We are working across everything from embedded firmware to compliance support, covering the practical engineering stack needed to make products perform reliably in the real world.
Low-power sensing and control using embedded operating systems, Internet of Things (IoT). Real-time control using DSPs with advanced peripherals.
Heavyweight processing using a broad range of open source libraries on Linux-capable processors; bringing Linux up on new hardware; configuring/writing drivers; keeping the power down.
Low power design – years on batteries, indefinitely on solar panels, super caps. Careful power budgets, considering how to quickly complete high power activities and get back to a low power state, whilst remaining responsive.
Sensors – measurements with appropriate accuracy; noise and repeatability; with analogue and digital sensors; balancing cost and precision.
Microcontrollers/Linux capable processors or SBCs/FPGAs – power supplies, programming and debugging; memories; complicated peripherals (ethernet, USB, cameras, CAN). RF – integrating Wifi, Bluetooth, LORA modules/ICs, RTK GPS, Cat-M1/NB-IoT, impedance control, antennas.
FPGA and CPLD firmware, automated test benches, DSP and SDR algorithm development, and practical debugging support.
Off-the shelf and custom electronics, sensibly packaged (racks, enclosures, bed of nails, sacrificial parts) for use in production. Labview and NI hardware (if appropriate). Mechanical design for jigs.
The software tools to program, configure and test products. Simple and clear for operators; integrated with back end systems (configuring keys, registering devices); logging time taken and issues for continuous improvement.
Modern, professional, branded interfaces for end users to control and configure hardware devices, with signed windows installers. Web infrastructure for communicating with devices in the field; supporting production; displaying data for operational and customer use.
Much of our work is on products that are CE/UKCA/UL marked, pass EMC tests and comply with harmonised standards (LV/RED directives).
Designing to, producing documentation for and testing against standards. Have EMC pre-test equipment for radiated and conducted emission and immunity testing.
We have experience of more technical AI/ML (machine learning) for image and signal classification, both in embedded systems and for analysing your data.
AI makes us far more productive at coding and testing embedded software on the target – as we know how to do a professional job by hand already, we know what to feed the AI to get quality outputs and how to check and integrate what it generates.