Automated Methods Technologies (AMTEC) specializes in the design and development of custom data acquisition and control systems. AMTEC has extensive experience in systems engineering, product development, and project management for custom, real-time software and hardware products for mission-critical data acquisition and control systems in laboratory, pilot plant, and industrial process environments. AMTEC has developed instrumentation and control systems per DOD, ASTM, UL, FAA, Navy, and proprietary procedures involving fire, flame, and smoke monitoring, acoustics testing, strain measurement, multi-axis position control, image analysis, destructive and non-destructive materials testing, manufacturing process controls, and many others. This experience includes developing systems with dedicated computers using plug-in data acquisition boards, distributed control systems using a control room computer with GPIB and serial interfaces, and portable systems using laptop computers. AMTEC also has experience designing process controls using traditional closed-loop dedicated controllers. AMTEC can provide complete system integration services, including sensor and instrumentation selection, custom sensor development, interface design, and software development. AMTEC can provide either full turnkey systems or interfaces and software to upgrade existing manual systems.