Hardware Design Services for Complex Electronic Systems
In hardware, the costliest problems are the ones found late. A signal, power or thermal issue that surfaces at prototype or certification stage means another board spin and a later launch.
Promwad's hardware design services cover a single board or a full platform, from system architecture to production support. We start with a defined scope and verify the design in simulation before the first prototype is ordered.
Hardware Design Services We Deliver
Six service lines. Order any of them on its own or combine them into a full product scope.
PCB Layout & Schematic Design
Analog, digital and mixed-signal boards, from simple two-layer designs to dense multilayer BGA layouts with blind and buried vias. Every project ends with an IPC-compliant documentation package your EMS partner can build from.
Best when: you need a board designed or re-laid out to production standard.
High-Speed PCB Design
Stack-up and impedance planning, length matching and return-path control for PCIe Gen4/Gen5, DDR4/DDR5, 10/25/100GbE, JESD204B and MIPI CSI-2. Pre- and post-layout analysis confirms margins before fabrication.
Best when: signal rates leave no room for trial and error.
SI / PI / Thermal Analysis
IBIS-based signal integrity, power integrity, thermal and EMC simulation at the schematic and layout stages. You catch the problems that are hardest to find in the lab, with fewer design iterations and shorter certification testing.
Best when: you want to de-risk a new design or get a second opinion on an existing one.
NVIDIA Carrier Boards Design
Custom carrier boards for NVIDIA Jetson Orin and Thor with the exact I/O, power and thermal design your product needs, plus BSP, drivers and Holoscan sensor pipelines. We take you from dev kit to a manufacturable edge AI platform.
Best when: your Jetson prototype works and now has to become a product.
Enclosures: Industrial & Mechanical Design
Industrial design, mechanical engineering, material selection and rugged, IP-rated enclosures developed alongside the electronics. We support prototyping and mass-production launch at partner sites in Europe or Southeast Asia.
Best when: the enclosure affects thermal behavior, certification or how your product sells.
Mechatronics Design Services
Mechanics, electronics, firmware and control software for systems that move, developed by one team. Thermal, vibration and CFD simulation confirm the concept before you commit a hardware budget.
Best when: motion, sensing and control have to work as one system.
Where We Step In
You don't have to hand over the whole product. Start where the risk is highest, and we take engineering ownership of that scope.
Not sure which fits? A 30-minute call with our engineers is usually enough to scope it.
Why Promwad for Electronics Design Services
Hardware that works on the bench is not the same as hardware that ships. Here is what closes that gap.
One team from architecture to production support
Hardware designers, FPGA engineers and embedded software developers work on the same project, led by senior engineers. Board bring-up, BSPs, drivers and firmware stay with one owner, so integration risk never falls between vendors.
High-speed and real-time expertise
DDR5, PCIe Gen5, 25/100G Ethernet, 12G-SDI and MIPI CSI-2 are everyday work for our team. We design deterministic, low-latency data paths for video, networking, embedded vision and on-device inference.
Multi-vendor by design
We bring 22+ years across major silicon ecosystems and partner programs with NVIDIA, AMD, NXP, Infineon, Qualcomm, Lattice, Microchip and Altera. We choose the architecture for your product, not for one vendor's roadmap.
Simulation before investment
We run SI, PI, thermal and EMC analysis before the first prototype is ordered. Problems surface on screen, not in the lab, and your budget stays predictable.
Built for production and compliance
DFM, DFA and DFT, IPC documentation, security and a pre-compliance mindset are part of the architecture, not a late checklist. Where your market requires it, designs are aligned with ISO 26262, ASPICE, IEC 61508 and EN 50155.
Our Tech Stack
The platforms, interfaces and standards our embedded hardware design team works with every day.
NVIDIA Jetson Orin and Thor · AMD Zynq UltraScale+ and Kria · NXP i.MX and S32K · Qualcomm · TI · ST · Renesas · Infineon · ADI
AMD · Altera · Lattice · Microchip
DDR4/DDR5 · PCIe Gen4/Gen5 · 10/25/100GbE, MGBE · TSN, PTP · JESD204B · MIPI CSI-2 · 12G-SDI · HDMI, DisplayPort, eDP, LVDS · USB 3.x
Power trees and sequencing · isolated DC/DC up to 1250 V · kW-class power stages
IBIS-based SI · PI (DC drop, decoupling, plane noise) · thermal · EMC · CFD · FEA, vibration and drop test
CAN · LIN · EtherCAT · PROFINET · EtherNet/IP · RS-485 · J1939 · TRDP · GNSS, Wi-Fi/BT
Altium · PADS · KiCad · Polar · SolidWorks · Creo
IPC · DFM/DFA/DFT · EMC/CE/FCC · IEC 60529 · IEC 60068 · EN 50155 · design aligned with ISO 26262, ASPICE, IEC 61508 and IEC 62443
SoM and carrier boards · FMC (VITA 57.1) · PCIe cards · PCIe/104 · PXIe · OpenGear · 1U systems
Application Areas
We design hardware for three industry clusters where timing, reliability and certification decide the outcome.
Industrial & Robotics
Harsh environments, 24/7 duty cycles and product lifecycles measured in decades. We build controllers, motor drives and servo electronics, machine vision and edge AI units, robot platforms, chargers, BMS and energy storage electronics.
Broadcasting & Telecom
Bandwidth, latency and timing leave no margin. We design SDI and SMPTE ST 2110 platforms, OpenGear and FMC cards, FPGA-based storage, network switches, media converters and 1U systems.
Automotive & Transportation
Functional safety and environmental standards set the rules from the first schematic. We build ECUs, camera and vision systems, railway BMUs, data loggers and EV charging electronics, with designs aligned with ISO 26262 and EN 50155.
Two Transformations We Deliver Most Often
Most clients come to us at one of two turning points. Both end the same way: a product you can manufacture, certify and maintain.
From dev kit to a production-grade platform
You've proven the concept on a Jetson, Zynq or i.MX evaluation kit. Now you need the parts that make it a product.
| Before | After |
| Prototype wiring and adapter boards | A custom board with SI/PI/EMC-aware integration |
| Ad-hoc drivers | A maintainable BSP with reproducible builds |
| Uncertain throughput and latency | Measured performance against defined targets |
| A lab prototype | DFM/DFT, a test strategy and production documentation |
See NVIDIA carrier board design →
From a legacy or EOL design to a modernized, manufacturable product
Your product sells, but the design behind it is aging. We modernize it without starting from zero.
| Before | After |
| A multi-chip processing core | One consolidated modern SoC |
| An external PC or bulky controller | An embedded board that takes over its functions |
| End-of-life components | A secured, available BOM |
| A cost that blocks the next volume tier | A cost-down architecture for your target volume |
Tell us where your design stands today, and we'll show you the shortest path to production.
Beyond Hardware Design
Hardware is often only the first layer of the product. These services cover the rest:
FPGA & SoC Design
RTL, custom IP cores, and video and sensor pipelines on AMD, Altera, Lattice and Microchip devices.
Embedded Software Development
Board bring-up, BSPs, Linux and RTOS firmware, and drivers written by engineers who know your board.
Embedded Security Engineering
Secure boot, OTA update architecture, device hardening and readiness for the EU Cyber Resilience Act.
Manufacturing Support
PCB and enclosure prototyping, in-production testing and three manufacturing models, from production based on your documentation to launch at your own factory.
Hardware Design Case Studies
Four projects, three industries, one pattern: a defined scope, senior ownership and a result ready for production.
SDI and ST 2110 Hardware Platform for SONOVTS
Broadcasting · High-speed PCB · AMD Zynq UltraScale+
Pain. SONOVTS, the German company behind the HDQLINE broadcast display platform, needed SMPTE ST 2110 in the core of its next product generation. The existing board combined a TI Sitara processor with a Kintex UltraScale+ FPGA, and ST 2110 was only an optional add-on module.
Solution. We replaced the two-chip core with a single AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. One board now carries two 12G-SDI inputs, HDMI and DisplayPort inputs, and LVDS and eDP display outputs. We also redesigned the power tree with a new low-power sleep state. The scope was hardware only: the client kept FPGA firmware and bring-up in-house.
Result. A manufacturing-ready documentation set and a hardware base with SDI and ST 2110 built into the board itself. The display interface is structured for reuse across the HDQLINE family.
Jetson Robotics Platform with Industrial Protocols
Industrial & Robotics · NVIDIA carrier board · Hilscher netX
Pain. Robot makers building on NVIDIA Jetson and Orin kept hitting the same wall. Connecting industrial servo drives required extra bridge solutions that added cost and could reduce performance.
Solution. Promwad initiated a universal robotics platform on Jetson and Orin with native EtherCAT, PROFINET and EtherNet/IP support, built with the Hilscher netX communication controller. Simulation preceded hardware testing.
Result. One carrier board that handles real-time Ethernet and fieldbus systems. Manufacturers can use ready-made servo drives and modules across mobile, 6-axis and delta robots without additional integration hardware.
Read the Jetson robotics platform with industrial protocols case →
Dual-MCU Railway BMU, SIL2-Ready
Automotive & Transportation · Safety-critical · NXP S32K
Pain. A European industrial battery manufacturer ran its battery management application on a bulky, expensive x86 industrial PC. The replacement had to meet SIL2 under EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129, plus the environmental requirements of EN 50155.
Solution. We designed a dual-MCU architecture: an NXP S32K3 for processing and control, and an independent S32K1 for safety monitoring, watchdog supervision and fault detection. One board covers all three BMU roles, set at assembly through configuration and an optional SoM.
Result. The industrial PC is gone. The client received the complete package: architecture, schematics, PCB, enclosure concept, an x86-to-ARM porting plan and a certification strategy with a defined SIL2 pathway.
Eight Charger Configurations, One Architecture
Industrial power electronics · Platform design
Pain. A European maker of industrial charging cubicles needed higher-power modules in two classes, 7.5 kW and 11.5 kW. Eight configurations had to share one interchangeable form factor, talk CAN to an existing control board and pass one EU certification process.
Solution. Instead of eight separate products, we designed one platform architecture for the whole family, covering hardware architecture, firmware, mechanical design and pre-compliance validation.
Result. One enclosure and one certification path for all eight variants. The platform targets a cost reduction of about 19%, from €83.61 to €67.61 per kW at 8,000 units per year.
How We Ensure Quality
Quality is built into every stage, with a review gate before the next one starts.
Our processes run under ISO 9001 quality management and ISO/IEC 27001 information security. An NDA is available on request, and project IP ownership is defined in the contract.
Trusted by Product Companies and Technology Vendors
As a hardware design company, we work inside the ecosystems of the vendors whose silicon powers your product.
“Promwad completed the client's radio-electronic components research, schematics, schema, PCB design, and more. Their agile project management methodology impressed the client. The team was also flexible and has excellent leadership abilities.”
“We had to develop sophisticated electronics software and hardware. We needed support for our engineering efforts. And Promwad has assisted us with the development. […] We're satisfied with Promwad. They possess the knowledge we need and have experience with the particular hardware and software tools we use. Overall, Promwad can efficiently allocate resources to solve our challenges.”
Recognition: Reviewed on Clutch · Featured at IBC, Embedded World and MWC
Get an Expert View on Your Hardware Design
Share your block diagram or interface list, where the design stands today, and your target volumes and certifications. Our engineers will come back with a first view of architecture, risks and scope.
FAQ
What do your hardware design services include?
Our hardware design services cover system architecture, schematic and PCB layout, high-speed design, SI/PI/thermal/EMC analysis, NVIDIA carrier boards, enclosures and mechatronics. We deliver production-ready documentation and support prototyping, bring-up and manufacturing ramp-up. FPGA and embedded software are available from the same team.
Can you take only part of the hardware while our team keeps the firmware?
Yes. Many projects start with a hardware-only scope: we design the schematic and PCB while your team keeps FPGA firmware, bring-up or manufacturing. We deliver documented interfaces, so integration on your side is predictable.
Can you redesign a product we already manufacture?
Yes. Typical drivers are end-of-life components, cost or yield problems, and performance limits the original design can't reach. We review the existing documentation and test data, then define the smallest change set that solves the problem.
How do you handle high-speed interfaces like PCIe Gen5, DDR5 and 25/100G Ethernet?
With architecture and layout governance from the very start: stack-up and impedance planning, topology selection, length matching and return-path control. Pre- and post-layout SI/PI analysis confirms margins before fabrication, and interfaces are validated on prototypes.
Can we order SI/PI/thermal simulation as a standalone service?
Yes. We analyze designs made by your team or another vendor and report risks with concrete fixes. It is often the fastest way to avoid a respin.
How do you prepare hardware for certification?
We set compliance targets at the architecture stage: EMC/CE/FCC, IP ratings, climatic and mechanical tests, and industry standards such as EN 50155. For safety-critical products, designs are aligned with ISO 26262, ASPICE or IEC 61508. We run pre-compliance tests and prepare the documentation; the certification itself is carried out by an accredited body of your choice, and we support you through the process.
What deliverables do we receive, and who owns the IP?
You receive the full design package: project files, Gerber or ODB++, drill and IPC-D-356 files, BOM, assembly drawings and test specifications. IP ownership is defined in the contract, and the client typically owns the project-specific IP.
How does a hardware design company like Promwad support manufacturing?
We prepare DFM/DFT-optimized documentation, test strategies and test-jig concepts, and work directly with your EMS partner. You can choose one of three models: production from your documentation, full-cycle development with our manufacturing partner, or development with us and production at your factory.