Development of Innovative Touch Interface Software for Industrial Applications

The development of modern human machine interfaces (HMI) with touch displays poses a new challenge for manufacturers of industrial devices and machines. The users have highest expectations regarding design and intuitive usability, projecting their everyday experience with handling consumer devices such as iPhone or Tablet-PCs onto industrial applications. These user requirements need workflow-oriented interaction models and a first-class UI design. User guidance and screen layout of the individual interaction scenarios have to be adapted to achieve sound finger operation.

Berner & Mattner offers support for the development of touch interfaces tailored to your requirements - from developing an interaction concept to establishing a development platform to embedding an optimized control system into an ergonomic user interface achieving highest standards in design and usability. To this end Berner & Mattner has developed an innovative procedure model based on best practice experience.

Factors of success for the HMI development process:

• Workflow-oriented interaction concepts are designed, involving the end-user. From an early stage onwards, they are verified using interactive prototypes and mock ups
• Agile, parallel development of interface design and software through the effective separation of design and function
• Special infrastructure for distributed development to secure the efficient cooperation of all teams of experts involved

Separation of design and function for modern GUI development with XAML and other languages

For developing design results and software in an iterative and parallel way and integrating them smoothly, Berner & Mattner separates design and function by means of GUI description languages that are particularly developed for this purpose such as XAML, Mycro-XAML, SwiXML and QML.

Furthermore, existing tools for these languages such as Microsoft Expression Blend enable prototype development including dynamic interaction concepts, even before and parallel to the development of functional software.

Distributed development platform for efficient development

For HMI projects Berner & Mattner implements an infrastructure for distributed and agile development. This ensures that all participants can work at the latest status - at any time, worldwide and without delay. It also guarantees an effective distributed cooperation and a short integration cycle in spite of parallel development of software and design.

Advantages of HMI development by Berner & Mattner:

• Operating concepts optimized for your application
• Integrating design and usability expertise
• Application of state-of-the-art HMI development methods and technologies
• High transparency on project progress through short development cycles
• Flexibility through agile parallel development of design and software
• Effective development at a fixed price
• Know how transfer of methods, tools and processes

Benefit of touch interface solutions by Berner & Mattner:

• Accurate and more productive application of maschines and devices
• Reduction of training cost for operating personnel
• Attractive look & feel
• Improved product and brand image
• Flexibility for product variants through configuration