Hardware Design Services

From schematic to a board that is ready to manufacture

We take product ideas from block diagram to a manufacturable board. The work covers the unglamorous parts that determine cost and yield: component availability, tolerance stack-up, thermal headroom and test access.

Every design is reviewed against performance, power and reliability targets agreed at the start, so trade-offs are explicit decisions rather than late surprises.

You can engage us as hardware design consultants for a whole product, or for one part of the job: an independent design review, a redesign of an existing board, or a specific block such as a power stage or sensor front end.

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What this covers

Schematic design

Analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuit design with review-ready documentation.

Component selection

Parts chosen for lifecycle, availability and cost — with second sources identified up front.

Signal and power integrity

Analysis to keep noise, crosstalk and rail behaviour inside margin before the board is fabricated.

Prototyping and validation

Rapid prototype builds and functional test so design assumptions are proven on hardware.

Design for manufacturability

Layout and process choices that keep assembly yield high and unit cost predictable at volume.

Production support

Fabrication liaison, test fixture guidance and engineering change management through ramp-up.

How we approach it

  1. Requirements and constraints

    Function, environment, certification targets, cost ceiling and expected lifetime. Anything that will constrain the design is captured before component selection begins.

  2. Architecture and part selection

    Block-level design with parts chosen for lifecycle and availability, with second sources identified. This is where most supply-chain pain is avoided or created.

  3. Schematic and review

    Full schematic capture with a formal design review against the agreed requirements before layout starts, so problems are caught while they are still cheap.

  4. Prototype and validation

    Prototype build, bring-up and functional test against the original targets, with findings fed into the production revision.

What you receive

  • Schematics in both source and PDF form
  • Bill of materials with lifecycle status and identified second sources
  • Manufacturing pack: Gerbers, drill files, pick-and-place and assembly drawings
  • Design review records and the reasoning behind key trade-offs
  • Prototype bring-up and functional test report
  • Support through fabrication, assembly and production ramp

Platforms and standards

  • Analogue design
  • Digital design
  • Mixed-signal
  • Power supply design
  • Signal integrity
  • Power integrity
  • Thermal analysis
  • EMC-aware design
  • Design for manufacture
  • Design for test
eJacq operator panel with numeric keypad, body and border controls and an LCD display

Our work · Textile automation · VLAR Enterprises

See it in practice: the eJacq controller

For VLAR Enterprises we designed and built the eJacq electronic jacquard controller and its hook-driver boards, from schematic through to a production run, in three product variants. See the boards, the layouts and the production panels.

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Industries we deliver this for

  • Industrial automation
  • IoT devices
  • Automotive electronics
  • Medical devices
  • Consumer electronics

Common questions

Can you work from our specification, or do we need a finished one?

Either. If you have a written specification we work to it. If you have a product idea and constraints, we will help turn that into a specification first — that discovery work is usually the cheapest part of the project and prevents the most expensive mistakes.

Do you handle manufacturing as well as design?

We design for manufacture and support you through it — liaising with your fabricator and assembler, resolving queries and managing engineering changes during ramp-up. We are not a contract manufacturer, so you keep a direct relationship with your supplier.

How do you handle component availability?

It is part of selection, not an afterthought. Parts are chosen with lifecycle status and stock checked, second sources identified where the design allows, and footprints kept compatible between alternatives where practical.

Can you help with certification?

We design with EMC and safety requirements in mind from the start and support you through pre-compliance and formal testing, including fixing issues that testing uncovers. Certification itself is carried out by an accredited test house.

Can you review or improve a hardware design we already have?

Yes. An independent review of your schematics, bill of materials and layout is a common starting point. We report findings in priority order, covering reliability, supply risk, manufacturability and cost, and can carry out the changes or hand the list to your own team.

What decides the cost and timeline of a hardware design project?

Mainly the complexity of the circuit, how many boards are involved, the certification targets, and how many prototype rounds are needed. We scope after a short discovery conversation, so the estimate reflects your product rather than a generic rate.

How do we get started?

Send us a short description of the product, or an existing specification, through the contact form. We will come back with questions, then propose a scope with clear deliverables and review points before any design work begins.

Talk to the engineers who will do the work

No account managers in the middle. Tell us what you are building and you will get a technical reply, with an honest view of scope and timeline. We usually reply within one business day.

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