That is why in 2019, GlobalLogic designed and ordered the production of the Embedded Starter Kit. The device is a basic board, which is supplemented with sensors, a screen and other components necessary for working on embedded solutions . The Embedded Starter Kit has already been received by 7 universities, where it is used by more than 1,000 students. In 2020, the company plans to transfer another 200 kits to 5 universities. Thanks to this, about 2,000 novice embedded engineers will undergo training annually. Since a netherlands number data basic course for one embedded system developer costs companies at least $200-250, such an initiative can save the industry at least $500 thousand per year.
Embedded systems laboratory equipment
Equipment for the embedded systems laboratory
Market statistics
Despite the fact that the industry has grown by 20-25% annually over the past 5 years, the number of engineers by industry has increased unevenly. For example, the share of embedded developers among all technical specialists barely exceeded 3%, while web development, as well as application and game development, has developed more actively.
A similar trend is observed worldwide. According to LinkedIn, a social network for establishing professional contacts, there are about 315 thousand profiles of embedded system developers in the world. At the same time, the majority of them (156 thousand) are located in the USA, India and Germany. For comparison, about 2.5 thousand Ukrainian embedded developers are registered on LinkedIn (less than 1%). GlobalLogic cooperates with more than 900 Ukrainian engineers with experience in developing embedded systems.
Own developments
As part of the presentation of the new laboratory at NTUU "KPI", GlobalLogic specialists presented several devices that demonstrate the capabilities of embedded code. For example, an interesting system is a flower watering system with an integrated temperature sensor and gas detector, controlled remotely via a smartphone. Thanks to this solution, users can turn on flower watering from anywhere in the world and not worry that the plant will dry out while they are on a business trip or on vacation. They can also monitor the temperature in the room.