Embedded Systems

Software That Touches Hardware

Two decades of embedded software engineering — satellite modems, defense platforms, biomedical devices, and telemetry systems. From board bring-up to production firmware.

Board Bring-Up

From $5,000· 2–6 weeks

Taking a board from bare PCB to fully booting and validated. Power rail sequencing, clock configuration, peripheral bring-up, BSP development, and the methodical process of making hardware and software agree with each other.

✓Power sequencing validation and debug
✓Clock tree configuration and PLL tuning
✓Peripheral bring-up (UART, SPI, I²C, Ethernet, USB, PCIe)
✓Memory controller initialization (DDR3/4/5, NAND, NOR)
✓Boot loader development and configuration (U-Boot, custom)
✓Hardware/software integration and acceptance testing

RTOS Development

From $4,000· 2–8 weeks

Deterministic, real-time software for systems where timing isn't a suggestion. Deep experience with FreeRTOS, VxWorks, and bare-metal schedulers across safety-critical and high-reliability domains.

✓FreeRTOS application architecture and task design
✓VxWorks BSP development and system integration
✓Bare-metal firmware with custom scheduling
✓Low-power design — sleep modes, duty cycling, power budgets
✓Inter-task communication and synchronization design
✓MISRA-C compliance and static analysis

Embedded Linux

From $4,000· 2–6 weeks

When your embedded system needs the full power of Linux — custom BSPs, device drivers, optimized builds, and production images that boot fast and run lean.

✓Custom Linux BSP for ARM, x86, RISC-V
✓Device driver development (character, block, network, platform)
✓Yocto Project / Buildroot custom distribution builds
✓Boot time optimization (sub-second where needed)
✓Root filesystem hardening and security
✓OTA update system design and implementation

Firmware Development

From $3,500· 2–8 weeks

Production firmware that ships — ARM Cortex-M and Cortex-A, RISC-V, and legacy architectures. Bootloaders, application firmware, field update mechanisms, and the kind of reliability that comes from two decades of shipping products.

✓ARM Cortex-M0/M3/M4/M7 and Cortex-A application development
✓RISC-V firmware and toolchain setup
✓Custom bootloader development with secure boot
✓Over-the-air (OTA) firmware update systems
✓Hardware abstraction layers (HAL) and middleware
✓Production test firmware and manufacturing support

Domain Experience

Twenty years of shipping embedded products across industries where failure isn't an option.

Satellite & RF Communications

Satellite modem firmware, telemetry systems, RF front-end control, and waveform processing. Systems that work 22,000 miles from the nearest debugger.

Defense & Intelligence

Embedded systems for military and IC applications. SIGINT platforms, electronic warfare, tactical communications, and systems built to MIL-STD reliability standards.

Biomedical Devices

Firmware for medical and biomedical devices — patient monitoring, diagnostic instruments, and wearable health tech. Where software quality isn't optional.

Telemetry & IoT

Remote telemetry units, sensor networks, and industrial IoT platforms. Low-power designs that run for years on batteries and report reliably over constrained links.

Low-Power Design Specialist

When your device runs on a coin cell for five years, every microamp matters. Deep experience with sleep mode architectures, duty-cycled radio designs, power domain management, and the dark art of getting real-world power consumption to match the datasheet.

Sleep mode optimizationDuty-cycled radiosPower budgetingCurrent profilingEnergy harvesting

Technical Capabilities

FreeRTOSVxWorksEmbedded LinuxBare MetalARM Cortex-MARM Cortex-ARISC-VLow-Power DesignJTAG / SWD DebugLogic AnalyzerOscilloscopeU-BootYocto / BuildrootGCC / LLVM ToolchainsGit / CI-CDMISRA-CUART / SPI / I²CEthernet / USB / PCIeCAN / LINBLE / WiFi / LoRa

Have a board that needs software?

Whether it's a new design that needs bring-up or a legacy system that needs modernization, let's talk. Twenty years of experience, and I still love the moment the first UART prints "Hello World."

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