Spyrosoft and Candera launch partnership to deliver better HMI solutions

Spyrosoft and Candera launch partnership to deliver better HMI solutions

In March 2024, Spyrosoft, one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe, announced a partnership with Candera, a leading provider of human-machine interface and embedded software tools for industries such as automotive, healthcare, or home automation. Through this collaboration, Spyrosoft has access to Candera’s toolkit and expertise, allowing for the creation of innovative and user-friendly interfaces across various industries. 

 

 

A collaboration for technological advancement 

The partnership aims to offer Spyrosoft’s clients HMI solutions that utilise the advanced features of CGI Studio. CGI Studio is Candera’s flagship software development platform for creating graphical user interfaces. It is designed for industries that require sophisticated HMI solutions, such as automotive, heavy machinery, healthcare and life sciences, or home appliances. The software allows companies to develop intuitive and visually appealing interfaces, enhancing the user experience and interaction with technology. 

“We have a successful history of partnering with companies that develop human-machine interface technology solutions. The partnership programme lets us keep abreast of industry trends, access the best technologies directly from providers, and draw on their expertise. By working with Candera, we aim to deliver proven solutions that meet the requirements of our clients from the most demanding industries. We believe the collaboration will also positively impact the development and enhancement of Candera’s product, as we will continuously provide them with feedback from our HMI professionals and software end-users. Overall, this partnership will be beneficial to both Spyrosoft and Candera and, further, to our clients and theirs,” says Przemysław Krzywania, Director of HMI at Spyrosoft. 

 

 

About Spyrosoft 

Spyrosoft is a group of companies providing consulting and software development services in segments including Automotive, HR Tech, EduTech, Finance, Geospatial, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Industry 4.0, Media and Robotics. The Group offers a one-stop shop approach as it operates within a wide range of specialities – from Enterprise and Embedded Software Engineering, AI/ML, Cloud and Cybersecurity, to HMI or Ecommerce, Low-code and CRM Platforms.  

Spyrosoft is a global company with over 1500 specialists onboard and 15 offices in 8 countries. The firm has been included in the Financial Times ranking of the 1000 fastest-growing companies for three consecutive years: 2021, 2022 and 2023. 

 

About Candera 

Candera is a leading HMI tool provider and development partner for worldwide automotive and industrial customers. It supports its customers with the CGI Studio tool environment as well as provision of software services mainly in the areas of HMI development and embedded software. Candera GmbH in Linz, Austria and Candera America Inc. are part of KAGA FEI Co., Ltd., situated in Yokohama, Japan.  

Preview: Candera @Embedded World 2024

Preview: Candera @Embedded World 2024

Presenting the whole range of CGI Studio: From HMIs for Smart Homes and Medical Devices to High-Performance Automotive HMIs

Linz, Austria, 28. February 2024. Candera presents CGI Studio’s latest versions 3.12 and 3.13 at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany, from April 9th – 11th, 2024.

CGI Studio is perfect for creating brilliant HMIs, one reason being its flexibility and scalability. For example, it now also allows direct import from Figma files via Candera’s award-winning Smart Importer. With its latest feature, the Fusion Editor, CGI Studio users can apply logic to their HMI graphically, simply by drag and drop: A powerful demonstration of “What you see is what you get”.
CGI Studio is ideal for small and large-scale projects: The latest 64-bit Scene Composer helps users to master big-sized projects by going beyond memory confines.

Candera at EW 24

Fig. 1: CGI Studio and Candera are back @ Embedded World

Candera is back at Embedded World 2024 to present the wide range of possibilities of their HMI tool CGI Studio: The latest demos range from a Smart Home washing machine with ‘Guided Maintenance’ features in spectacular 3D design to medical demos highlighting CGI Studios capacities in safety-relevant fields. Demos range from small (a modern Smart Watch on a 4” display) to large, with a professional Medical PC demo in cooperation with Hy-Line, which sports an impressive 18,5”.

 

Making these applications possible are the latest versions of Candera’s high performing HMI tool, CGI Studio 3.12 and CGI Studio 3.13 with the award-winning Smart Importer.

 

Visit Candera in hall 4, booth 4-248.

 

Smart HMIs for Smart Homes: Washing Machine Demo

Candera is presenting an all-new demo of a modern “Smart Home” Washing Machine with high-end 3D effects. Highlights include the “Guided Maintenance” feature, supporting the user visually by showing the cause of the problem, for example to replace an old filter or connecting him or her to the service hotline, if professional help is necessary.

Candera Washing Machine demo

Fig. 2: “Guided Maintenance” feature of Candera’s Smart Washing Machine demo

Safety first: Medical Demos

Over two decades of experience in automotive HMIs and safety-critical applications empower CGI Studio to advance also in the healthcare industry. At Embedded World, Candera’s team showcase their abilities by presenting advanced Human Machine Interfaces for medical devices that prioritize precision, safety, and user-friendliness – for mission-critical HMIs.

Candera Hyline Medical PC

Fig. 3: Candera’s latest medical demo in cooperation with Hy-Line

Candera’s award-winning Smart Importer now imports graphics also from Figma

Candera Smart Importer_figma

Fig. 4: Figma import directly from the cloud in CGI Studio 3.12

 

Based on innovative AI-detection technologies, Candera’s Smart Importer speeds up the whole HMI creation process. While other HMI design tools require the user to import each single element and add functionality to them one after another, Candera’s Smart Importer will do a direct import of a design file and enrich it with functionality automatically.

Users can import graphics files from Adobe Photoshop®, Sketch, Axure RP, Figma or Adobe XD into CGI Studio. Relevant components like gauges, sliders, buttons, and many more are automatically detected, and the most probable functionality can be added to each element.

 

For more of CGI Studio’s highlight features such as text size verification, dynamic lists with snap function, additional 3D Primitives, rotate and zoom functions in the CGI Studio Player, or support for vector graphics, click here.

 

Candera again represented at ST Microelectronics Graphics Partner Wall

 

Candera’s silicon partners also appreciate CGI Studio’s reliability and variability. Among them ST Microelectronics, who will again be presenting Candera demos at their Graphics Partner wall at Embedded World.

 

The Candera team is looking forward to meeting you at Embedded World from April 9-11. Visit them in hall 4, booth 4-248.

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Partners in innovation: Bosch and Candera take the next step together

Partners in innovation: Bosch and Candera take the next step together

Effective interfaces are the foundation of smart ecosystems — be it a home, a factory, or HMI systems in a vehicle. Ensuring compatibility between devices and platforms, designing user-friendly and intuitive experiences, while factoring in adaptability and scalability requires technical know-how and multidisciplinary planning.

That is why the collaboration between Bosch Software and Digital Solutions, with HMI, UX, and test automation service and solutions, and Candera, a recognized pioneer in high-performance, scalable, and flexible embedded HMI technologies, is one of harmonious synergy. With shared dedication to deliver exceptional solutions pinned by out-of-the-box innovation and market offerings that perfectly complement one another — both companies have demonstrated successful collaboration since 2010.

BOSCH-CANDERA

Fig. 1: Bosch and Candera partnership since 2010

 

Bosch‘s extensive portfolio of HMI solutions propelled by Candera‘s CGI Studio software and quality assurance framework promise a win-win-win business relationship where customers can explore the most useful solutions and services with ready to use features at every stage of their HMI development.

Bosch and Candera’s UXUI

 Fig. 2: Bosch and Candera’s UX/UI solutions and services

 

To ensure that customers keep getting the best of both worlds and the companies continue to evolve together, Bosch and Candera have decided to renew their partnership and explore new collaboration avenues. The extended partnership is a strategic alliance representing mutual trust in each other‘s capabilities and a shared vision to shape the future of HMI solutions. The mutual end-goal is to keep meeting customer demands with cost-effective products and services across industries.

Through shared expertise and commitment to excellence, Bosch and Candera aim to redefine industry standards and revolutionize the way people interact with the technology.

 

Learn More about Bosch HMI Services and Solutions.

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About Candera

Candera is a leading HMI tool provider and development partner for worldwide automotive and industrial customers. It supports its customers with the CGI Studio tool environment as well as provision of software services mainly in the areas of HMI development and embedded software. Candera GmbH in Linz, Austria and Candera America Inc. are part of KAGA FEI Co., Ltd. , situated in Tokyo / Japan.

HMI creation with CGI Studio 3.13: On a larger scale

HMI creation with CGI Studio 3.13: On a larger scale

Usability is especially important for complex, large-scale HMI projects. On the one hand, because of the dimension of the project itself, but also due to the large teams working together. The latest improvements of CGI Studio, the 3.13 release, is perfect for such scenarios. Ranging from the new 64-bit scene composer going beyond memory confines to “Easy Mode UI”, for individual UI configurations for different user roles.

 

Large scale projects are the Champions League of HMI creation. The new 64-bit Scene Composer of CGI Studio 3.13 supports users who want to go beyond past memory confines. Automatic text size verification helps to fit texts into graphical confines, for example to speed up multi-language projects. Candera’s award-winning Smart Importer is improved by a unified import dialog for easy import of all the different types of files users can import. Add to this an all-new ‘Snap feature’ for dynamic lists, various new UI/UX enhancements, and an improved ‘Easy Mode’ of the user interface – and you are ready to play!

 

 

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CGI Studio 3.13
Fig. 1: CGI Studio 3.13: Creating large-scale HMI projects – fast and easy.

64-bit Scene Composer

Large-scale HMI

Large-scale HMI projects can be challenging due to strict restrictions in memory and size. CGI Studio’s new 64-bit scene composer helps users to master big-sized projects by going beyond memory confines. It is also compatible with external 64-bit plug-ins for easy implementation of e.g. any kind of navigation solutions.

 

 

Text Size Verification

Text Size Verification

Aligning the length of pre-written texts with the space provided within the GUI can be a difficult, time- and resource-consuming process. CGI Studio now comes with an in-built, convenient report to proof that text size fits within graphical boundaries. Calculations are based on real rendering and provide layout information, for example on height and width of the text.

 

 

Smart Importer

Candera’s award-winning Smart importer gets better all the time. Long-time users of CGI Studio know that the Smart Importer imports graphics files directly into CGI Studio. During the import, its innovative AI detects industry-standard controls such as gauges, sliders, and buttons – and automatically adds their proper functionality.

 

The latest version of the Smart Importer in CGI Studio 3.13 now includes a unified import dialog for different file types, so you can import your graphics file, be it from Adobe Photoshop®, Sketch, Axure RP, Figma or Adobe XD. The improved UI dialog helps you create your HMI faster by guided mapping. As does the Drag&Drop support for your glTF imports.

Candera’s Smart Importer

Fig. 2: Unified import into Candera’s Smart Importer in CGI Studio 3.13

 

Candera’s Smart Importer speeds up the whole HMI creation process by providing a direct preview, full re-import for quick design iterations, and image merging to reduce the memory footprint.

 

 

Extended Help System

Extended-Help-System

When you need help with your HMI project, you need it fast. The new dynamic in-page-search of CGI Studio 3.13 gives you the answers you need when you need them. This includes a history with forward and backward buttons as well as a simple and easy feedback option for each page. Check it out today and find regularly revised as well as interesting new articles and tutorials.

 

 

Easy Mode UI

It is always easier to find your way through known territory. Personalize the user interface of your CGI Studio Scene Composer to find your way faster and create your HMIs more effectively. Define the visibility of properties and default values or write protection in the way you need it. You can even create individual UI configurations for different user roles, which comes handy when coordinating big teams working on large-scale projects.

 

Dynamic List

Dynamic lists can be a hassle to navigate, especially when you’re trying to find a specific item. CGI Studio 3.13 has introduced a new feature that makes scrolling through lists a breeze. The snap function for list items improves touch interaction by stopping the list at the exact point you need it to, instead of somewhere slightly above or below. This feature ensures that you can find the item you’re looking for with ease.

Dynamic-List

Fig. 3: CGI Studio 3.13’s new snap function for better touch interaction

 

UX Improvements

The creation of your HMI can only be as fast as you can use your HMI tool. This is why CGI Studio 3.13 provides for better usability of toolbar, list, and text style editor. For example, an extended search panel, the state machine editor now supporting undo and redo, transition order, and state alignment for quick and intuitive HMI composition. But even more, Bird Eye, context menu, as well as a number of short cuts have been added to Fusion and State machine editors.

You can rotate and zoom your display preview for better overview. Also, support for long path names is now larger than 255 characters.

 

The Fusion editor, incidentally, is Candera’s latest feature for Intuitive visual composition of logic and behaviors. It is for users without any programming skills – making HMI creation more accessible for everyone.

 

Updated Monotype Libraries

CGI Studio 3.13 further comes with an update of the well-established Monotype Library: iType® font engine version 6.2.2 and WorldTypeShaper version 5 with Unicode 14 support.

 

 

 

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CGI Studio Joined Renesas Partner Solution Program

CGI Studio Joined Renesas Partner Solution Program

Candera, a leading provider of HMI design tools, announces that it has become an official Renesas RZ ecosystem partner. The partnership program supports the joint promotion of Candera’s HMI design tool CGI Studio as a powerful resource for creating HMIs with Renesas’ RZ/G2L, RZ/G2LC, and RZ/V2L MPUs.

 

Candera GmbH, a leading HMI tool provider and development partner for worldwide automotive and industrial customers, is joining the Renesas RZ Partner Program to offer its Human Machine Interface (HMI) technology for long-lasting, demanding industrial applications to customers using the RZ/G2L, RZ/G2LC, and RZ/V2L MPUs.

 

The RZ Ecosystem Solution Program as part of the Renesas “RZ Ready” program brings global partners together to support customers in artificial intelligence, human machine interfaces (HMI) and industrial network applications. Each partner’s building block solution carries the “RZ Ready” badge and is designed to solve real-world customer problems.

CGI-Studio,RZ-ready
Fig. 1: CGI Studio is now officially “RZ ready”.

 

Renesas’ powerful RZ/G2LRZ/G2LCRZ/V2L  MPUs work seamlessly with Candera’s HMI tool CGI Studio to deliver first-class performance results not only for automotive, but also for industrial and consumer applications. The RZ/G2L group MPUs include an Arm® Cortex®-A55 (1.2 GHz) CPU, a 16-bit DDR3L / DDR4 interface, a 3D graphics engine with Arm Mali-G31 and video codec H.264 (RZ/G2L, RZV2L only)). It also has many interfaces such as camera input, display output, USB 2.0, and Gbit-Ether, making it ideal for any HMI application.

 

Two new demos powered by the HMI-enabled RZ/G2L

Renesas and Candera showcase the potential of their combined solutions with two first demos. One uses the example of an industrial steam convector oven, the other a treadmill, which runners might either have at home or find in their fitness studio. Both demos feature attractive graphics with 2D and 3D elements.

 

Want to see for yourself? Watch the demos running on RZ/G2L!

Candera-demo-“Treadmill”

Fig. 2: Candera demo “Treadmill” running on Renesas’ RZ/G2L

 

Voices from the partners

As a Renesas Partner Program member, Candera’s scalable and hardware-independent software solution CGI Studio for easy HMI creation will be promoted in the program. “We’re happy to welcome Candera in our RZ Partner Ecosystem Solutions Program,” said Mamoru Nomura, Senior Director, Embedded Computing Division at Renesas. “Candera brings years of experience in serving high-end automotive applications and we have collaborated on many automotive projects until now. Their expertise will help jump-start the development of HMI solutions tailored to industrial application needs.”

 

Reinhard Füricht, CEO of Candera, adds his views on the cooperation: “Our collaboration with Renesas goes back several years. We have been working with our partners at Renesas successfully on a number of projects”, says Reinhard. “We are happy to be part of the Renesas Partner Program community and are confident to be adding significant value to this excellent program. “

 

Long history of joint automotive projects
In the past, both companies had been mostly focusing on automotive projects. Candera presented an automotive cluster with advanced 3D effects during the 2022 Embedded World trade show in Nuremberg, Germany.

Embedded World

 Fig. 3: During Embedded World 2022, Candera presented their “Weather Cluster on a R-Car H3.

 

About Candera

Candera is a leading HMI tool provider and development partner for worldwide automotive and industrial customers. It supports its customers with the CGI Studio tool environment as well as provision of software services mainly in the areas of HMI development and embedded software. Candera GmbH in Linz, Austria and Candera America Inc. are part of KAGA FEI Co., Ltd. , situated in Yokohama / Japan.

 

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