Services and Expertise

About us:

We are an experienced embedded systems consulting team with over 15 years of delivering reliable, high-performance solutions across a wide range of industries. We specialize in low-level software development, system architecture, board bring-up, driver development, RTOS integration, and custom Linux distributions.

Our work covers the full product lifecycle—from early hardware prototypes to production-ready systems—including secure boot, OTA updates, hypervisor development, and Android HAL/BSP customization. We’ve contributed to projects at top-tier technology companies and bring a deep understanding of both the hardware and software layers.

We offer expertise in Linux kernel development, real-time systems, bootloaders, virtualization, and hardware/software integration. Whether you’re building a custom embedded platform or need support with complex debugging and integration, we’re ready to jump in and deliver real results.

List of services we provide:

  • Processor/microcontroller selection and system architecture
  • Board bring-up including troubleshooting and verifying new hardware
  • Porting U-boot and Linux to new Hardware
  • Linux driver development
  • Device tree development and troubleshooting
  • Over-the-air updates (SOTA, OSTree)
  • USB device development
  • Application development for embedded systems
  • Hardware and Software integration
  • Build system analysis (PetaLinux, Yocto)
  • RTOS selection, analysis and design
  • Operating System & Platform Development:
    • Android (AOSP) Customization & Development:
      • HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) development and modification (e.g., for BLE, USB, GPIO).   
      • Android framework optimization and updates.   
      • Full Android system bring-up on custom hardware.
      • AOSP kernel porting and upstreaming support.   
      • Secure boot implementation and SELinux policy configuration.
      • Android BSP (Board Support Package) development and integration.
    • Custom Embedded Linux Distributions:
      • Architecture and development using Yocto, PetaLinux, or Buildroot.
      • Linux kernel modification and optimization.
    • RTOS (Real-Time Operating System) Services:
      • Development and support for platforms like Zephyr, FreeRTOS, VxWorks.
  • Low-Level Software & Hardware Enablement:
    • Device Driver Development & Integration:
      • Custom driver creation, debugging, and maintenance for various peripherals (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, GPIO, Ethernet, Bluetooth, Shared Memory).   
      • Low-latency and high-performance driver design (e.g., shared memory, DMA-BUF, ION)
    • Board Support Package (BSP) Development:
      • Creating and maintaining BSPs for custom hardware.   
  • Hardware Bring-Up & Debugging:
    • Early hardware bring-up and validation.   
    • Low-level debugging using JTAG/ICE tools (e.g., Trace32)
    • Pre-silicon validation using simulators (QEMU, Simics)
  • Bootloader Development & Customization:
    • U-Boot and UEFI bootloader modification and development.   
  • Virtualization & Simulation:
    • System Modeling & Simulation:
      • Developing full system models using QEMU (ARM, RISC-V).   
    • Hypervisor Development & Customization:
      • Customizing and developing for hypervisors like KVM.   
  • IoT & Connectivity:
    • IoT Device Enablement & Integration:
      • Implementing IoT protocols (MQTT, CoAP, LwM2M) and cloud integration (AWS IoT, Azure IoT).   
      • Developing scalable and reliable IoT system solutions.
      • Expertise in connectivity standards (Wi-Fi, BLE, Zigbee, Ethernet).
  • Performance, Testing & Support:
    • System Performance Analysis & Tuning:
      • Identifying performance bottlenecks and optimizing systems across various architectures (ARM, x86, RISC-V).   
    • Complex System Debugging:
      • Troubleshooting challenging issues in real-time and complex embedded systems.   
      • Debugging Android native crashes.  
    • Automated Testing Frameworks:
      • Developing and enhancing automated test setups for embedded devices.
    • Software Update Solutions:
      • Developing and maintaining Over-the-Air (OTA / SOTA) update solutions (including OSTree).   
  • Technical Training & Mentoring:
    • Providing training on embedded technologies.
    • Mentoring client engineering teams. 
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