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& Development and Technology innovations has always
been the key issues for Fiko Group that are now celebrating
23 years of entrepreneurship. |
In
the past...
With the first developments back in 1980 |
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2000 and onward |
In
the 80's
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AutoWEB
Designer
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ToolBox'84
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In
2002, AutoWEB Designer was developed and is one of our
latest success software developments where we have built
a ColdFusion, ASP, HTML and SQL code engine that enables
AutoWEB Designer to produce dynamic web design coding
without having the user to write a single line of codes.
Because
AutoWEB Designer contains encryption, users with existing
web modules in ColdFusion or ASP can now distribute
their code in a secure way to ensure that the users
does pay for the code (or it can be for free too) before
the users are able to use the code.
AutoWEB
Designer's newer version will be renamed and released
as FikoWEB Designer and will incude many new functions.
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In
early 80's we developed and produced the ToolBox family
for Commodore VIC 20, Commodore 64, Atari 400, Atari
800 and Memotec computers. The ToolBox family was based
on hardware I/O control where you was able to control
110/220 V relays. We also had units for sensors and
switches as seen on the LET'84 exhibition image.
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On-Line
64
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Our
communication software for Commodore 64 named On-Line
64 was the world first 32K-buffered modem software available
for Commodore 64. The software was written in Assembly
and was distributed on both Double Sided 5.1/4"
floppy disks (360K) and cassette tapes.
This
software package was sold for 299,- Norwegian Kroner
which was a good price in the early 80's.
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GNSS-TECH
Navigational System
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In
the 90's
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GNSS-TECH
Q12 Series navigational software for aviation was
developed over a period of 3 years and compremises
a GPS-based Electronic Map Display ("EMD")
and a Primary Flight System ("PFD")
with connection to Attitude and Heading Reference
System ("AHRS"). GNSS-TECH Q12
Series are aimed
for OEM customers within Aviation.
One such customer is Becker Avionics Systems in Germany
that uses the EMD system under its "AirScout
Voyager" brand where additional features
such as interfacing to i.e. VHF radios, transponders
etc. will be added at a later stage.
These developments was completed in April 2006.
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SAMA
and Q-SAMA
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The
SAMA (Stereo Amplifier for Multimedia Applications)
was maybe the world first PC card with built in 2x10
W Stereo amplifier. The card was manufactured in Hungary
in from 1991.
The
SAMA cards had 3 generations where the next generation
was produced in 1993 and named Q-SAMA or Quad Stereo
Amplifier for Multimedia Applications.
In 1995 to 1997 we produced the last generations of
this family which was Q-SAMA OCTAL or Quad Stereo Amplifier
for Multimedia Applications with Original Cinema and
Theater Audio Logic (Dolby Pro-Logic). Over one dacade
later in 2007, we again introduce new version of Q-SAMA
Audiomaster 44 with integrated microcontroller for easy
communication via our uFDEX
protocol.
Q-SAMA Audiomaster
44 from 2007
Q-SAMA Audiomaster 44 got much smaller since its first
introduction 12 years ago and has also one more added
microcontroller for additional functions.
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The
"WAY" Brand
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Audio
Twister
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The
WAY-brand and its developments started in September
2004 and compromises complete Automated Vehicle Location
("AVL") unit named iTX1200, iTX1100,
iTX1110, GPS, Gyro, makeAVL map software, makeMAP a
software for geo-referencing of raster maps, makeTER
a software for Digital Terrain and elevation models,
DigitalWAYPoint for vector graphics and more...
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We
developed the Q-SAMA hardware to be controlled by a
Multimedia software package named Audio Twister where
Audio Twister was downloaded by more than 400,000 users
worldwide.
The latest version of Audio Twister was WMS 2000 version
3.0 which is now replaced with our latest version 4.0
integrated with makeAVL.
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Early
exhibitions
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DOLL
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The
first overseas exhibition we had was back in 1984 at
LET'84 at Olympia Stadium - London, United Kingdom.
We did display our 'TOOL BOX' system, the Norwegian
made Trio-Ving's card lock systems controlled by Tool
Box, and our On-Line 64 (for Commodore 64) communication
software for modems based on buffering and data transmission
counts - a real hit at that time. I guess the max speed
was 300 bps.
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The
DOLL Interface or Digital One Line Link was part of
our DOLL Home Automation System.
DOLL
was based on 12bit serial one way communication but
was replaced in 1995 with our DOLLx8 Interface which
had 18bit two-way serial communication. DOLLx8 had
Automatic Switch Response Code so more the 4096 units
could be cascaded and used in one and same DOLLx8
network controlled by DOLLX8.DLL
Today
the DOLLx8 developments are still living and are developed
as DOLLXP32
Kernal Device Driver for hardware I/O under Windows
2000/XP.
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Active
Speaker Boxes
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In
1985 we had our next exhibition held in "Mossehallen"
some 60 Km from Oslo - Norway. At this exhibition we
mainly showed the new versions of the TOOL BOX'85 system
and the next version of On-Line 64 software package.
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In
the 90's we produced high quality active speaker boxes
for Multimedia applications. The speaker boxes had 2x50W
RMS power output and produced in 2-way MDF speaker boxes
with built in Amplifiers.
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Exhibitions
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Our
next exhibition was in Budapest, Hungary at Compfair'94
back in 1994 where we did display the very first version
of our SAMA card (Stereo Amplifier for Multimedia Applications),
the DOLL (Digital One Line Link) Interface products
and the first version of Audio Twister. This was for
us a highly successful exhibition that gave us a kick-start
for our products, product developments and our business
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At
Ifabo'95, Compfair'95 and Industria'95 held in Budapest
- 1995, we had our new Q-SAMA™ 4040 Card with the
DOLL Interface together with Thorsman's Trunking System
displayed. Thorsman was represented by Colorvill Kft.
and cable/network systems represented by OCM Kft.
The
lights on the top of the stand was controlled by our
DOLL Interface and our electronic switches connected
to a PC.
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