Engineering scope
Define the architecture and build the software foundation for a new embedded system, or extend an existing platform. Bring together boot firmware, operating systems, drivers, and applications, with hands-on diagnosis when integration needs it.
BSP / HALLinux / YoctoThreadX / QNXBoot firmware
Embedded system and software architecture
Architecture and implementation planning across processors, electronics, firmware, operating systems, and applications.
How we help
- Define system partitioning and hardware/software interfaces
- Select and evaluate processor, RTOS, communication, and middleware approaches
- Design timing, memory, interrupt, concurrency, and data-flow architecture
- Review technical risks and integration responsibilities
Potential deliverables
- Architecture description
- Interface and dependency map
- Platform trade study
- Implementation roadmap
Custom board bring-up and hardware/software diagnosis
Bring up custom embedded hardware and isolate failures across the electrical and software boundary.
How we help
- Analyze reset, clocks, power, memory, and peripheral initialization
- Use register-level debugging and lab measurements to localize faults
- Review schematics and layout in conjunction with firmware behavior
- Coordinate technical diagnosis with chipset and hardware vendors
Potential deliverables
- Bring-up firmware and scripts
- Board initialization baseline
- Fault reproduction procedure
- Root-cause report and corrective recommendations
Board support packages and hardware abstraction layers
Develop and maintain platform software that makes custom hardware usable by operating systems and flight/application software.
How we help
- Implement startup, vectors, linker integration, platform initialization, and interrupt support
- Develop board-specific configuration and hardware abstraction interfaces
- Integrate vendor platform libraries and RTOS dependencies
- Separate reusable BSP components from target-specific implementations
Potential deliverables
- BSP source and build configuration
- HAL interfaces
- Board configuration and memory-map documentation
- Integration and acceptance test assets
Bootloader and startup-chain engineering
Customize boot software and debug transitions from reset through runtime execution.
How we help
- Customize U-Boot and board boot configuration
- Integrate startup code, linker scripts, image generation, and runtime handoff
- Diagnose boot media, flash configuration, and boot sequencing
- Design scoped recovery or update mechanisms and review boot-chain security
Potential deliverables
- Bootloader patches
- Bootable image generation tools
- Boot sequence documentation
- Recovery and startup tests
Device drivers and peripheral integration
Develop low-level software connecting processors to sensors, communications, storage, displays, and custom logic.
How we help
- Implement and debug kernel, RTOS, and bare-metal drivers
- Integrate interrupts, DMA, memory-mapped I/O, and bus access
- Investigate PHY, link, timing, initialization, and throughput failures
- Integrate drivers with networking and application stacks
Potential deliverables
- Driver source and integration patches
- Register and interface documentation
- Driver verification tests
- Performance and fault-analysis results
Embedded Linux, Yocto, and Android platform engineering
Build and tailor embedded operating-system platforms for custom devices.
How we help
- Create Yocto/OpenEmbedded layers, recipes, bbappends, and custom machine definitions
- Integrate kernel configuration, device support, modules, and firmware dependencies
- Debug BitBake, devtool, cross-compilation, and vendor BSP behavior
- Customize Android system builds and connect kernel components to user space
Potential deliverables
- Version-controlled platform layer
- Reproducible system image build
- Kernel and module patches
- SDK and deployment instructions
Real-time and heterogeneous multicore software
Implement embedded software with explicit timing, concurrency, and platform constraints.
How we help
- Develop RTOS tasks, interrupt handling, synchronization, and interprocessor interfaces
- Integrate Cortex-A and Cortex-M execution and boot responsibilities
- Debug memory mapping, machine exceptions, and runtime handoffs
- Optimize shared memory, scheduling behavior, and resource usage
Potential deliverables
- RTOS platform integration
- Multicore startup and communication design
- Timing and resource measurements
- Concurrency and fault regression tests
Specific deliverables, verification requirements, and availability are agreed for each engagement. Acceptance criteria connect the work to your system’s needs.
