EATON and INTEC begin a new concentration in Embedded Digital Systems

By completing this program, students will receive certification and have the possibility of doing an internship at EATON.

SANTO DOMINGO. - The Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) and smart energy management solutions company Eaton they announced a concentration in Embedded Digital Systems for students of Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications e Mechatronics Engineering from that university.

The purpose of the concentration is to train engineering professionals capable of creating software for embedded systems that is efficient and robust following collaboration and continuous improvement methodologies, aware of the quality criteria indicated by modern standards for the development of embedded systems interconnected by through the technologies that are being applied in Industry 4.0.

This SCHEDULE, which is equipped with three elective subjects, will be taught by a teaching team composed two INTEC professors of the Mechatronic Engineering and Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering careers; and 13 professionals from the Eaton Design Center.

In the presentation ceremony that took place in the INTEC Social Security Auditorium, Cayetano Rodríguez, dean of Engineering Area,  He stated that the concentration is important because it connects students with the industrial sector in a branch that is in broad development such as embedded systems, a priority in modern equipment that has machine learning technology, artificial intelligence or the internet of things.

Hoyma Mazara, Eaton Connected Products Engineering Manager, explained that an embedded system is a computer system with a processor that has peripheral input and output devices, this has a specific function within a larger mechanical or electronic system, such as a smart refrigerator, or an electric car. That is, this device is integrated as part of a complete piece of equipment, which often includes electrical or electronic hardware and mechanical parts.

When presenting the concentration, Mazara specified that the training program arose from Eaton's need to train professionals for the development and maintenance of the equipment that the corporation is manufacturing with embedded systems, and he thanked INTEC for opening the doors and giving of their time and its staff to collaborate and achieve a concentration that will allow the Dominican Republic to have professionals specialized in the development of this technology, as the industry demands.

“Something very characteristic of the relationship between Eaton and INTEC is that we are always exchanging ideas and that we always work to make that idea come true now,” said Mazara, who indicated that after concluding the first cohort of the concentration the company will make a call he internship in the area of ​​Embedded Systems exclusively for students who have completed the program.

Mazara, who is also a graduate of INTEC, highlighted that embedded systems are designed to perform a specific task, unlike general-purpose computers that are designed for multiple tasks, that is, they control a specific function within a device.

Additionally, they may have advantages over general-purpose computers in that they are cheaper to design and build, while requiring less power and not requiring much processing power. They also distribute intelligence from a centralized computer to a smaller widget that can live in the home, on a satellite, in a car, or in a pocket.

He specified that EATON's mission and vision is to be a company of intelligent energy management. So its strategy is based on digitalization and taking its products from being static to connected devices. "In recent years EATON has seen significant progress in product requirements at the level of processing capacity, having a need to develop products in reduced times and with a high cadence."

To access the concentration, students must have completed a minimum of 180 credits of their study plan. They will be able to start with the subject IEC3X6 Embedded Systems Software, as long as they have completed their prerequisites (IEC312 Control Systems Design and IEC312L Control Systems Design Laboratory).