Device Engineering

Whether you are looking for embedded solutions to connect devices within an IoT system, remotely control devices and equipment, or gather and process sensor data, we are here to help.

Our embedded engineers can develop firmware for MCU, BSP (board support package) and device drivers for SoC (system on chip) as well as application-level software. All of this can run on different OS (operating systems), like Linux, Android, etc., and we can support you even if you need a custom OS, tailored to your specific IoT use cases.

Embedded Systems Development

Digital Notation help organisations in their embedded systems implementation that combine hardware and user interfaces with powerful software, connectivity and proximity technologies. We cover the complete embedded systems development cycle; from product strategy, design and system development through to implementing embedded integrations, testing, and user experience.

Find out how Digital Notation is leveraging the power of software - a vital ingredient of your IoT product that makes hardware intelligent.

IoT and Embedded

Home Automation architecture and design
IoT and Embedded app development
UI/UX for IoT and embedded systems
Embedded Programming
Firmware and drivers development
Networking systems
Hardware engineering
Quality assurance and automated testing

IoT Apps

We design embedded software that enables sensors to track motion activities, monitoring bodily and physical processes, as well as collecting all this information and storing it in the cloud. In addition, we build analytical IoT solutions that uncover hidden insights in the collected data and allow you to leverage them for your business purposes.

Embedded Security Solutions

We build solutions that ensure security on all layers of an embedded system, including on-device storage, communication between hardware and protocols, cloud gateways, device management systems, and more. Our expertise spans cryptography and trust zone technologies, hardware and firmware validation and verification (verified boot), as well as security token development.

Network Solutions

Digital Notation builds secure, scalable multi-technology network solutions that connect user devices, business units and industrial systems while maintaining connection resilience and high availability. We cover network integrations (SSH, MAIL, FTP, HTTP, SNMP, etc.), admin interface development, router setup and more.

Our Approach to Firmware Development

Our approach remains in delivering discrete embedded development services for domains, not limited to; embedded hardware and operating systems, web connectivity and security in embedded systems, and development of real-time systems in a broader periphery.

Analysis

We analyse your hardware solution to choose an appropriate firmware architecture pattern, eliminate OS overheads, and meet latency and power consumption requirements.

Development

When building firmware, we take into account various economic and technological factors that may affect the cost of deploying, maintaining, and extending your technology solution in the future.

Testing

We provide an array of Quality Assurance services (PCB assembly testing, signal integrity analysis, firmware and low-level software testing, debugging) to make sure that only clean and secure code makes it to production.

Middleware development

We help clients develop middleware solutions to interconnect IT system components that were not necessarily designed to work together: multi-vendor Smart Homes, legacy enterprise apps and collaborative robots, self-driving cars and web services, etc.

AI-based Middleware

We incorporate custom-trained Machine Learning models into middleware solutions to enhance their business logic. This allows us to create autonomous systems that retrieve data from different sources (enterprise apps, web, and sensors) and act on it. Digital Notation can help you with:

Middleware for edge and fog computing
Integration with voice assistants: Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant
Self-learning Smart Homes
IoT systems that self-adjust depending on the workload and input data

Middleware Code Optimisation

Digital Notation has devised a set of activities to speed up IT systems which are performing heavy computing. We optimise the middleware code and partially transfer the workload from a gadget’s central processor (CPU) to coprocessors, such as GPUs. Here’s how we do it:

Analyse hardware capacity
Install software libraries and drivers providing access to the hardware components
Tweak the code to enhance app-to-device interactions
Evaluate the system's performance and make any necessary adjustments

Board Support Package (BSP) development

Our experts create custom BSP or a package of drivers and configuration settings that allows a kernel image to boot up a board. We provide the development for the bootloader, roots, kernel, and drivers.

Our developers quickly integrate with yours to provide the technical expertise and manpower to complete your project. In addition, we help roll out key development processes including Behaviour Driven Development, Continuous Integration, automated build processes and release/version control management to ensure lasting value, long after we ship.

We will provide you with the expert manpower you need to meet your deadlines, and the training to ensure success after we leave.

Embedded Linux

When it comes to embedded Linux, we prefer to leverage the Nerves framework to deliver robust, fault-tolerant solutions powered by Erlang and Elixir. If this doesn’t fit your needs, we can work with systems like Buildroot or Yocto to deliver a lean and secure firmware image.

Firmware development

Our services include programming, updating, integrating, and optimising embedded firmware for microcontrollers and processors. We set up the proper firmware architecture to make our code readable, easy to update, and debug.