Engineering consultancy · UK
Hardware, firmware and software, engineered end to end.
We take products from first schematic to shipped units: boards, the code that runs on them, and the tools that build, test and support them.
01 / Services
One team across the whole stack
Most product problems sit at the boundaries between disciplines. We cover each layer, so nothing gets lost between them.
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Software development
Desktop applications, backend services and internal tooling. Cross-platform apps, device configuration utilities, data pipelines and test harnesses, written to be read and maintained after we leave.
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Firmware and embedded systems
Bare-metal and RTOS firmware for microcontrollers: drivers, communication stacks, bootloaders and power management. We measure timing and current on real hardware, not just in a simulator.
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Hardware and PCB design
Schematic capture, component selection, multi-layer layout and board bring-up. Designs are checked against your enclosure, your budget and what your assembler can actually build.
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Prototype to production
Design for manufacture, production test jigs and programming fixtures, plus software licensing and code signing, so the thing you prototyped can be built, tested and sold at volume.
02 / Approach
How an engagement runs
Short feedback loops and working hardware on the bench early. You see progress as builds and test results, not slide decks.
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Requirements
We pin down what the product must do, the constraints it lives under and how we will know it works. The result is a short written spec you can hold us to.
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Design
Architecture, schematics and interfaces, reviewed with you before anything is committed to copper or code. Risky parts get de-risked first.
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Prototype and validate
Boards built, firmware brought up and tested against the spec. Issues are logged, fixed and re-tested, and you get the measurements.
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Handover and support
Source, design files, build instructions and test procedures handed over in full. We stay available for fixes, revisions and the next version.
03 / Typical work
The kind of projects we take on
Examples of problems we're set up to solve, often spanning more than one discipline.
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Wireless sensor node
Low-power board and firmware for battery-operated sensors, with sleep modes and radio duty cycles tuned for field life measured in years.
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Instrument control software
Desktop applications for configuring, calibrating and logging data from USB-connected instruments and devices.
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Production test fixture
Bed-of-nails jigs and Python test runners that program, test and serialise boards on the production line.
Tools and technologies
04 / Contact
Tell us what you're building
Send a few lines about the product, where it is now and where it needs to get to. We'll reply within two working days.
contact@fenworks.ukTypical engagements: fixed-scope projects, ongoing retainers and one-off design or code reviews.
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