Hodos are focused on user centered design for automotive infotainment products. Our services range from HMI rapid prototyping to actual support in hardware design and specification.
HMI design and rapid prototyping
Hodos have extensive experience in vehicle infotainment design and by using state of the art software tools, Hodos are able to easily prototype a HMI and provide PC running executables for internal or external market testing. Our tool’s “plug in” approach to HMI design means that your product can be easily expanded or skinned to suit market needs. A high performance and robust code generator allows the same simulation to be easily adapted to a target platform for use in an embedded system.
Helping you to reduce time and costs; up front simulation of your HMI allows early product and market testing thus incorporating any design changes even before target hardware has been developed. Auto code generation allows 60% to 100% of any code to be reused from the initial PC simulation for porting onto host hardware.
HMI market testing and research
From market metrics to usage and usability studies, understanding the technology employed in your vehicle goes a long way in making sure that your market research answers the questions that you set. Hodos have had experience of infotainment products from conception to delivery. This allows us to understand fully the technical concepts involved and what answers you need to ensure your product meets the market demands.
Because of our engineering background we speak the same language as your system designers, avoiding misinterpretation and misconceptions and delivering market research that is targeted and inclusive. Specialist infotainment engineers are involved every step of the way to enable Hodos to deliver a full design guide for your product.
Bespoke infotainment and telematic consultancy
Delivering an end user focused design doesn’t mean that the design process comes at the end of the product design cycle. Any final design is only as good as the specification, design and testing work carried out during product development. Our experience in delivering infotainment products enables us to consult on a wide range of technologies such as:
Navigation systems
Automotive telecoms
Traffic information
Audio and entertainment
Telematics
Advanced driver assistance systems
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Since 1999 Hodos has been involved in the design and development of real products into the automotive market and always at the forefront of technological progress.
