Northwest Engineering Solutions Provides Advanced IoT and Embedded Systems Design Services

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Since 2017, Northwest Engineering Solutions (NWES) has been at the forefront of IoT and embedded systems innovation, providing end-to-end electronics design services for tech startups, growing enterprises, and defense organizations. With a multi-disciplinary engineering team skilled in hardware development, system architecture, firmware design, and board bring-up, the company specializes in creating advanced, reliable, and high-performance embedded solutions. Leveraging deep technical expertise and a collaborative approach, Northwest Engineering Solutions helps clients turn complex ideas into market-ready products that drive the next generation of connected technologies.

Hardware for IoT and Embedded Products

NWES has experience developing simple, compact embedded devices and complex multi-board, multi-interface embedded platforms. They provide leadership on all aspects of embedded projects from concept to production and manufacturing.

• PCB design and system architecture - NWES designs custom PCBs and engineers the system architecture for your embedded products.
• Embedded firmware and software development - Their experience spans multiple hardware platforms and chipsets.
• Platform integration - New embedded systems can be integrated with the existing hardware and software stack.
• Manufacturing preparation - NWES provides complete design, development, and manufacturing guidance as part of a turnkey solution.

Success in Embedded Systems Design

Embedded systems provide a mix of capabilities that require a multi-disciplinary approach to hardware design and development. These designs are inherently high-speed and require an industry-standard approach to digital systems design and layout, which must proceed along with other critical tasks that enable integration of unique functionality and embedded computing capabilities:

• Chipset and peripheral selection - Core features that enable product capabilities and desired user experience are used to determine the appropriate chipset and peripheral components for the product.
• PCB project creation - Embedded systems often live on multiple custom PCBs, spanning across power, compute, wireless communication, and HMI. NWES builds custom hardware to support the entirety of an embedded system's functionality and capabilities.
• Firmware development - Custom drivers and vendor-provided libraries are used to build an embedded application and implement primary functionality. The best team to write firmware and provide documentation is the PCB design team that created the hardware.
• Evaluation in simulation - Embedded systems are power-hungry, and they demand attention to SI/PI/EMI to ensure systems are noise-free and compliant with EMC regulations. NWES takes steps to evaluate electrical performance, thermal behavior, and EMI/EMC as required, including in 3D simulations.

Supporting Advanced Applications

NWES has built systems for a range of applications, including rugged systems deployed in harsh environments.

• Aerospace and defense electronics - Hardware for ordnance guidance systems, wearables, drones, and military IoT.
• Industrial automation and monitoring - NWES’ expertise includes rugged SBCs, rackmount systems, and controller boards.
• Power management - Deployed in drones, aircraft, and submersibles.
• Embedded AI - AI-capable embedded products can perform high-compute inference and low-compute training at the edge.
• IoT platform development - From wearables to networked sensor platforms, NWES can build a connected ecosystem. They design the hardware, build the web platform, and integrate everything.

Click here to learn more about IoT and embedded systems design services from NWES.