Promwad at Embedded World 2026: Market Insights and a Live PQC-Ready FPGA Security Demo

Managing Director & Tech Advisor at Promwad GmbH

Commercial Director at Promwad GmbH

Promwad took part in Embedded World 2026, which took place on March 10–12, 2026 in Nuremberg, where we met technology partners, customers, and product teams from across the embedded industry.

Conversations during the event pointed to a clear shift in the European tech market: companies are looking more carefully at where to grow, what to build next, and how to bring differentiated products to market in a tougher environment.

We would like to thank everyone who met with the Promwad team during the event — our customers and long-time collaborators, as well as the many new contacts who stopped by for conversations about embedded engineering, security, and future technologies.

We would also like to thank our partners — Lattice Semiconductor and SEALSQ. Together, we showcased a live demonstrator at the Lattice Semiconductor stand — a PQC-ready platform for secure FPGA boot and updates designed for long-lifecycle edge devices.

A more pragmatic market conversation at Embedded World 2026

Embedded World 2026 was intense: full calendars, spontaneous corridor meetings, and a steady flow of practical discussions with product companies and technology teams.

As Roman Pakhalkov commented during the show:

The technology themes shaping Embedded World 2026

Several technology areas drove many of the conversations at this year’s event:

Telecommunications - growing interest in edge infrastructure and AI at the edge
Cybersecurity - stronger focus on embedded security, compliance, and lifecycle resilience
Robotics - smarter autonomous systems powered by AI and advanced sensing
Industrial Automation - continued demand for IIoT and data-driven factory platforms
Automotive - ongoing movement toward software-defined vehicles and secure computing platforms

For engineering teams, these trends all point in the same direction: products are becoming more software-defined, more connected, and more dependent on security architectures that can evolve over time.

What Promwad is showcasing with Lattice and SEALSQ

At Embedded World 2026, Promwad presented a joint hardware demonstrator with Lattice Semiconductor and SEALSQ focused on a critical challenge for long-lifecycle embedded products: how to keep FPGA-based platforms secure, updateable, and ready for the post-quantum era.

The demonstrator highlights:

PQC-signed FPGA bitstream validation
An integrated Root of Trust, FPGA, and TPM on one platform
PQC crypto co-processor and TPM access from the FPGA fabric

This proof of concept addressed a growing industry need. Devices deployed in robotics, drones, industrial systems, and critical infrastructure often remain in service for 10 to 20 years. Over that lifetime, security requirements change, attack methods evolve, and regulatory expectations become stricter.

A static security model is no longer enough. Product companies need architectures that support secure boot, trusted identity, long-term updateability, and cryptographic agility — a direction increasingly reinforced by regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the Radio Equipment Directive (RED).

Lattice Semiconductor, SEALSQ, and Promwad. 1+1+1 = Innovation Through Collaboration

Why this demo matters for long-lifecycle edge devices

The value of the demonstrator is not only in the individual technologies, but in the architectural approach behind them.

By combining a hardware Root of Trust and TPM capabilities from SEALSQ with the flexibility of a Lattice FPGA, the platform demonstrates how security can remain anchored while cryptographic implementation stays adaptable. That separation is increasingly important for long-lifecycle products that must balance three demands at once:

performance + compliance + cryptographic evolution

This solution is especially relevant for edge and industrial devices operating under stricter security expectations, including requirements around secure lifecycle management, resilience, and future readiness for post-quantum transition.

Promwad’s role in the collaboration

Promwad contributed the hardware implementation for the demonstrator by designing the custom PCB for the platform.

Our scope included:

schematic capture,
PCB layout,
and release of the design to manufacturing.

This contribution reflects the kind of engineering work Promwad delivers every day for product companies: translating complex system requirements into robust hardware and embedded software that is ready for validation, integration, and production.

Alex Worobjow, Commercial Director at Promwad GmbH, together with the SEAL SQ team at the Lattice stand

From demonstrator to real-world product development

For Promwad, Embedded World is not just about exhibiting technology. It is about connecting market needs with practical engineering execution.

We help product companies develop secure embedded devices from concept to production handover, with expertise across:

embedded hardware and mechanics integration,
FPGA and high-speed interfaces,
embedded software based on Linux and RTOS,
connectivity,
security integration and compliance readiness,
validation, QA, and production support.

That combination is particularly important for long-lifecycle products in industrial automation, telecom, automotive, robotics, broadcast, and other embedded-intensive sectors, where hardware and software decisions must support both technical performance and long-term maintainability.

Thank for EW2026 & let's continue our conversation!

We would like to thank all partners, customers, and industry colleagues who took the time to meet with the Promwad team in Nuremberg. The discussions, ideas, and feedback we received during the event once again confirmed how valuable face-to-face engineering conversations are for shaping new products and collaborations.

If you would like to learn more about this demonstrator or discuss secure embedded product development, feel free to contact the Promwad team.

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