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(These products are owned by their respective companies, NOT by Bordelon Technologies. Not all projects we have worked on are on this page. This is merely a sampling.)
 Tiny Guidance Engine (TGE) and LOCUST
Continental Controls and Design
http://www.continentalctrls.com
As of 2003, this was the smallest autopilot/IMU and UAV available. Called the "Locust", this backpack deployable, 1 lb flying wing could be tossed into the air and would fly to preset waypoints sending back live video.
We were hiired under NAVY subcontract to develop firmware and Glass Cockpit software with full display of all typical aircraft instruments, a moving map with flight planning capabilities, and various other controls. We
developed an embedded operating system, profiler, and base code architecture for this resource limited flight computer.
 
In 2001, we were approached for an emergency rewrite of the firmware for this clock. The original code was purchaced on a per-unit basis by the manufacturer. With a contract dispute in full swing, they were running out of burned chips and had to take action fast. Given only 3 of these clocks as a reference with no source code or other information, we had new firmware up and running in a month's time.
The clocks must drive the spring-loaded arm with just the right resonant frequency. The original firmware was apparently fixed frequency, and did not handle much deviation in manufacturing tolerances. Our version would sweep frequencies and find the proper resonant frequency, committing that to memory for next powerup. This resulted in the factory having reject far fewer units than the previous firmware.
X-Ray Storage, Transmission and Reproduction (STR) System
Virtual Media Integration, Ltd.
http://www.starrview.com
We developed the software for this company's first product, A turnkey system allowing the transmittal, storage, image enhancement, and reproduction of X-rays for the medical industry. Part of this project involved the development of an assembly level graphics library for fast image enhancement, manipulation, and scaling, with our code writing pixels straight to the hardware. Back in 1993, this was the only way to achieve any decent level of performance with such high resolution. The company and it's product was subsequently sold for $10 million to Systems Excellence in Canada.
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