Task

The project involved the development by Fritz Gegauf AG (Bernina) of the new generation of the high-end sewing and embroidery computer Artista 200.
The project had the following characteristics:

• Use of absolute state of the art technology
• Platform change to Windows CE 3.0
• International cooperation with suppliers

Zühlke assumed responsibility for managing the sub-project software development, for handling the complete porting of the operating system Windows CE 3.0 on electronics built to customer specification, for providing support in the designing of the software architecture and for assisting with the implementation of the sewing, embroidering and Internet functionality.

Implementation

The activities in detail:

• Project planning: The software development plan was drawn up jointly with the team leaders and aligned with the other project teams.

• Project controlling: Weekly reporting down to the employee level allowed current project progress to be monitored at any time.
   
• Porting of Windows CE 3.0: Complete porting of the operating system (covers OAL, boot loader, standard drivers such as PCMCIA, LCD, Serial and the like) and the development and integration of customer-specified drivers. Coordinated with electronics development.
   
• Development of the software architecture: Incorporation of all use cases in sewing and embroidering logic, development and implementation of the architecture together with the customer’s domain specialists.
   
• Implementation of the sewing, embroidering and Internet functionality: The functionality of the sewing machine system was designed and implemented in close cooperation with the customer’s developers.