We build what
the future runs on.
The protocols and platforms behind Physical AI, Wearables, and Robotics, developed from spec through mass production.
// the full picture
Engineering decisions are business decisions.
The protocols and chipsets below are table stakes. What sets the work apart is judgment: weighing every technical decision against the things that actually decide whether a product wins.
We've built and shipped our own hardware. We read those tradeoffs like operators, not just engineers.
// user experience
How a sensor or radio choice lands for the person holding the product.
// bom & cost
How a single line on the bill of materials moves the margin.
// business model
How an architecture decision commits the model behind it.
// our expertise
The stack we build on.
Project after project, this is where we find ourselves. The protocols, frameworks, and chipsets behind the embedded systems we ship.
// technologies
Technologies
Bluetooth
Wireless from earbuds to robots. Bring-up to certification.
Bluetooth Channel Sounding
Precision distance ranging with BLE 6.0. The next wave of secure proximity.
LE Audio
The next generation of Bluetooth audio. Lower power, higher quality, multi-stream.
Auracast
Broadcast Bluetooth audio. One source, unlimited listeners, from hearing aids to public venues.
Wi-Fi
The default for connected hardware that talks to clouds.
Thread
Low-power IPv6 mesh for dense, self-healing device networks.
UWB
Centimeter-level ranging for AR, automotive access, and indoor positioning.
NFC
Tap to pair, provision, and pay. Secure short-range by design.
LoRa
Long-range, low-power connectivity for distributed sensor networks.
LTE-M
Cellular for wearables and connected devices that can't rely on Wi-Fi.
Amazon Sidewalk
Last-mile mesh connectivity for IoT at neighborhood scale.
MIPI I3C
The sensor bus Physical AI runs on. We help write the spec.
MIPI CSI-2
The camera serial interface behind machine vision. High-bandwidth pixels from sensor to SoC.
I2C
The everywhere bus for sensors and peripherals. We built the instruments that debug it.
SPI
High-speed serial to displays, flash, and radios. Signal integrity at production speed.
USB
Host and device, power and data. From bring-up to compliant, enumerating hardware.
PCIe
The high-bandwidth lane to NPUs, storage, and accelerators in compute-heavy designs.
CAN-FD
The robust bus that runs through robots and vehicles. Deterministic control across the machine.
Single Pair Ethernet
Ethernet over two wires. Deterministic networking that reaches the edge of the machine.
// frameworks
Frameworks
Zephyr RTOS
Production-grade real-time OS for embedded systems at scale.
FreeRTOS
The most widely deployed real-time kernel. Lean, proven, and everywhere embedded ships.
SafeRTOS
The safety-certified sibling of FreeRTOS, for systems that must pass functional-safety review.
ThreadX
Deterministic real-time for resource-constrained devices, proven across billions of deployments.
ESP-IDF
Espressif's IoT development framework. The foundation for Wi-Fi and BLE connected products.
STM32Cube
STMicroelectronics' embedded software ecosystem. HAL, middleware, and tooling across the STM32 line.
Yocto
Custom embedded Linux, built to spec. The toolchain behind production Linux on custom silicon.
Android
Android and AOSP for devices with a screen. From board bring-up to a shipping UI.
// robotics & physical ai
Robotics & Physical AI
ROS 2
The robotics middleware Physical AI is being built on.
ArduPilot
Autopilot software for UAVs and autonomous platforms.
OpenMV
Embedded computer vision for robotics and edge AI.
TinyML
Machine learning that runs on a microcontroller. Inference at the edge, in kilobytes and milliwatts.
mmWave
Millimeter-wave radar for presence, gesture, and proximity. Sensing without a camera.
LiDAR
Laser ranging for mapping, obstacle avoidance, and depth at distance.
3D ToF
Time-of-flight depth cameras for close-range 3D perception and gesture.
Sensor Fusion
IMU, ToF, and vision combined into one coherent picture of the world.
// chipsets
Chipsets
STM32
STMicroelectronics' workhorse MCUs. From sub-milliwatt sensing to NPU-class edge AI.
nRF54
Nordic's wireless SoCs. The low-power radio at the heart of modern wearables.
ESP32
Espressif's connected SoCs. Wi-Fi and BLE at volume, on a budget.
LPC
NXP's general-purpose microcontrollers. Proven control across embedded designs.
PIC
Microchip's PIC microcontrollers. Rugged, low-cost control with decades of field-proven silicon.
i.MX
NXP's applications processors. Embedded Linux and Android for the industrial edge.
MediaTek
Genio applications processors. Linux and Android compute for the smart edge.
Qualcomm
Snapdragon platforms. Premium compute and connectivity, from wearables to robots.
Jetson
NVIDIA's edge AI modules. GPU compute for robots that see and decide.
// beyond the stack
Knowing the tech is half of it.
A prototype is worth little if there's no clear path to a design that can be built, certified, and shipped at scale.
High-Density PCBA
Fine-pitch, high-layer-count boards laid out for yield, not just function.
Design for Manufacturing
Hardware designed to be built at volume the first time, not reworked into producibility.
Supply Chain
Sourcing, multi-sourcing, and allocation strategy that keeps a BOM buildable.
Regulatory & Compliance
FCC, CE, and the certification path planned from the first schematic.
// at the cto level
We've run the business, not just the project.
B2B and B2C hardware companies, operated at the executive level. That perspective sits behind every call we make on yours.
The cost of a respin
What another board spin really costs in time, money, and momentum.
The math behind a margin
How design choices land on unit economics and gross margin.
Support in the field
What it takes to keep a shipped product alive over years of duty cycles.
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The same depth and judgment on this page goes into your hardware, from the first architecture call to the production line.