Keel Stone Systems

Senior engineering help for teams that build vehicles, machines and the software around them.

Keel Stone Systems gives companies a fractional CTO, software and IT consulting, and hands-on CAN, CAN FD, CAN XL and EtherCAT expertise. Based in Bengaluru.

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Keel Stone's lines of work as nodes on one bus A two-wire CAN bus with a termination at each end. Four nodes connect to it: fractional CTO, software and IT consulting, CAN and EtherCAT, and related engineering. H L Fractional CTO leadership, architecture Software and IT consulting CAN and EtherCAT FD, XL, CANopen, J1939 Related work embedded, automation

What we do

Four lines of work, one engineering standard. Most clients start with one and come back for another.

Fractional CTO
Senior technical leadership a few days a month for companies that need it before they can hire it full-time: architecture, technology choices, vendors, hiring and investor diligence.
Software and IT consulting
Independent reviews of systems and platforms, build-or-buy decisions, and help getting stuck projects moving again, for teams that want an experienced outside view.
CAN, CAN FD, CAN XL and EtherCAT
Hands-on help with in-vehicle and industrial networks: choosing protocols, tools and components, bringing up and debugging buses, and local support for the products we represent.
Related engineering
Embedded systems, industrial automation and technical due diligence, where our experience fits the problem.

Networks we work with

  • CAN 2.0Classic in-vehicle and machine networks
  • CAN FDHigher data rates for modern ECUs
  • CAN XLThe next generation of CAN
  • EtherCATReal-time industrial Ethernet for motion and I/O
  • CANopenDevice profiles for industrial and medical equipment
  • SAE J1939Trucks, buses and off-highway vehicles

For manufacturers outside India

If you make CAN or EtherCAT products and have no one in India who can talk to design engineers, we can be that presence. We help win design-ins at Bengaluru's automotive, EV and industrial design centres, and we give your customers local first-line technical support.

How we work with manufacturers

From the founder

Over three decades in technology, from enterprise platforms to embedded and automotive systems, I've learned that the expensive mistakes are made early, in the architecture and the choice of parts and partners. Keel Stone exists to help teams get those early decisions right.

Dinesh Narayana, founder

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Tell us what you're building and where you're stuck.

We'll reply within two working days with whether we can help and what a first step would look like.

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