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Custom embedded software from bare-metal HAL drivers to full RTOS applications — optimised for reliability, low power and long-term maintainability across any microcontroller platform.

10+
MCU Platforms
5
RTOS Supported
50+
Firmware Projects
OTA
Update Ready
Primary Language
C / C++ · Assembly
RTOS
FreeRTOS · Zephyr
Debug
JTAG / SWD · J-Link
main_task.c C · FreeRTOS
1/* Sensor acquisition task */
2void vSensorTask(void *pvParams) {
3  SensorData_t data;
4  TickType_t xLast;
5 
6  xLast = xTaskGetTickCount();
7 
8  for(;;) {
9    HAL_I2C_Read(&hi2c1, &data);
10    xQueueSend(xDataQueue,
11      &data, 0);
12    vTaskDelayUntil(&xLast,
13      pdMS_TO_TICKS(100));
14  }
15}

What We Develop

Full-spectrum embedded software capabilities for any microcontroller or application domain

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Bare-Metal Firmware

Direct register-level and HAL programming for deterministic, ultra-low-latency applications where RTOS overhead is not acceptable — ISR routines, bootloaders, power-critical code.

Register-Level C ISR Optimisation Bootloader Dev HAL / CMSIS
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RTOS Applications

Multi-tasking embedded applications using FreeRTOS, Zephyr or Azure RTOS — task scheduling, queues, semaphores, event groups, mutexes and memory management.

FreeRTOS Zephyr OS Task Scheduling IPC Primitives
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Device Drivers

Custom peripheral and sensor drivers for I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, USB and more — portable, well-documented and tested against hardware with scope-level verification.

I2C / SPI / UART CAN / CAN FD USB Stack ADC / DAC / PWM
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Wireless & IoT Connectivity

End-to-end wireless firmware — WiFi provisioning, BLE pairing, LoRaWAN stacks, MQTT/TLS cloud connection and certificate-based device authentication.

WiFi / BLE LoRaWAN MQTT / TLS AWS / Azure IoT
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Low-Power Optimisation

Aggressive power profiling and sleep-mode architecture for battery-powered devices — achieving sub-µA standby currents with fast wake-up and full functionality.

Sleep Modes Clock Gating Power Profiling Energy Harvesting
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OTA Updates & Bootloaders

Secure dual-bank OTA firmware update systems with rollback protection, signature verification, delta updates and remote device management integration.

Dual-Bank OTA Secure Boot Signature Verify Delta Updates

Technical Specifications

Our firmware development capabilities and standards

Primary Languages
C99 / C++17, ARM Assembly
RTOS Platforms
FreeRTOS, Zephyr, Azure RTOS
Coding Standard
MISRA-C 2012, AUTOSAR C++14
Version Control
Git · GitLab CI / GitHub Actions
Debug Interface
JTAG / SWD · J-Link · OpenOCD
Unit Testing
Unity / Ceedling, CMock
Build System
CMake, Make, PlatformIO
Protocols
UART / SPI / I2C, CAN, USB, ETH
Wireless Stacks
ESP-IDF, Zephyr BT, LoRaWAN
Security
TLS 1.3, AES-256, Secure Boot
Documentation
Doxygen, API docs, SRS, SDD
Static Analysis
PC-lint, Clang-Tidy, Cppcheck

Development Process

A structured, milestone-driven workflow from requirements to production-ready firmware

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Step 01

Requirements & Architecture

We analyse your hardware platform, functional requirements and timing constraints to define the firmware architecture — task decomposition, memory map, boot sequence and peripheral assignments — before writing a single line of code.

SRS Document Architecture Diagram Memory Map Task List
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Step 02

BSP & Peripheral Bring-Up

Board Support Package (BSP) and Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) bring-up — clock configuration, peripheral initialisation, GPIO mapping and low-level driver validation against the schematic using oscilloscope and logic analyser.

BSP Setup Clock Config Peripheral Init Scope Verification
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Step 03

Driver & Middleware Development

Custom peripheral drivers, sensor libraries, communication stacks and application middleware — written to MISRA-C guidelines, reviewed with static analysis and unit-tested with mocked hardware interfaces.

Sensor Drivers Comm Stacks MISRA-C Unit Tests
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Step 04

Application Logic & RTOS Integration

Task implementation, inter-task communication, event-driven state machines and real-time scheduling configuration — profiled for CPU load, stack usage and worst-case execution time (WCET).

Task Design State Machines CPU Profiling WCET Analysis
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Step 05

Testing & Validation

Functional testing on target hardware, edge-case stress testing, long-run soak tests, watchdog recovery validation and power consumption measurement. Regression suite run on every commit via CI/CD pipeline.

HW-in-Loop Tests Soak Testing Power Measurement CI/CD Pipeline
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Step 06

Release & Documentation

Production-ready binary with release notes, Doxygen API documentation, porting guide, flashing instructions, test reports and full source code with Git history — everything needed for ongoing maintenance.

Release Binary API Docs Porting Guide Full Source + Git

Platforms We Support

Deep firmware expertise across the most widely deployed microcontroller families

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STM32 Series

ARM Cortex-M0 through M7 — our primary platform for industrial and IoT products

STM32F4 STM32H7 STM32L4 STM32G0
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ESP32 / ESP8266

Dual-core Xtensa with integrated WiFi & BLE for connected IoT devices

ESP-IDF ESP32-S3 ESP32-C3 Arduino
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Nordic nRF52 / nRF9160

Ultra-low-power BLE SoC and LTE-M modem for wearables and asset tracking

nRF52840 nRF9160 Zephyr OS BLE Stack
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NXP i.MX RT

Crossover MCU for HMI, motor control and real-time edge processing

i.MX RT1060 i.MX RT1170 MCUXpresso
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TI MSP430 / TM4C

16-bit ultra-low-power MCU for energy harvesting and battery-critical designs

MSP430FR TM4C123 Code Composer
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Raspberry Pi / CM4

Linux-capable SBC for gateway, HMI and AI-at-the-edge applications

CM4 Yocto Linux Python / C++
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PIC / dsPIC

Microchip 8/16-bit for legacy-compatible and cost-optimised consumer products

PIC18 dsPIC33 MPLAB X
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RISC-V

Open ISA platforms including GD32V, ESP32-C3 and custom SoC firmware

GD32VF103 ESP32-C3 RISC-V GCC

What You Receive

Every project delivered as a complete, production-ready firmware package

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Production Binary

Release-tagged .hex / .bin / .elf with verified checksum and flash instructions

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Full Source Code

Complete, well-commented source with Git history and branch structure

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API Documentation

Doxygen-generated HTML/PDF reference for all modules and public interfaces

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Architecture Docs

Software design description, task diagram, state machine diagrams and memory map

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Test Reports

Unit test results, hardware-in-loop test logs, soak test data and coverage report

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Porting Guide

Step-by-step instructions for adapting the firmware to a new hardware revision

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Build System

CMake / Makefile project with CI/CD pipeline scripts for automated builds

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OTA Package

Signed OTA image with update manifest, delta package and rollback support

Tools & Environment

Professional development and debugging toolchain

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STM32CubeIDE

Primary IDE

All-in-one Eclipse-based IDE for STM32 — HAL code generation, GDB debugging, live expressions and performance profiler.

HAL CodegenGDB DebugProfilerSTM32CubeMX
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02💻

VS Code + PlatformIO

Multi-Platform

Lightweight editor with multi-framework build system — supports STM32, ESP32, Nordic, Arduino and more from a single environment.

Multi-MCUIntelliSenseLib Manager
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03🔍

SEGGER J-Link + Ozone

Debug & Trace

Professional JTAG/SWD debug probe with Ozone trace analyser for real-time variable watch, execution profiling and power measurement.

RTT LoggingTracePower Analysis
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04✅

Unity / Ceedling

Unit Testing

C unit testing framework with CMock for hardware mocking — integrated into CI/CD pipeline for automated regression testing on every commit.

Unit TestsCMockCoverageCI Integration
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05🛡️

PC-lint / Cppcheck

Static Analysis

MISRA-C compliance checking, undefined behaviour detection and code quality analysis integrated as a mandatory gate in the CI pipeline.

MISRA-CUB DetectionCI Gate
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06🔀

Git + GitLab CI

Version Control

Full Git version control with branching strategy, code review, automated build, flash and test pipeline on every merge request.

Git FlowCode ReviewAuto BuildArtefact Store
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