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Embedded hardware
Schematic capture, multilayer board layout, power and battery design, wireless bring-up, sensor integration, and production-intent revisions.
- eCAD
- Low power
- Wireless
- Bring-up
We design and build the hard part of your product.
TekTile is a product design and engineering studio for teams whose next thing spans hardware, firmware, software, and the brand around it. One senior team, from blank page to a prototype you can hand to a manufacturer — or a platform you can put in front of customers.
- Delivered programs
- 40+
- Practice areas
- 8
- Default starting point
- 0→1
// 01_Capabilities
8 practicesEight practices, one team, no handoffs between them.
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Firmware & real-time audio
On-device signal processing, detection and classification in tight memory budgets, amplification and DAC chains, deep-sleep power behaviour.
- C/C++
- DSP
- I2S
- RTOS
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Robotics & autonomy
Closed-loop motion, odometry, obstacle sensing, on-board mapping and planning, and multi-unit coordination that runs without a server.
- Motion control
- Mapping
- Sensors
[ 04 ]
Industrial design & CAD
Parametric enclosures, mechanisms, mounting, and finishing — then design-for-manufacture files a supplier can quote from.
- Parametric CAD
- DFM
- Finishing
[ 05 ]
Platforms & backends
Product APIs, data pipelines, streaming and always-on services, telemetry, and the operational monitoring that keeps them up.
- TypeScript
- Data
- Streaming
- Cloud
[ 06 ]
AI systems
Model-assisted pipelines, structured extraction and enrichment, retrieval and search, and assistant interfaces with real guardrails.
- LLM pipelines
- Retrieval
- Evals
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Prototyping & fabrication
Printed and cast prototypes, electronics integration, props and fixtures, small-run assembly — built in-house, fast.
- FDM/SLA
- Casting
- Assembly
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Brand & product design
Positioning, identity systems, product naming and voice, interface design, and the site or app that has to carry all of it.
- Identity
- UI
- Narrative
// 02_Selected_work
16 records shownPrograms we've taken from brief to working product.
01 · Embedded hardware
Connected audio product line
- Sector
- Consumer audio brand
- Scope
- Concept to production-ready hardware
A three-model listening device family had to share one compute and audio platform while hitting different price points, enclosure sizes, and battery lives.
02 · Audio & DSP
Acoustic detection & alert firmware
- Sector
- Sensing & security program
- Scope
- On-device signal processing firmware
Identify a specific airborne acoustic signature in a noisy outdoor environment, on a low-cost microcontroller, with no cloud round trip.
03 · Embedded hardware
Voice-driven bedside story device
- Sector
- Family technology venture
- Scope
- Device, cloud platform, and companion app
A child-safe player that reads stories in a familiar voice, with content that matures as the child grows — and no screen anywhere in the experience.
04 · Robotics & autonomy
Autonomous floor-mapping robot swarm
- Sector
- Facilities & spatial data
- Scope
- Fleet of self-contained mapping robots
Produce an accurate interior floor plan of an unknown building using small robots with no external compute, beacons, or operator.
05 · Robotics & autonomy
Choreographed motion sculpture
- Sector
- Location-based entertainment
- Scope
- Multi-node animatronic installation
A music-driven kinetic installation with many synchronized joints that had to be authored, rehearsed, and revised without the physical rig present.
06 · Platforms & backends
Live programmed streaming backend
- Sector
- Media & broadcast
- Scope
- 24/7 streaming infrastructure
Run a continuous audio channel that embedded players could join mid-stream without buffering, with programming assembled automatically.
07 · Audio & DSP
Active noise cancellation node
- Sector
- Acoustic products
- Scope
- Research prototype
Cancel steady-state ambient noise in a small enclosure using inexpensive parts and a real-time control loop.
08 · Embedded hardware
Low-power sensor node testbed
- Sector
- Connected devices
- Scope
- Platform evaluation and reference design
Establish how long a battery-powered wireless audio-sensing node can run, and which architecture to standardize on.
09 · Platforms & backends
Traffic flow visualization app
- Sector
- Mobility & commuter tools
- Scope
- Data product
Turn raw road-speed feeds into a glanceable answer to one question: when should I leave?
10 · Platforms & backends
Aerial tracking & wearable cue network
- Sector
- Consumer IoT
- Scope
- Tracking service plus wearable endpoint
Watch a sparse class of aircraft across a wide region and turn a sighting into a physical cue on a small worn device.
11 · Platforms & backends
Residential energy telemetry integration
- Sector
- Energy & industrial
- Scope
- Metering integration and analytics
Pull circuit-level electrical data out of proprietary equipment and make it usable for load analysis.
12 · Brand & product design
Confidential advisory brand system & platform
- Sector
- Professional services firm
- Scope
- Identity, site, and engagement instrumentation
Present a discreet, senior-level advisory practice credibly online while tracking engagement without exposing client identities.
13 · Prototyping & fabrication
Enclosure & prototype fabrication program
- Sector
- Hardware product teams
- Scope
- Design for prototype and manufacture
Take electronics assemblies from bare boards to housings that survive handling and are ready for production tooling.
14 · Platforms & backends
Production render pipeline architecture
- Sector
- Feature entertainment production
- Scope
- High-performance computing and pipeline
Deliver enormous nightly compute for visual production under fixed release dates, with no tolerance for downtime.
15 · Brand & product design
Corporate venture launchpad
- Sector
- Energy & industrial corporate
- Scope
- Zero-to-launch product building
Stand up new connected-hardware and software businesses inside a large corporate, fast enough to test them in market.
16 · AI systems
Automated knowledge catalog engine
- Sector
- Internal tooling
- Scope
- Content pipeline and retrieval tool
Hundreds of loose technical write-ups needed to become a searchable, consistently structured catalog without manual re-entry.
// 03_How_we_work
5 phasesRisk first, demos weekly, everything handed over.
- 01
Frame
One working session to pin down the real constraint — cost, physics, timeline, or the thing nobody has said out loud yet. You leave with a written problem statement.
- 02
Specify
Architecture, bill of materials, interfaces, and risks, with the unknowns ranked. Fixed-fee, and useful even if you stop here.
- 03
Prototype
The riskiest part first, built for real: board, firmware, enclosure, or service. Weekly demos, not status decks.
- 04
Harden
Revisions toward manufacture or launch — DFM files, test procedures, monitoring, and documentation your team can own.
- 05
Hand over
Sources, models, and runbooks transferred to your team, with an optional retainer while it settles.
// 04_Engagements
3 modelsThree ways in. All of them start with a written brief.
Technical brief
1–2 weeks · fixed fee
Architecture, feasibility, bill of materials, and a ranked risk list for a product you are considering.
- Written specification
- Cost and timeline envelope
- Build-or-buy recommendation
Prototype sprint
6–12 weeks · fixed scope
One working prototype that proves the hardest part of the product, demoed weekly.
- Working hardware or platform
- Source, models, and files
- Path to the next revision
Embedded team
Monthly · retained
We sit inside your roadmap as the senior design-and-build capacity you do not have on staff.
- Continuous delivery
- Design and engineering leadership
- Handover as you hire
// 05_Start_a_brief
inquiry@tektile.coTell us the hard part. We'll tell you how we'd approach it.
A few lines is enough. You'll get a considered reply from someone senior within two business days — not a sales sequence.
- Direct
- inquiry@tektile.co
- Confidentiality
- NDAs signed before the first call, as a matter of course.