Engineering Services
Hardware
Software
FPGA
Wireless
Systems
Mechanical
Embedded Hardware
Embedded hardware is krtkl’s heart and soul. From napkin sketch to volume production, we help customers from around the world bring to life the “brains” of some of the most sophisticated systems on the planet.
krtkl’s ability to creatively architect complex systems to minimize risk and cost while maximizing reliability and performance is unparalleled. Below is a brief list of some of our embedded engineering capabilities.
- system architecture
- schematic capture
- PCB layout
- signal integrity analysis
- cost engineering
- microprocessor systems
- FPGA Design
- digital signal processing
- analog circuit design
- prototyping
- power electronics
- mixed signal design
- system bring-up, test
- design verification
- production support
Embedded Software
From Linux drivers to real-time operating systems, the integration, testing, and verification of embedded software is often the most challenging and time consuming element of the product development process. krtkl’s intimate relationship with embedded hardware means potential mismatches between desired functionality and implementation are eliminated before they arise.
We know what it takes to integrate an embedded system from end to end. Below are just some of the ways we can help your project succeed.
- real-time systems (RTOS)
- fault-tolerant systems
- data acquisition systems
- network programming
- digital signal processing
- ARM Cortex architecture
- FPGA (VHDL, Verilog)
- asymmetric processing
- Embedded Linux, ROS
- iOS applications
- motor, actuator control
- power management
- sensor fusion
- A/V encoding/decoding
- graphical user interfaces
FPGA IP
Field-programmable gate arrays – or FPGAs – represent the ultimate marriage of hardware and software. Software-reconfigurable hardware opens up applications and levels of performance otherwise only available by way of custom application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) or complex arrangements of heterogeneous silicon.
FPGA intellectual property (IP) cores are used for everything from accelerating video codecs to implementing hardware-based modular redundancies. As evidenced by our FPGA-based hardware platforms, krtkl develops FPGA IP cores of all shapes and sizes and ensures their compatibility and operation with higher-level, software-based systems.
Whether you’re developing a new system or porting a legacy code base, we will make sure the process goes smoothly and results in outputs that are reliable and maintainable – even if you don’t have an FPGA engineer on staff.
Wireless & RF Engineering
In a world growing increasingly dependent on wireless communications, krtkl’s experience in developing everything from custom wireless protocols to embedded radios ensures versatile and reliable connectivity for a broad range of products, applications, and environments.
Our core competencies include: RF hardware development, formal emissions certification, mesh networking, cognitive and software-defined radio, low-power communication, antenna design, and an array of wireless standards including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, ISM, LoRa, and more.
If you’re building a connected product, range, bandwidth, power, and regulatory compliance are just some of the considerations central to its success. We’re here to help you navigate the complex landscape of wireless product development and next-generation connectivity.
Systems Engineering
When developing advanced automated and mechatronic systems, several disciplines are required to produce an output that meets its technical and marketing requirements. The engineering of such systems takes careful planning and a thorough understanding of how each subsystem will ultimately become part of the whole.
krtkl’s engineering team is well versed in developing fully integrated systems. Some of our systems engineering services include:
- requirements definition
- system integration
- production planning
- project management
- system modeling
- statics and dynamics
- reliability analysis
- optimization
- electrical and mechanical
- software engineering
- control engineering
- safety and security
Mechanical Design
With so much emphasis on the digitization of modern systems, mechanical design is an oft-overlooked facet of new product development. Both static and dynamic systems have a range of mechanical challenges from industrial design to thermal management.
krtkl’s mechanical engineering team will make sure your next product is developed with functionality, usability, aesthetics, and manufacturability in mind. The following is a brief list of our mechanical design offerings.
- mechatronics
- motors and drive trains
- electromagnetics
- pneumatics, hydraulics
- thermal management
- finite element analysis
- stress and strain
- materials engineering
- industrial design
- enclosure design
- cable harnesses
- design for manufacture