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Accelerate your project with Fresh Consulting’s nearshore firmware development services expertise. Our award-winning team delivers high-performance firmware solutions, blending deep technical mastery with the cost-effective advantages of a nearshore model. Build exceptional firmware development projects faster, more efficiently, and at the highest quality—powered by custom, client-aligned teams.
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Custom firmware development & testing teams, built for your project
Talent shortages, escalating costs, and complex compliance shouldn’t delay your product launch. The Fresh nearshore model delivers top-tier engineering talent, seamless time zone alignment, and multi-lingual communication for frictionless collaboration.
With decades of experience across advanced microcontrollers (including 8/16/32-bit devices, ARM Cortex, AVR, STM32, PSoC, PIC, Infineon, Atmel, NXP, Renesas, and EM Microelectronic), our custom teams support every facet of embedded development. From bare-metal C, C++, and assembly language firmware to advanced RTOS and PSoC solutions, we adapt our expertise to match your project’s unique requirements.
Strategic Nearshore Advantage
Cost-efficient solutions, streamlined logistics, and rapid scalability without compromising quality.
Deep Technical Mastery
Comprehensive experience across advanced processors, diverse programming languages, complex protocols, and embedded peripherals.
Real-Time Collaboration
Fluent English, aligned time zones, and shared cultural values make integration seamless.
Advanced Firmware Testing
Highly technical firmware teams specializing in a range of tests to verify, validate, and optimize
Seamless Multi-Platform Integration
Expert integration across various platforms ensures smooth, hassle-free deployment.
Customized Team Support
Fast, scalable dev teams that adapt to your processes and keep projects moving
Strategic Nearshore Advantage
Cost-efficient solutions, streamlined logistics, and rapid scalability without compromising quality.
Deep Technical Mastery
Comprehensive experience across advanced processors, diverse programming languages, complex protocols, and embedded peripherals.
Real-Time Collaboration
Fluent English, aligned time zones, and shared cultural values make integration seamless.
Advanced Firmware Testing
Highly technical firmware teams specializing in a range of tests to verify, validate, and optimize
Seamless Multi-Platform Integration
Expert integration across various platforms ensures smooth, hassle-free deployment.
Customized Team Support
Fast, scalable dev teams that adapt to your processes and keep projects moving
How We Engage
Choose the model that fits your business today — and switch as needs evolve. Both are near-shore friendly (Costa Rica) with U.S. leadership touchpoints if wanted or needed.
Team Extension
Purpose: Add senior engineers who work inside your tools and workflows.
Best for: Roadmap spikes, talent gaps, project acceleration.
Benefits
- Start in weeks
- Scale up or down with notice
- Daily collaboration
- You direct priorities, we deliver results
- Minimal change management
Managed Services
Purpose: Fresh owns a defined scope and SLAs with executive-level reporting.
Best for: Stable scope, predictability, long-term reliability.
Benefits
- Signed scope with SLAs
- Fresh manages projects and teams
- Continual roadmap development
- Fresh-led capacity planning
- KPI/SLA dashboards and reporting
Clients who've partnered with us
Versatility across IDEs and toolchains
- Keil: ARM Cortex-M, C/C++ for embedded systems, RTX RTOS
- IAR Embedded Workbench: Multi-architecture support, advanced debugging tools, code analysis
- PSoC Designer: Cypress PSoC, graphical configuration, mixed-signal design
- Code Composer Studio: TI MSP430, C2000, Sitara, DSP development
- CodeWarrior: NXP/Freescale, Power Architecture, S12, Kinetis microcontrollers
- Visual Studio: Microsoft, Arduino, .NET micro framework integration, cross-platform development
- MPLAB X: Microchip PIC/AVR, real-time debugging, embedded firmware design, Harmony, XC compilers
Testing & Validation
- Automated and AI-driven testing workflows
- Firmware testing, functional testing, unit testing, integration testing, and stress testing
- Diagnostic and simulation tools
- Production environments with precise verification and validation
- HAL, GPIO, PWM, UART, SPI, I2C, flash memory, and EEPROM
- Adherence to industry safety standards (ISO 26262, IEC 62304, DO-178C)
- Validation for automotive, medical, aerospace, and defense applications
Performance Optimization
- Bare‑metal programming to RTOS‑based development
- Low‑power consumption, charging, and battery management
- Firmware optimization for mobile, wearable, and IoT devices
- Performance tuning for sensors, actuators, timers, ADCs, DACs, DMA, amplifiers, filters, touch interfaces, and industrial-grade smart sensors
- Seamless OTA updates, payload optimization, and monitoring ensure reliable long-term device functionality
- Code review and optimization
Hardware/Software Integration
- Requirements analysis and failure mitigation strategy
- Microcontroller selection
- RTOS (real-time operating system) selection
- Keil, IAR, Code Composer
- Git-based version control, CI/CD
- Hardware-in-the-loop validation (JTAG/SWD, development boards, and evaluation kits)
- Device-to-hardware communication: CAN, USB, SD card, Ethernet, Bluetooth, Zigbee, LoRa, WiFi, cellular, Apple MFi, custom communication protocols
Security & Error Handling
- Cybersecurity solutions from development through deployment
- Secure bootloaders, encrypted communication, hardware-level security, and tamper detection
- Safeguard flash and EEPROM storage
- Compliance with EMC, CE marking, FCC, and other global certifications
- Robust error handling, dependable operation, and rapid fault recovery for mission‑critical environments.
Automated Device Updates
- We implement resilient OTA (over-the-air) frameworks and device management infrastructure for connected systems.
- Seamless edge deployment
- Update and patch management for long‑term device reliability
- Scalable outsourcing and consulting services adapt to changing project needs
- Version control, regular demos, and make‑vs‑buy recommendations to keep updates efficient and secure
Legacy System Modernization
- Upgrade and extend the lifespan of existing systems by migrating from outdated controllers and tools to modern architectures
- New feature integration, advanced microcontroller support, updated file systems, and libraries for flash and SD card storage
- Modernization processes to improve performance and reduce maintenance efforts and total cost of ownership
Award-winning work. Groundbreaking outcomes.
Industries we serve
Nearshore firmware development services from Fresh empower companies across sectors to accelerate product innovation, backed by versatile microcontroller, peripheral, and communication protocol expertise.
With a versatile cross-disciplinary team and years of experience translating complex requirements into actionable roadmaps, we accelerate your path to value.
Ready to build exceptional firmware?
As a nearshore partner preferred by a range of clients, Fresh delivers world-class firmware development services, expert firmware programming, scalable firmware engineering, and tailored custom development. From consumer electronics to IoT smart devices, robotics, telecommunications, medical devices, automotive, industrial automation, and defense systems, our teams help you innovate faster.
Request a free technical consultation to assess your needs and discover how Fresh delivers high-performance, testable, and maintainable firmware solutions.
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