Dave's academy

Our labs host students and interns working on stages and experimental thesis during the whole year. The topics explored in these internships usually belong to the following macro-areas:

• Embedded Electronics Systems: this area is related to the core business of the company
• Management Information System, which is part of the company IT infrastructure
• Communication and marketing, which is part of the Technical Sales Department.

In this page, we'll present specific proposals and some examples of past thesis. We would like to emphasize that, due to the characteristics of our business, the range of topics of interest (technologies, scientific, applications) is huge, and it's not possible to prepare formal proposals for each one. For this reason, if you are evaluating the possibility of carrying out an internship or a thesis with us, but you can't find a proposal that perfectly matches your interests, we suggest you to contact us through the email address you'll find below. Thus, we'll be able to evaluate the possibility of finding a topic that is interesting for both of us.

Please note that our proposals can be accessed by both junior and senior graduating students. The topic will be adjusted to fit the knowledge and skills acquired by the students. Each topic, on student suggestions, can be adapted to get closer to the research area of the student's supervisor. The proposals will be evaluated to check their compatibility with the targets of the company. We suggest interested students contact the company, to go deeper into the matter and get the whole picture.

Finally, we report that the experimental thesis are an effective instrument for the recruitment of new employees. This is confirmed by the fact that a relevant part of of our R&D team has been hired right after the completion of the internship.

Embedded Systems Area

This area is vast and strongly interdisciplinary. The following is a not exhaustive list of topics related to it:

• microprocessor systems
• programmable logics (FPGA)
• DSP
• operating systems (Linux, Android, etc.)
• real-time operating systems (RTOS)
• image processing
• video encoding
• pattern recognition
• switching amplifiers
• motion control
• functional security and high reliability
• electronic design and signal integrity
• electromagnetic compatibility
• Industrial IoT, cloud platforms, and mobile app
• cybersecurity and embedded systems.

Examples of open proposals:

• Cybesecurity of edge devices

• Design of a highly-configurable embedded module built upon an FPGA architecture with integrated PowerPC processor
• Implementation of an embedded system with hardware 2D-graphic acceleration on FPGA
• Application of IEC 61508 regulations for functional safety in a programmable system for motor control
• Implementation of Linux and FreeRTOS operating systems in Asymmetric Multi-Processing Platform (2017)
• Hardening of an industrial IoT system

DAVE Embedded Systems supports the Trieste University's Car Racing Team

DAVE Embedded Systems is devoted to supporting educational programs and projects in local High Schools and Universities. The aim of this support is to create interest about embedded systems technologies and increase the understanding of these devices in students and teachers/professors.

This is the reason why DAVE Embedded Systems has encouraged the new project UniTS Racing Team "Faster Than Bora" (http://formulasae.units.it/). This project started thanks to the strong impulse of some students who have the aim to compete with other Italian Universities around the design of electrical cars and compete in the Formula SAE program.

Design an electrical car means design embedded systems able to control the vehicle during the racing time. For this reason, DAVE Embedded Systems is contributing to providing some embedded devices and know-how around the SW design. This project is just starting but we are already proud of our team...good luck UniTS Racing Team!

Non di solo lavoro vive l'uomo, ogni tanto occorre fare una pausa!

Per poter lavorare in team e con il team, ci sono diverse opportunità per chi vuole unirsi al team:

• Momenti periodici di aggregazione: solitamente una volta al mese mangiamo la pizza insieme!

• Escursioni fuori porta, se c'è la neve o la luna sta crescendo, perché non una bella passeggiata sulle nostre montagne e fare un po' di team building!

• Per chi vuole mantenersi in forma: andare in piscina un paio di volte a settimana!

• Prossimamente: calcio balilla per tutti!

Accogliamo le scuole nelle nostre strutture per un tour aziendale

Siamo molto felici di accogliere le scuole presso i nostri stabilimenti mostrandogli quello che facciamo. Nel nostro piccolo, DAVE Embedded Systems copre tutte le esigenze di una azienda tecnologica. Occupandoci sia di progettazione e sviluppo di prodotto sia di manifattura al nostro interno gestiamo tutte le fasi e possiamo quindi fornire un piccolo ma importante esempio di come operi un azienda 4.0.

Dalla pianificazione e gestione di prodotto, alla sua effettiva progettazione HW e SW possiamo raccontare agli studenti tutte le fasi che portano un nuovo prodotto ad essere creato partendo dall'idea iniziale. Questo con l'aiuto del personale di ciascun reparto che ben si presta a fare questa attività per loro ricreativa nonchè di brand building.

La seconda parte del tour riguarda la produzione, vengono presentate le modalità di produzione dei sistemi embedded, dalla gestione del magazzino e controllo qualità fino alla produzione, test e collaudo manuale o automatico in funzione del prodotto

Un momento di relax finale solitamente è concesso al fine di ispirare le nuove generazioni a continuare a studiare e, perchè no, e sognare un giorno di venire qui in DAVE Embedded Systems!