Industrial Automation
Safety-Critical Automation at Scale.
IEC 61508 SIL-certified toolchains for PLCs, drives, sensors, and Industry 4.0 edge computing, with real-time performance and legacy migration support.
Industrial automation systems, PLCs, drives, sensors, and safety controllers, form the backbone of modern manufacturing and process industries. As Industry 4.0 drives convergence between operational technology and information technology, the software in these systems must meet both functional safety (IEC 61508) and cybersecurity (IEC 62443) requirements. GSAS provides the toolchains that enable industrial automation developers to build safe, secure, and reliable control systems.
Our portfolio includes PicoScope for high-resolution signal analysis of industrial buses, Flasher Pro for production-grade firmware deployment with traceability, and Arm Keil MDK with its IEC 61508 SIL 3 certified compiler. For testing and verification, Klocwork provides MISRA-compliant static analysis with the quality metrics required for SIL certification, while TESSY by Razorcat delivers automated unit testing with MC/DC coverage qualified for IEC 61508 SIL 3.
Machine Connectivity & Edge-to-Cloud (Industrie 4.0)
Industry 4.0 is won at the boundary between operational technology and IT, where machines, sensors, and controllers become data sources for the enterprise. GSAS connects the factory floor to the cloud over the protocols plants actually run: Modbus RTU/TCP (via SEGGER emModbus), OPC-UA, MQTT (via SEGGER emNet/emSSL), and CAN and industrial Ethernet (EtherCAT, PROFINET). Edge gateways built on AutoPi edge compute and Docker aggregate, normalise, and securely forward machine data; multi-channel data acquisition (GW Instek DAQ-9600) captures the telemetry that feeds dashboards and MES integration through FlashTask Pro and XTL-I. Security is built in from the gateway up, TLS transport, IEC 62443 alignment, and Klocwork SAST in the DevSecOps pipeline.
This lets manufacturers modernise brownfield lines: connecting legacy machines through gateways without re-engineering the production line. See our dedicated Industrial IoT & Machine Connectivity capability for the full edge-to-cloud engineering offering.
GSAS supports India’s growing industrial automation sector, from established manufacturers in Pune and Chennai to emerging Industry 4.0 startups. Our engineering services team assists with legacy codebase migration, MISRA C compliance, and setting up modern CI/CD pipelines for embedded firmware development.
Need help selecting tools for your project?
Our application engineers specialize in industrial automation toolchain selection, from architecture through production.
What We Bring
GSAS Capabilities for Industrial Automation
Beyond tools, engineering services, compliance consulting, and hands-on support tailored to industrial automation teams.
Embedded Software Engineering
IEC 61508 SIL-rated firmware, PLC integration, industrial protocol stacks (Profinet, EtherCAT).
Safety & Compliance Engineering
IEC 61508 SIL 1-4, IEC 62443 cybersecurity, functional safety assessment and consulting.
Test & Measurement Integration
Production test benches, cable harness testing, motor/transformer analysis, protocol debug.
Training & Enablement
Functional safety fundamentals, embedded security workshops, tool-specific training.
Recommended Tools
Products for Industrial Automation
Curated from our portfolio of authorized global partnerships, the tools that industrial automation engineering teams use most.
Flasher Hub-12
12-channel gang programming hub for Flasher Compact, program up to 12 targets simultaneously for high-volume production. Available in India from GSAS.
Flasher Hub-4
4-channel gang programming hub for Flasher Compact, program up to 4 targets simultaneously in production environments. Available in India from GSAS.
J-Link OB
On-board J-Link debug probe for OEM integration, a single-chip solution soldered directly onto evaluation and production boards. Available in India from GSAS.
J-Link PRO PoE
Professional JTAG/SWD debug probe with USB, Ethernet, and Power over Ethernet, deploy in labs with a single cable. Available in India from GSAS.
J-Trace PRO Cortex-A/R
Streaming trace probe for Arm Cortex-A and Cortex-R cores with ETM, PTM, and hardware code coverage for safety-critical development. Available in India from GSAS.
J-Trace PRO RISC-V
Streaming trace probe for RISC-V cores with N-Trace BTM support and continuous trace capture over USB 3.0. Available in India from GSAS.
Joulescope JS110
**Discontinued**: Previous-generation precision DC energy analyzer with 1.5 nA resolution, 250 kHz bandwidth, and seamless autoranging for embedded power profiling. Buy in India from GSAS with local support.
Microtest 8740K Cable Tester (1024-Point, 2-Wire)
High-density 1024-point cable and harness tester with 2-wire measurement, hipot testing, multi-DUT capability, and barcode interface for high-volume production. Available in India from GSAS Micro Systems.
Compliance
Standards & Toolchain Mapping
Every tool mapped to the standards your industrial automation product must meet.
| Tool | Applicable Standards |
|---|---|
| Klocwork (Perforce) | IEC 61508 SIL 1-4MISRA CIEC 62443 |
| QA-C / Helix QAC (Perforce) | IEC 61508 SIL 1-4MISRA C |
| Arm Compiler 6 | IEC 61508 SIL 1-4MISRA C |
| embOS (SEGGER) | IEC 61508 SIL 1-4 |
| J-Link PRO (SEGGER) | IEC 61508 SIL 1-4 |
| emCrypt (SEGGER) | IEC 62443 |
| Perforce Helix Core | IEC 62443 |
| TESSY (Razorcat) | IEC 61508 SIL 1-4 |
Blog
Latest Thinking: Industrial Automation
SWD & JTAG Debug-Port Isolation Explained: Protecting Your Probe, PC & Engineers (SEGGER J-Link, Flasher & J-Trace Isolators)
Plugging a USB-grounded debug probe into a motor drive, inverter, or high-voltage battery board can destroy the probe, fry your laptop's USB controller, or expose an engineer to a hazardous potential. Here is how SWD/JTAG debug-port isolation actually works, why SEGGER ships separate target-side and host-side isolators, and how Indian power-electronics, EV, and industrial teams should specify them, with verified specs only.
PicoLog: Long-Term Industrial and Environmental Data Logging for Indian Field Deployments
How Indian engineering teams use the PicoLog TC-08, PT-104, CM3, ADC-20/24, and PicoLog 1000 for multi-week industrial, environmental, and field data logging deployments.
SEGGER emFile: FAT vs exFAT for Indian Industrial and Railway Data Logging
How to pick between FAT32 and exFAT in SEGGER emFile for Indian railway, industrial and genset data logging programmes, with Journaling, interop, and per-file size limits explained.
Reliable NAND Flash Storage for Indian Industrial and Railway Devices: SEGGER emFile in India
How Indian industrial and railway firmware teams use SEGGER emFile with raw NAND flash, ECC, wear-levelling, bad-block management, power-fail safety, and RDSO-grade data retention.
SEGGER emModbus for Indian Industrial Automation, Energy Metering, and Solar Plant Monitoring
Indian industrial-automation, smart-metering, and solar-inverter teams pick SEGGER emModbus for commercial Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP on STM32, i.MX RT, and Renesas RA, with multi-vendor interop testing, embOS integration, and commercial support via GSAS.
SEGGER emUSB-Host for Indian Medical and Industrial Products on STM32H7 and i.MX RT
Indian medical-device and industrial-controller teams turning a Cortex-M product into a USB host for mass-storage, barcode scanners, printers, and vendor-specific peripherals pick SEGGER emUSB-Host for class-driver coverage, commercial support, and IEC 62304 traceability.
SEGGER emUSB-Host MSC: USB Mass Storage File Transfer for Indian Medical and Industrial Devices
How SEGGER emUSB-Host with the MSC class, combined with emFile, delivers production-grade USB stick file transfer for Indian medical devices, industrial HMIs and test equipment.
Power Measurement for Server PSUs: Microtest 7140 Power Analyzer
Server power supplies must meet efficiency standards from full load down to standby. The Microtest 7140 measures power from 0.001 W standby to 16 kW full load in a single instrument.
Impulse Winding Testing for Motor and Transformer Manufacturers
Hipot testing catches gross insulation failures. Impulse winding testing catches shorted turns, the defect class that hipot misses but that causes motors and transformers to fail in the field.
The Economics of Board-Level Repair in India: Why More Workshops Are Investing in Diagnostics
For decades, the dominant approach to failed electronics in India was board-swap: remove the faulty board, install a replacement, and either scrap the o...
FADOS MUX in Production: Setting Up 96-Channel Automated Board Testing
A step-by-step guide to deploying the FADOS MUX multiplexer for production-line PCB testing, from fixture design and golden board learning to automated pass/fail reporting.
FADOS VI Curve Tracer vs In-Circuit Testing (ICT): Which PCB Test Strategy Fits Your Operation?
A practical comparison of VI curve tracing (FADOS) and in-circuit testing (ICT) for PCB fault detection, covering cost, coverage, flexibility, and the right use cases for each approach.
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