// 001
Firmware
Bare-metal C, Rust on ESP32/STM32, Zephyr RTOS, BLE stacks, OTA. Battery life measured in years, not hours.
- ESP-IDF / nRF Connect SDK
- FreeRTOS & Zephyr
- Secure boot, signed OTA
SIGNAL // ACQUIRED
We turn napkin sketches into connected hardware that actually ships.
> 8-bit is a hardware prototyping agency for founders, R&D teams, and industrial operators. Firmware, custom PCBs, enclosures, and the cloud that ties it all together — built end-to-end under one roof.
// 01 · Capabilities
Full-stack hardware & firmware.
One team for the silicon, the solder, the steel, and the software. No vendor handoffs, no integration hell.
// 002
PCB & Electronics
Schematic, layout, DFM, and small-batch assembly. From sensor breakouts to mixed-signal industrial controllers.
- KiCad / Altium
- RF, mixed-signal, power
- EMC pre-compliance
// 003
Mechanical
Enclosures, brackets, and assemblies designed for the real world — IP-rated, manufacturable, and field-serviceable.
- SLA, SLS, CNC, IM
- IP67 sealing & thermal
- DFM & tolerance stacks
// 004
Cloud & Fleet
MQTT brokers, time-series pipelines, dashboards, and Rails-based control planes for managing devices at scale.
- AWS IoT / EMQX / HiveMQ
- Timescale / InfluxDB
- Rails 8 + Hotwire UIs
// 02 · How it ships
From spec to scale.
A repeatable pipeline that de-risks the unknowns first and saves the polish for last.
Discover
Constraints, budget, BOM targets, and field conditions. We write the spec you wish you had.
Prototype
Dev kits and breadboards in week one. Custom PCB rev-A in week six. Iterate fast, fail loud.
Pilot
10–100 unit pilot run. Real customers, real environments. Telemetry from day one.
Scale
DFM, certifications, contract manufacturer handoff, fleet ops. We stay on through the ramp.
// 03 · The stack
Boring tech, weird hardware.
We pick proven tools so the novelty stays in the product, not the toolchain.
ESP32-S3
nRF52840
STM32H7
Raspberry Pi CM4
LoRaWAN
BLE 5.x
Cellular CAT-M1
MQTT 5
Rust
Embedded C
KiCad
Fusion 360
Rails 8
Hotwire
Timescale
Grafana
// TRANSMIT
Got a device that needs to exist?
Tell us the constraints. We'll send back a 1-page plan within 48 hours.