Building a Smart User Interface - what's really involved?

In conversation with KDAB, Burkhard makes clear the benefits of smart user interfaces for Industrial Machines and outlines the issues involved in implementing them for clients, both from the technical and the consulting point of view. For illustration, he refers in detail to an Industrial Harvester.

Guest Bio
As a solo consultant, Burkhard helps companies succeed with Qt embedded systems. His major products include the infotainment system for a US car OEM, the driver terminal of the ROPA sugar beet harvesters and the driver terminal of the Krone forage harvesters.

Many customers ask Burkhard to support them with their first in-house development of a Qt embedded system. Based on 25 years of experience, he can select suitable hardware, build custom-Linux systems with Yocto and create long-lived system architectures. He improves the development processes of the teams he works with. Burkhard is an outspoken proponent of using Qt under LGPLv3 and knows how to ensure FOSS license compliance of Qt embedded systems.

Burkhard worked and lived in India, England and Norway and moved back to his native country, Germany, a couple of years ago. In his spare time, he is hiking, biking, and skiing through the Bavarian Alps.

00:00 Intro
01:06 Defines a dumb user interface, for a harvester
03:39 How to create a smart user interface; issues involved
05:25 Why a chimpanzee can’t drive a harvester with a smart user interface
07:16 What to automate
08:19 Where does Qt come in and why is it so good at this?
10:03 Why don’t companies invest in the future?
11:48 Investing in the hardware platform: the system on chip. iMX8 vs iMX6
12:47 Cost cutting and Risk - the Tesla example
15:01 Competitive advantage
15:59 Controlling your own fate - acquiring in-house expertise
17:53 When to hire experienced developers