From prototyping to short series production of an electrical control unit in time, budget and quality standards.
Design, development and validation of electrical control unit to fold and unfold roof panorama display
• Automotive
The Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV): Hardware Choices and Hidden Costs
The concept of the Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) is reshaping the automotive industry. Unlike the old rule where every extra euro in production was critical, today the real question is: how can hardware investment secure long-term digital growth throughout the vehicle’s lifecycle? An SDV is a vehicle whose value is largely defined by its ability to […]
Are AI-powered systems breaking the V-model in embedded projects?
Artificial intelligence is no longer reserved for consumer tech or cloud services. In 2025, AI is being deeply integrated into railway signaling, driver monitoring systems, and even predictive maintenance on embedded platforms. However, integrating AI into ASPICE-compliant V-model workflows raises a fundamental question:How do you trace, verify, and validate something that learns and adapts? In […]
Pragmatic R&D
The European automotive industry is currently going through one of its worst periods. However, some of the causes that have led to this situation have been visible for several years, and their effects were bound to emerge sooner or later. Below we list some of the reasons that, from our point of view, are causing […]
Safety Decomposition Starts with Modeling: Why Treating the MCU/SoC as a Single Component Can Backfire
When building a safety-critical system—whether for an ECU in automotive, a flight controller in aerospace, or a train signaling system—one of the earliest architectural decisions can have massive downstream impact: ? How do you model the MCU or SoC in your safety architecture? As a monolithic black box? Or as a set of interconnected internal […]
Making R&D Great Again with AI-Assisted Automotive Development
One of the main purposes of Kentia is to deliver qualitative and responsible results on time according to the needs of our clients. At the time I’m writing this post, it is possible to use an online LLM to significantly improve efficiency in tasks such as: Generating requirements for any commonly known system or subsystem, […]
Is It Really Hard to Implement Cybersecurity in Automotive Projects?
European OEMs and TIERSX are subject of compliance with the ISO21434:2021 and ISO24089:2023 (only in the case of OEMs), in particular if the target market is any of the 68 countries of the UNECE Agreement of 1958. Considering the implications of implementing the requirements of the ISO 1434, we will see that in case of […]
Invisible touch interface for smart surfaces with metallic finish
Our engineers helped to develop an intelligent surface solution that integrates invisible capacitive touch buttons and hidden lighting into a metallic-looking plastic part.
The main objective was to provide a high quality, seamless human machine interface (HMI). The project targeted automotive interior applications for OEMs seeking a futuristic look.
Surround view system in a 5-subprojects program
In a platform-related OEM program our team designed a development strategy that improved the efficiency of the product development as part of a very agile environment — priotizing customer needs and ensuring a high level of satisfaction