
Custom Firmware
Tailored embedded software that delivers reliable control, connectivity, and performance on your hardware.
Custom firmware is the low-level software that enables electronic devices to operate safely, efficiently, and predictably. It bridges hardware and applications by managing sensors, actuators, power states, and communications in real time. Our work covers the full firmware lifecycle—from architecture and driver development to integration, validation, and deployment—supporting embedded products, automation systems, robotics, IoT devices, and mission-critical platforms.
Modern products require more than “working code”—they demand stability, secure updates, deterministic timing, and robust fault handling. We develop firmware that is optimized for performance and reliability under constraints such as limited memory, CPU budgets, and strict power consumption targets. Whether the system is bare-metal or built on an RTOS, we implement clean modular structures and interfaces that make the firmware maintainable, testable, and scalable as product requirements evolve.
High-quality firmware starts with clear requirements and a hardware-aware architecture. We define timing and resource budgets, build peripheral drivers (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, USB), and implement deterministic task scheduling and interrupt strategies. This ensures that critical functions—such as motor control, sensor sampling, and safety monitoring—run consistently under real operating conditions.
For connected products, we design secure communication stacks and update pipelines. This includes device provisioning, encrypted communication, authenticated boot and firmware images, and safe over-the-air updates (module-dependent). We also integrate diagnostics and logging that enable efficient debugging and long-term field support without compromising performance.
Firmware often lives in complex ecosystems with companion computers, mobile apps, cloud services, and test rigs. We implement clean interfaces and protocols so the device can be validated end-to-end. This includes telemetry, configuration tools, calibration routines, and manufacturing test modes that improve production efficiency and reduce the risk of field failures.
Reliability is strengthened through defensive design: watchdog handling, brownout recovery, graceful degradation, input validation, and fault containment. We build systems that can detect abnormal behavior, switch to safe states, and provide actionable diagnostics—supporting predictable operation for safety-critical and industrial use cases.
Our development approach includes verification through unit tests (where practical), hardware-in-the-loop testing, regression checks, and structured release management. This improves traceability from requirements to firmware behavior, and supports consistent performance across revisions and hardware variants.
Firmware development support
- Bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware architecture and implementation
- Peripheral drivers and communication interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet)
- Real-time control loops, power management, diagnostics, and fault handling
- Integration, validation, and production-ready release workflows
Tools & validation environment
Typical tools and validation resources used in firmware programs:
- Bring-up & debugging
- JTAG/SWD debugging
- RTT/serial logging
- Trace and profiling (target-dependent)
- Interfaces & protocols
- SPI / I2C / UART validation
- CAN bus analysis
- Network packet inspection (Ethernet/Wi-Fi)
- HIL & regression testing
- Hardware-in-the-loop rigs
- Automated smoke and regression tests
- Versioned test reports
- Telemetry & field diagnostics
- Health monitoring and metrics
- Crash dumps and fault codes
- Remote log retrieval (product-dependent)
- Safety & update pipeline
- Watchdogs and safe-state logic
- Secure boot / signed images (target-dependent)
- Robust firmware update strategy (OTA or wired)
- Documentation
- Requirements and interface definitions
- Release notes and versioning
- Manufacturing test procedures
