Digital Video Product Developed by Cardinal Peak on Display at IACP Conference

Oct. 5, 2009 - PRLog -- Cardinal Peak LLC, a contract engineering services provider specializing in embedded products, partnered with Decatur Electronics to bring to market Decatur’s Digital Responder 4000 product. The product will be launched at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) annual conference in Denver, October 3-7.

The Digital Responder 4000 is a ruggedized in-car digital video system for law enforcement. The Digital Responder 4000 offers complete integrated video recording, making law enforcement officers more effective in their work.

Cardinal Peak provided engineering consulting services to help Decatur bring the Digital Responder 4000 to market in a timely and cost-efficient manner. The system uses the latest web-based technologies, as well as H.264 video compression, AAC audio compression, and mp4 file formats.

Cardinal Peak’s role spanned definition of high-level requirements for the product’s hardware and software on through development of test plans to ensure a first-rate quality assurance (QA) process. In between, Cardinal Peak:

•   Developed detailed technical specifications for the both the in-vehicle and back-office components of the system;
•   Identified appropriate sub-system vendors;
•   Coordinated and managed the design of the in-vehicle system chassis;
•   Designed multiple boards for the system to handle compression, power, external inputs and more;
•   Developed the embedded software for the in-vehicle component, based on a Linux platform; and
•   Developed the Windows-based back office system management software.

“Our relationship with Cardinal Peak is a deep partnering, and we are very happy with their work,” said Todd Cottle, Digital Responder 4000 project manager for Decatur Electronics. “They are extremely talented engineers, devoid of egos, and focused on getting the product out on time and on the right cost schedule.”

“We are delighted to have partnered with Decatur on this important project,” said Mike Perkins, Cardinal Peak managing partner. "We are looking forward to continuing to help Decatur maintain its competitive edge by bringing state-of-the-art digital video products to the law enforcement market.”

About the IACP Annual Conference
IACP Denver is the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s 116th annual conference. One of the country’s largest law enforcement professional events, the IACP conference attracts more than 15,000 law enforcement professionals as attendees. The annual gathering features more than 150 educational seminars, forums and technical workshops, as well as an expo with more than 800 exhibiting companies. For more information, please visit theiacpconference.org.

About Decatur Electronics
Decatur Electronics has a 50-year history of delivering police radar and other traffic safety tools. Decatur is part of Soncell N.A., which offers a full range of consultancy, design, manufacturing and maintenance of unique, niche market products for use by public safety and government organizations that help to look after the security and public safety of the United States and other countries around the world. Soncell N.A. also comprises TW Mobile Engineering and AEP North America, and is part of the Bowmer & Kirkland corporate family. For more information, please visit decaturradar.com or soncellna.com.

About Cardinal Peak
Cardinal Peak offers companies the fastest, most reliable way to bring embedded products to market. The firm offers end-to-end engineering services, including high-level requirements definition, hardware design, embedded software design, system software design, QA and documentation. Clients engage Cardinal Peak both to deliver contract engineering services and to augment their internal teams with qualified staff members. For more information, please visit cardinalpeak.com.

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Cardinal Peak offers companies the fastest, most reliable way to bring embedded products to market. Engineering services include high-level requirements definition, hardware design, embedded software design, system software design, QA and documentation.