Services
Design and development of embedded devices — from architecture via PCB design and certification to software bring-up for MCU, FPGA and Zynq, all the way to firmware. Plus decentralised measurement & DAQ, consulting and training.
1. Architecture & system design
- Requirements, feasibility, block diagram
- Selection of SoC, MCU, FPGA, sensors and interfaces
- Bus and network concepts: Ethernet/PoE, CAN, RS-485, LoRaWAN, USB
- Security and update concept from day one
2. PCB design
- Schematic and layout in KiCad
- Mixed-signal, analog front-ends, power
- Design for manufacturing, supply chain (incl. China)
- Mechanical integration, enclosureless designs
3. Certification
- EMC preparation and support in the test lab
- CE, FCC and CCC conformity, documentation
- Experience with test runs in Germany and China
4. Software bring-up
- Microcontrollers: bare-metal, RTOS, bootloaders
- FPGA: VHDL/Verilog, bitstream pipelines
- Zynq: FSBL/U-Boot, device tree, Yocto Linux with SBOM
- Versioned, reproducible toolchains
5. Firmware
- Drivers, protocols, measurement data paths
- Over-the-air updates, telemetry, logging
- Testing on hardware-in-the-loop rigs
6. Decentralised measurement & DAQ
- Measurement nodes instead of measurement PCs: timestamps at the source
- Analog front-ends, sensors, PoE measurement networks
- From Excel islands to a shared time base
7. Monitoring & observability
- Telemetry pipelines from device to dashboard
- Condition monitoring, predictive maintenance
- Operations, alerting, long-term archiving
8. Consulting
- Feasibility studies and second opinion
- Architecture reviews of existing devices
- Toolchain rescue: reproducible instead of fragile
9. Training
- Official IHK training partner (listed in WIS)
- Digital measurement technology and DAQ for engineers
- Embedded Linux, FPGA and KiCad in practice
- In-house workshops or online
nabla B is an official IHK training partner, listed as a provider in WIS, the continuing-education directory of the German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (IHK). Stephan Bökelmann also serves on the IHK Mittleres Ruhrgebiet examination board for IT specialists (Fachinformatiker), so our training follows what the IHK actually examines.
Terms
Day rate from € 80 net, depending on task and duration. Fixed prices for clearly scoped packages (e.g. feasibility study, PCB layout, training day) on request. Your contracting party is nabla B UG; when a project needs it we add capacity from the AI-Gruppe — contract and responsibility stay with nabla B.