PhaedruS SystemS is run by Chris Hills and has been around in one form or another since the late 1970's.

PhaedruS SystemS has been a member if the ISO/BSI C and C++ Language Panels since 1999 and convener of the C panel 2000 to 2004. PhaedruS SystemS has also been part of MISRA-C since 1998 and on the MISRA-C Steering Committee since it's inception. We also work with the IEE Embedded microelectronics Professional Network being on the Technical Advisory Panel.

PhaedruS SystemS has both analogue and digital hardware development experience as well as embedded software development in various languages various systems from large comms projects on unix to smart cards. We also have team and project lead experience. This ranges from working on military systems (both air and ground based) at the sharp end and in development, experimental systems in safety critical industrial control, maintenance and even some reverse engineering.

This means we understand the development process from both the development engineers, team or project lead and management view. All three have different view of a project. this leads to different priorities that need to be reconciled. In fact the process is some thing we think is important. Having the right tools is only part of the solution.

We also understand the pressures on development teams, particularly the smaller ones. This is why we do not run the usual 9-5 service. Phaedrus systems has done technical support on a Sunday before now. Having been there we are not going to take your money and run.

PhaedruS SystemS has been producing technical papers, articles and conference papers since the 1970's. The first technical paper was "Close is for Horseshoes and hand grenades!" on the implementation of BS5750 (the forerunner of ISO9000) for a specialised electronics R&D and production facility. Even then the Engineering Process was the key.

Since 2003 PhaedruS SystemS has been writing a column for Embedded Systems Engineering Magazine on standards and the embedded world in general. There are also over 100 book reviews for the ACCU. There are also a series of papers entitled QuEST (Quality Embedded Systems Techniques).

As a Charted Engineer I firmly believe that whilst design is an art the whole project is under pined by the Engineering disciplines of technique, methods and process. Even artists will tell you that when painting they have to learn techniques and methods. Though in their case their work is not safety critical but they too suffered with in complete and changing customer specifications.