Bespoke Engineering

Custom Embedded Firmware

Firmware that runs close to the metal.

We write bare-metal and RTOS firmware for custom hardware — built for determinism, safety, and the kind of long-term reliability embedded products are held to.

Overview

Embedded software lives under tight constraints: limited memory, hard real-time deadlines, and field conditions where a crash is not an option. We engineer firmware that respects those constraints — from bare-metal bring-up on a new board to RTOS-based applications with carefully bounded timing. Written in modern C and C++ with a discipline drawn from our systems and tooling work, our firmware is testable, observable, and built to be maintained long after it ships.

What We Cover

Where Custom Embedded Firmware engagements add the most value.

Bare-Metal & RTOS

From register-level bring-up on new silicon to structured applications on FreeRTOS, Zephyr, and other real-time kernels.

Deterministic & Real-Time

Bounded latency and predictable scheduling, with timing budgets we measure rather than guess at.

Drivers & Peripherals

Robust drivers for I²C, SPI, UART, USB, ADC/DAC, and custom peripherals, with clean hardware abstraction layers.

Safety & Reliability

Watchdogs, fault handling, and defensive design for products that must keep running unattended in the field.

Power-Aware Design

Low-power modes, peripheral gating, and wake strategies tuned for battery-powered and energy-constrained devices.

Testable & Observable

Host-side unit tests, hardware-in-the-loop validation, and logging hooks so issues are caught before they ship.

How We Work

A clear, milestone-driven engagement from first call to hand-off.

01

Discovery

We review the hardware, datasheets, and requirements, then define timing, memory, and safety targets up front.

02

Bring-Up

Board bring-up, toolchain setup, and a minimal firmware base that proves the critical peripherals work.

03

Build

Feature development against the agreed budgets, with unit and hardware-in-the-loop tests at each step.

04

Validate & Hand Off

Timing and reliability validation on real hardware, documented and packaged for production and future maintenance.

Built On
C C++ FreeRTOS Zephyr ARM Cortex-M CMake JTAG/SWD

Start an Engagement

Send us your hardware and requirements, and we’ll scope the firmware your product needs to ship with confidence.

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