Embedded & IoT

Embedded Systems That Work in the Real World

From bare-metal firmware to cloud-connected IoT platforms — Quantova engineers embedded software for your specific hardware revision, not a generic reference design port.

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Overview

Firmware That Runs on Your Hardware, Not a Reference Board

In plain terms: Embedded software is the code running inside a physical product — the software that makes your device, machine, or sensor actually do its job. If your hardware team has designed a circuit board, we write the software that brings it to life. BSP (Board Support Package) is the layer that makes the operating system work on your specific hardware; HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) is the bridge between software and physical components.

Embedded development requires understanding the hardware boundary. Quantova's engineers work from your schematics — not just a reference design — and deliver firmware specific to your hardware revision.

This page gives the full embedded picture at a glance. For a deeper look, see Firmware Development (microcontroller-level code), Real-Time Systems (deterministic timing and safety) and IoT Device Development (sensors, connectivity and cloud).

Capabilities

What We Engineer

Firmware Development

Bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware for ARM Cortex, RISC-V, and 8-bit microcontrollers. Clean, maintainable C/C++.

BSP & Driver Development (Board Support Package)

Board support packages, HAL layers, and peripheral drivers specific to your SoC or microcontroller variant.

RTOS Integration (Real-Time OS)

FreeRTOS, Zephyr, and bare-metal scheduling. Task prioritisation, resource management, and ISR handling.

IoT Connectivity

MQTT, CoAP, BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, and cellular connectivity with OTA firmware update mechanisms.

Delivery Process

From Schematic to Deployed Device

Hardware Review

Review your schematics, PCB layout, and BOM. Identify peripheral interfaces, power domains, and hardware constraints before writing a line of firmware.

BSP & HAL Setup

Configure the toolchain, linker scripts, startup code, clock trees, and peripheral initialisation for your exact hardware variant.

Firmware Development

Develop application logic in short iterations with hardware-in-the-loop testing. No mocks — tested on your real board.

Validation & Handover

Field-condition testing, power profiling, OTA validation, and complete firmware package handover with documentation.

Quantova’s IoT platform

Bring your devices into ZenAIoT

Connect compatible devices to ZenAIoT to view sensor readings, track device connectivity and review operational trends in one place. Configure thresholds around the signals that matter to your team, with historical reports to support investigation and planning.

For equipment monitoring, environmental sensing and smart-device projects, Quantova can integrate your sensors, firmware and data flows with the platform.

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Deliverables

What You Receive

  • Complete firmware source code with version history
  • BSP and HAL layer for your hardware revision
  • RTOS configuration and task architecture document
  • Hardware bring-up and peripheral test results
  • OTA update mechanism and update server integration
  • Power consumption profile and optimisation report
  • Full technical documentation and build instructions
Hardware Required: We work from your hardware revision. Provide your schematics, PCB, and datasheets and we operate from there — not from a generic eval board.
Technology Stack

Platforms & Tools We Work With

ARM Cortex-M RISC-V ESP32 STM32 NXP i.MX FreeRTOS Zephyr RTOS MQTT BLE 5.0 LoRaWAN AWS IoT Core Azure IoT Hub
FAQs

Common Questions

For bring-up work, physical hardware is required. For application-layer firmware already running on a stable BSP, we can work from your existing codebase and hardware documentation.

Yes. We can integrate MQTT, REST, or device SDK connectivity into existing firmware without requiring a full rewrite — depending on your existing RTOS and memory constraints.

OTA includes bootloader configuration, dual-bank flash partitioning (where hardware supports it), update verification, rollback on failure, and server-side update job management.