What we do
Our Capabilities
SOFTAC’s team of engineers, software developers and technicians make selecting us as an integrator an easy decision. Over 50 years of experience in design, development and manufacturing makes us one of the longest standing businesses in our industry. Our diverse portfolio of projects over our tenure gives you the assurance that we are very capable of taking on your project.
Work We Do On A Regular Basis
- Custom controls design & packaging
- Ski lift or gondola drive systems
- Wastewater & water treatment kiosks and controls
- Most aspects of sawmill controls
- MCC's & Power distribution systems
- Variable speed drive builds and harmonic distortion mitigation
- Marine controls for automated door systems and automated winches
- Mobile controls combining engines, transmissions and hydraulics
- Electronic soft starters and DC injection brakes
Engineering and Design
- Engineers
- Draftsman
- PLC Programmers - competent in all major brands
- HMI Programmers - competent in all major brand
- Proficient in use of various electrical CAD tools, specializing in WS CAD and Eplan
- Automated submittal process
- AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, and MS Visio
Information Technology Skills
- Windows, Mac, and Linux Operating Systems
- Rust, C, C++, JavaScript, Python, and PHP
- API, IoT, Google Scripts, and webserver integration
- Self-healing containerization with Docker
- Application development for web and mobile platforms
- Software compilation targeted to specific architectures
- AWS and Google cloud platforms
- Hardware and software experience with I2C, SPI, GPIO and other device drivers
- Internally developed secure practices for remote PLC management
- Long-distance communications over TCP/IP, Modbus, LoRaWAN, and MQTT
- .NET (C# / ASP.NET)
Our Facilities
- 5,000 square feet centrally located in the industrial area of Chilliwack, British Columbia
- Centralized and dedicated office space for engineering, admin work, sales and staff lunchroom.