Back in 1998, TTTECH's founders set out to answer the question: How can we make complex computer systems used in various machines, such as cars, airplanes, mobile, and industrial machinery, as dependable and safe as possible? A quarter century on, we have not only one, but many answers. Over the past 25 years, TTTECH has leveraged its core technological capabilities and competencies across a wide range of industries and markets. We are proud to work with leading global industry players from the aviation, space, mobile machinery, smart manufacturing, industrial automation, and energy sectors, and deliver solutions that are future-proof and meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Find out more about our technological core, our competencies, and the megatrends we support.
Beginners guide to the technology TTTECH pioneered
There are many technologies we take for granted, and we rarely think about what it takes for them to function safely. We often leave it up to engineers and scientists to figure these things out for us. But the way our computer systems work is fascinating, multifaceted, and more “human” than you might think.
In this guide, we would like to introduce you to the kind of technology TTTECH pioneered: a way of making computer systems safer. It will not explain why planes fly, but it will at least make it clearer why they continue to do so.
Automation & Autonomy
Today, automation is increasing across many industries, and the trend is towards more autonomous systems that support the humans that are using them – be it in cars, off-highway vehicles, or advanced air mobility applications. Automated and more autonomous systems use machine vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and edge computing to gather, process, and analyze the data needed for them to operate. TTTECH’s safe, networked computing platforms and dependable networks are at the core of these systems. We ensure secure connectivity for reliable and interoperable systems in industries like aerospace, off-highway, energy, and the industrial sector.
Innovative Research Is Playing a Key Role in Leading Technology Development
TTTECH’s engagement in research projects denotes the foundation for sustainably providing cutting-edge technology to our customers within the innovative TTTECH product portfolio. Our research work focuses on time-triggered architecture, determinism and real time performance for safety-relevant data communication and control in mixed-criticality applications.
Functional safety and cybersecurity
In IT, safety and security denote two different concepts that are nevertheless inseparably linked. Safety addresses the physical soundness of human beings and their environment. Security, on the other hand, refers to the protection of data and systems, especially defending them from attacks.. If you cannot protect the machine, you cannot protect the people working with/on it.
Since our foundation in 1998, safety and security have been the central ideas behind TTTECH’s technologies. We are committed to the highest standards in quality, functional safety, and (cyber)security as we build safe and secure, dependable networks that support customers in meeting their respective industries' safety and security standards.
Dependable Networks
Since TTTECH’s foundation, we have leveraged our technology and solutions across a wide range of industries in safety-relevant and safety-critical systems where failure is not an option, including aerospace, automotive, industrial, and energy sectors. The markets we serve are often subject to stringent regulations and standards, while there is a high demand for performance, reliability, availability, and resilience against faults and failures.
The technologies and solutions we develop are designed to be future-proof, ensure interoperability, scalability, and reliability, and reduce the complexity of data networks. Our deep know-how and vast experience in technologies include Time-Triggered Ethernet, Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), Precision Time Protocol (PTP), High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR), and Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP).
Are you doing research on time-triggered technology or mixed-criticality systems?
Whether you are writing an academic paper, reworking your curriculum, or looking for a research partnership, we would love to help you out. We provide programs for students of all levels, as well as non-profit research institutions - free of charge.
Industrial edge computing
Edge computing represents a major technological advance for industrial automation by providing decentralized computational capacity to the shop floor. It allows real-time use of value machine and production data to significantly improve productivity and efficiency on the shop floor. Industrial edge computing solutions are not only an integral part of digitalization in factories, but also within the wider context of cybersecurity.
At TTTECH, we have many years of experience in developing and implementing edge computing solutions that provide secure data connectivity on the machine, in the factory, and to the cloud and support customers in creating and deploying their own, development and deployment of “smart services”.
Quality & Standards
We are committed to the highest standards at the company level and in our products and solutions. TTTECH’s certified competence in the aerospace and automotive industries is a solid basis for transferring know-how to other industries, including off-highway, the industrial and energy sectors.
TTTECH Group companies are active in many different markets. We are therefore certified not only according to the relevant cross-industry, but also several industry-specific quality and security standards and norms for software and hardware development for safety-critical applications.
Useful technical terms for your journey into real-time systems
The purpose of this glossary is to provide an easily searchable overview of definitions that may not be readily available elsewhere on the internet. It is constantly being updated in collaboration with leading industry experts.
