Communication Transparent Modem

Aftek presents SoC-based PLC transparent modem that allows two-way data communication over existing AC power lines, without the need of adding / replacing data lines network. Offering reliable data communication, Aftek's transparent modem is a cost-effective solution ideal for building and industrial automation. It supports centralized data collection for AMR and enables centralized control for applications such as society and street lighting.


Sporting a small form factor, Aftek's PLC blank modem is based on ADD Semiconductor's highly integrated SoC. It is fully complainant with IEC61334-4-32, EHS and KONNEX. It offers selectable baud rate from 600 to 4800 bps. Additionally, it supports inbuilt isolated power supply and consumes less than 1W in active mode. Also, this PLC transparent modem optionally supports RS-485 interface for compatibility reasons.

More infromation : http://www.aftek.com/engineeringservices/power%20line%20communication.shtml