Protocol engineering for
machines that can't miss a cycle.
Design, develop, integrate fieldbus, TSN, DDS, machine-to-machine, edge-to-cloud capabilities into silicon platforms, devices and machines.
- Scheduler jitter
- 40 ns
- DCS app sync
- < 3 µs
- PubSub RTT
- 250 µs
Start from the problem
We develop, port and test protocol stacks, firmware and drivers for device manufacturers, machine builders and silicon vendors, from the network stack down to the board.
A cycle that keeps being missed
Jitter that drifts out of budget, or a cycle time the current stack cannot reach on your hardware.
A machine still on a legacy fieldbus
We move it to industrial Ethernet and carry your existing logic and IP across, without a rewrite.
Machine data that has to reach IT
An MES, ERP or cloud platform needs data your controller already has, in a model it can read.
New silicon that needs a stack
A protocol stack, BSP or reference design for your chip or module, ported and tested on the target.
A part going end-of-life
A chip, controller or platform is discontinued before your product is. We redesign around it, re-qualify the change and keep the product shipping.
Several bought-in modules doing one job
Four vendors' modules mean four supply chains and four end-of-life risks. We design the one device that replaces them.
Industries we work in
The same deterministic-communication discipline, IT/OT bridging and lifecycle management, across production programmes. Each page covers the machines, constraints and networks of one market.
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Whether you build machines, modules or silicon, we help you get ahead in your target market. Firmware and protocol depth, obsolescence cover, and the IIoT capability to keep your products current.Manufacturing
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Embedded and communication engineering inside automotive electronics, for tier-1 and tier-2 development groups re-platforming onto zonal architectures. Bus and network integration, diagnostics, and the process evidence their OEM customer will audit.Automotive Electronics
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The protocol, instrument and data layer beneath food and beverage lines, built for MES vendors, machine builders and integrators, from intake instruments and inspection systems through to MES and ERP.Food Processing
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Controls, drive-synchronisation and network engineering inside printing and web-converting machinery, for the OEMs and retrofitters whose presses they are: motion and mark handling, custom IO devices, and the migration path off ageing controls.Printing & Converting
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PackML and OPC UA engineering inside packaging machinery, for the OEMs and integrators whose machines they are: one state model across a line of different builders' machines, plus the gateway and sensor I/O layer underneath it.Packaging Machinery
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Deterministic motion, spindle-level monitoring and embedded control designed into textile machinery, for the OEMs, integrators and MES providers who build and ship it: EtherCAT drive synchronization, the per-spindle detection layer, and the data path their machine presents to a mill.Textile
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The controls and networking layer of material-handling systems: conveyor, AS/RS and AGV control design, industrial fieldbus segments and safety functions carried on the control network, engineered for the system integrators and equipment builders whose floor it is.Material Handling
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The plant-floor network, test-system and embedded layer beneath an automotive production line: deterministic networking, end-of-line testers and traceability paths, engineered for the MES vendors, line integrators and manufacturing engineering groups who deliver into vehicle plants.Automotive
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EUROMAP OPC UA integration for plastics and rubber machinery, built for the machine vendors and integrators whose cells they are: machine-to-MES interfaces, robot and auxiliary connectivity, and a route onto OPC UA for cells still exchanging data as files.Plastics & Injection Molding
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Connectivity and control engineering inside agricultural machinery, for the OEMs whose machines they are: the machine-end data path to a remote-service platform, control retrofits off obsolete or closed platforms, and the CAN-based interfaces underneath both.Agritech Machinery
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Mobility platform control network engineering for rail, marine and airborne systems, where the platform cannot be taken out of service to recover a fault, the machinery arrives from several suppliers using several protocols, and the equipment has to stay serviceable for decades.Mobility
- For other industries we deliver into, such as pharma manufacturing, aerospace condition-monitoring systems and power generation SCADA systems, contact us via our site or email.
Other industries
Services by layer of the system
Real-time networks and control on the machine, its data bridge to the MES and IT layer, and device development from silicon bring-up to end-of-life.
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IT/OT Convergence
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OT Network & Control
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Product & Lifecycle
The device and its platform, from bring-up to end-of-life.
Where is your product today?
The engagement follows the product's stage, from a first technology decision to a part going end-of-life.
Start with the problem as you have it
You do not need to know which service fits. Describe what you are building and an engineer replies.