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Software and controls expertise for heavy-duty mobile equipment
MEDATech’s software and controls capabilities are rooted in a deep understanding of heavy-duty mobile equipment for mining, construction, defense, waste management, transport and other sectors. We develop and integrate software and controls systems specifically for heavy-duty mobile machines where reliability, precise control, automation and compliance with safety standards are the goals.
Purpose-built mobile equipment integration
Most client engagements begin with the same question: Can you make this machine work the way we need it to?
Often, the answer involves bringing older or unsupported equipment into the modern era. MEDATech regularly works with decades-old machines—sometimes with no ECMs, relay box controls, or strictly mechanical actuation—and upgrades them with sensors, CAN bus communication, and modern electronic controls. The goal is practical modernization to improve efficiency and/or extend equipment life.
MEDATech software integration in action
Here are just a few examples of the software and controls integration work we have carried out:
Watson Hopper
Upgrading a 1950s-era oilfield finishing rig with MEDATech’s AltDrive battery-electric drivetrain and updating its control systems to allow automatic hybrid diesel/BEV operation
Murphy Contracting
Converting fully-mechanical diesel and transmission controls to electronically managed systems for earthmovers.
Capital Drilling
Enhancing brand-new machines with automated controls systems, radio-remote operation and data visibility.
In each case, MEDATech acted as a systems integrator: understanding the machine, its duty cycle, and its safety requirements, then designing controls that fit the application.
Extending equipment life
A recurring theme across projects is life extension. Many clients face equipment obsolescence because the original controllers or subsystems are no longer available. MEDATech replaces end-of-life systems with modern control hardware, updated communication architectures, and application-specific logic. This gives your equipment another decade of productive use—and often improved efficiency and operation.
Practical, reliable, application-focused software
MEDATech focuses on solving equipment problems. Our work is grounded in practical, reliable integration backed by strong engineering fundamentals:
- Deep familiarity with heavy-duty mobile equipment
- Ability to reverse-engineer legacy systems
- Compliance with safety standards and best development practices
- Low-cost modernization using robust, field-ready components
Our low-tech-meets-high-tech approach has stood our customers in good stead, extending equipment life and adding capability, efficiency and intelligence to equipment without overcomplicating systems—especially important in demanding environments.
Supporting client-driven innovation
Many of our software projects are under wraps, as they involve proprietary development work for OEMs or specialized operators. In such cases, MEDATech’s role is to help clients reach their performance, productivity, or electrification goals behind the scenes, acting as a trusted partner to help accelerate development—and get it right.
Tools & capabilities
MathWorks Simulink
Simulink is a powerful tool for simulation, data acquisition and industrial software development. The Simulink software set allows us to quickly simulate a systems architecture and generate code from the design. MEDATech has created custom Simulink Blocks, which are used specifically for the development of industrial equipment software, drastically shortening development time—creating savings that we pass onto you.
Our Teams
We succeed, quickly, where others don’t…because of our teams. Our engineers, technologists and skilled shop mechanics; our hydraulics team; our electrical engineering & software team, our robotics controls team; and our talented field service team.
Because we work so closely together—not just to design, but to build machines that work and keep on working—we know what it takes. Together we upgrade existing machines, plan and build brand new mobile equipment, and create advanced software and control systems.
Software & Controls Capabilities
Advanced Monitoring
We produce advanced telemetric monitoring tools and software that allow us to pull, store and analyze important information from heavy equipment in the field. Real-time data is what we use as a basis for feasibility studies and for improving performance in everything from battery-electric drivetrains, to monorail-based mining machinery, to drilling parameters.
HMI Development
We design graphical human-machine interfaces (HMIs) with some of the most advanced electronics available for mobile heavy equipment. All interfaces that we develop or co-develop with customers include documentation for their use and service. We have worked with many major manufacturers and can easily support your HMI development needs.
VMU Software Development
The vehicle management unit (VMU) software that MEDATech has developed for many heavy-equipment applications is open-source, which guarantees an upgrade path, should customers wish to make changes in the future. In designing each VMU, our engineers carefully consider your software needs and tailor it to your particular application.
Let’s discuss your software & controls needs
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