Ideas Embedded

From ideas to market-ready products

XceedMinds is a product engineering partner for embedded systems. We take ideas through architecture, hardware, PCB design, firmware and integration, and hand back a design that is ready to manufacture.

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An assembled XceedMinds board — quad-flat-pack MCU, cellular module with a whip antenna, shielded RJ45 Ethernet, pluggable screw terminals, micro SD, HDMI and a GPIO header on a black substrate

Solutions

Ways to engage our engineering

Take the whole product, or the one layer where you need depth. The engineering underneath is the same either way.

Turn-key solutions

Concept to production-ready product under one roof — architecture, hardware, firmware, prototyping, fabrication and compliance support.

Hardware development

Analog, digital, high-speed and mixed-signal schematic design, component engineering and prototype manufacture around MCUs, MPUs and custom SoCs.

PCB design

Controlled-impedance stackups, HDI and fine-pitch BGA fanout, high-speed and mixed-signal routing, EMC-aware layout and manufacture-ready output.

Firmware development

Board support packages, bootloaders, device drivers and RTOS integration on Embedded Linux, VxWorks, FreeRTOS, Nucleus Plus and proprietary kernels.

Application development

Middleware, connectivity stacks and the application layer above them — multimedia pipelines, BLE, Zigbee and GPS integration, and host-side tooling.

How we work

One continuous chain, not a relay of handoffs

Most embedded projects fail at the seams — between the schematic and the driver, between the prototype and the production unit. We own the whole chain so those seams never become someone else's problem.

  1. 01

    Architecture

    System definition, feasibility and the hardware/software partition that determines everything downstream.

  2. 02

    Hardware

    Schematic capture, PCB layout, component selection and design-for-manufacture review.

  3. 03

    Firmware

    Bring-up, board support, drivers and the real-time layer that makes the board behave as specified.

  4. 04

    Application

    Middleware, connectivity and user-facing software built on a stable platform.

  5. 05

    Prototyping

    Working units in hand — fabricated, assembled, bring-up complete and measured against the spec.

  6. 06

    Integration

    Hardware and software brought together, characterised, and hardened against real operating conditions.

  7. 07

    Delivery

    Production-ready documentation, compliance test support and transfer to volume manufacture.

Why XceedMinds

Engineering intelligence, applied to your problem

What clients consistently tell us makes the difference.

01

Customer focus

A commitment to results rather than hours logged. We take ownership of the outcome, flag risk early, and tell you when a requirement is going to cost more than it is worth.
02

Cost

Attractive and value-added engagement, structured so that you pay for engineering rather than overhead. Commercial models chosen to fit the shape of the work.
03

Expertise

Expert-level experience across the full embedded stack reduces time to market. Fewer re-spins, fewer surprises at integration, and a shorter path from prototype to production.

Platforms

The stack we work in every day

Operating systems

Embedded Linux · VxWorks · Nucleus Plus · FreeRTOS · Proprietary RTOS · OS-less

Interfaces

Ethernet · RS-232 / RS-485 · SPI · I²C · FPGA · microSD · Flash · Custom devices

Connectivity

BLE · Zigbee · GPS · IP and IoT solutions

Silicon

Microcontrollers · Microprocessors · Custom SoCs

Tell us what you are building

Send us a specification, a block diagram, or a rough idea. We will come back with an honest assessment of scope, risk and the fastest route to a working prototype.

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