Embedded Software Development
What we do
Embedded work is unforgiving — constrained memory, real-time deadlines, and a device you cannot simply redeploy. We write firmware that has to hold up in the field, and we integrate it with the cloud and mobile layers that surround it.
Problems we solve
Typical reasons clients come to us for this work:
- Firmware needs to do real work on-device — processing, vision, sensing — within tight power and memory limits.
- A device must run reliably without a phone or a network connection in the loop.
- Sensor data needs interpreting on the hardware rather than shipped wholesale to the cloud.
- An ageing or proprietary platform needs new software built against it.
- Embedded and application teams need someone who can speak both languages and bridge them.
Who it’s for
- Product companies building sensor-based or battery-powered hardware.
- Teams whose device needs on-board intelligence rather than a thin data-forwarding role.
- Manufacturers integrating with industrial or legacy control systems.
- Businesses needing C and C++ integration support alongside their own embedded team.
Technologies & capabilities
Languages
Embedded C and C++, plus the higher-level layers that consume the device.
On-device processing
Real-time object tracking, computer vision and sensor interpretation running on the hardware itself.
Integration
Serial and proprietary controller protocols, industrial hardware, legacy Windows-based platforms.
Connectivity
Bluetooth and BLE, MQTT, event-driven cloud messaging.
Hardware
Custom PCB prototyping, bring-up and debugging.
How we deliver
1. Understand
We start with the hard part — the constraint the project actually turns on. Latency, power budget, data volume, regulatory limits. That is what shapes the architecture.
2. Prove
Where there is genuine technical risk, we prove it early with a focused prototype rather than discovering it late in the build.
3. Build
Iterative delivery with working software you can see. Test-driven where it earns its place, continuous integration throughout.
4. Harden
Scale, failure modes and cost. We design for intermittent connections, awkward data and real concurrency rather than the happy path.
5. Support
Handover that leaves you able to run it — infrastructure as code, documentation and, where wanted, ongoing help.
Relevant work
Frequently asked questions
Do you work with our existing hardware team?
Frequently. We have worked alongside in-house embedded and mobile teams providing C and C++ integration support, reference code and architecture input rather than replacing them.
Can processing run on the device instead of the cloud?
Yes, and we often recommend it. We have built systems where real-time tracking runs entirely on a dedicated embedded device with no cloud on the critical path, and no app required.
Can you integrate with old or proprietary equipment?
That is a large part of what we do. We have written middleware driving proprietary machine controllers on ageing Windows platforms where documentation was thin and behaviour had to be established empirically.
What about power constraints?
Battery-powered sensor devices are core ground for us. Power budget shapes the architecture from the start — processing location, radio duty cycle and message frequency are design decisions, not tuning afterthoughts.
Related services
Projects like these often involve IoT development, computer vision development.
Start a project
Tell us what you’re trying to build and the constraint you’re up against. We’ll tell you honestly whether it’s something we can help with.