A company needs a product that doesn't exist yet. We design the board, write the firmware, build the backend and the app, and hand back something that works.
See the workInteractive 3D visualisation of a custom Raspberry Pi HAT printed circuit board. The image is decorative; it shows the PCB layout and components from above with a slight backward tilt, rotating gently. No information conveyed here is required to use the rest of the page.
Nothing is built yet, and often what it should do is still open. We work that out with you first, then take it through the board, the firmware and the software on top.
The hardware exists, or it is being designed somewhere else. We write everything that runs on it and everything it talks to, from the firmware up to the app.
It works on the bench. Now it has to survive being built in quantity, updated in the field, and used by someone who did not design it. That part is usually the hard engineering.
Ground station work for a rocket tracking system. A Zynq FPGA running PetaLinux, the AXI plumbing into the fabric, and a build anyone on the team can reproduce.
A digital replacement for the whiteboard a shipping agency ran their port calls on. Kiosk screen in the office, the same board in a browser everywhere else.
Firmware for a powered respirator that keeps filtered airflow steady as the filter loads up. Constant flow control, filter wear tracking, ten hours on a charge.
An onboard computer for DJI drones, talking to the aircraft over its E-Port. Adapter board, Linux bring-up, and the payload software on top.
A LiDAR and LED installation built to stop people as they walk past a trade show booth. Custom BeagleBone Black shield and the firmware that runs it.
Interactive 3D visualisation of the custom BeagleBone Black shield that drives the installation. The image is decorative; it shows the PCB layout and components from above with a slight backward tilt, rotating gently. No information conveyed here is required to use the rest of the page.
The player side of a digital signage platform. Raspberry Pi images built per reseller, and an Android player that keeps a screen alive when the network drops.
We are engineers first. What we like is the problem nobody has solved yet, and so far we have not had to turn one down: an FPGA to interface with, an airflow loop that has to hold steady as a filter clogs, a shipping agency running its whole day off a magnetic whiteboard. It is different every time, which is the reason we do it.
We both do this all week as well, at companies whose products are already in the field. We started ERBO to do that for other companies.
Software & Product
Leads product and engineering at Speaksee, building real-time speech-to-text technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Started as a backend engineer, grew into product leadership. At ERBO, Bob’s specialty is the software stack: cloud architecture, APIs, web apps, and everything between the device and the user.
Hardware & Firmware
Builds embedded firmware and electronics at PalmSens, a company making compact electrochemical instruments used in scientific research worldwide. Deep in bare-metal C, PCB design, and making microcontrollers talk to sensors. At ERBO, Erwin’s specialty is the hardware, from component selection through to production-ready boards.
No account managers and no sales team. The engineers who would build your product are the ones who reply.
