Low-Power Design
Squeezing maximum battery life from constrained embedded hardware
Months — not days — of battery life through disciplined power engineering.
What This Service
Actually Covers
Battery life is a competitive differentiator. We apply systematic power optimisation across hardware selection, MCU sleep-state management, peripheral duty-cycling, radio scheduling, and software architecture to extend battery life by 5–20× compared to naive implementations. We measure everything with a power analyser and iterate until the numbers meet your specification.
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Everything Included
A detailed breakdown of every capability we bring to this engagement — no hidden scope.
MCU sleep mode hierarchy selection (Sleep, Light Sleep, Deep Sleep, Hibernate)
Peripheral duty-cycling and power-domain gating
Wake-source selection and debounce (RTC alarm, GPIO, ADC threshold)
BLE advertising interval and connection-interval optimisation
LoRa ADR and duty-cycle management for sub-mA average current
Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)
Power profiling with Nordic PPK2, Otii Arc, and oscilloscope current probes
System-level power budget modelling and battery life simulation
How We Approach
This Service
A clear, structured methodology tailored specifically to this engagement.
Power Budget Modelling
Build a current-draw model for every system state and quantify the target battery life gap.
Hardware & Peripheral Audit
Identify always-on loads, leakage sources, and inefficient LDO/DCDC configurations in the hardware design.
Firmware Power Optimisation
Implement sleep modes, duty-cycle all peripherals, optimise radio schedules, and profile with a power analyser.
Validation & Battery Life Report
Measure average current over a full duty cycle, produce a battery life estimate, and document all optimisations.
Ideal For
Battery-powered IoT sensors, wearables, asset trackers, and any product where months of battery life is a product requirement.
What You Receive
Power-optimised firmware, power profiling data, battery life model, and a written power budget report.
Often Combined With
These services frequently complement Low-Power Design in the same project.
Microcontroller Development
Selecting, configuring, and programming the right MCU for your product
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Deterministic, real-time performance for complex embedded systems
Explore →Wireless Communication
Reliable, secure, multi-protocol wireless connectivity for IoT devices
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Microcontroller Development
Selecting, configuring, and programming the right MCU for your product
Sensor Fusion & Data Processing
Combining multiple sensor streams into accurate, actionable data
RTOS Implementation
Deterministic, real-time performance for complex embedded systems
Wireless Communication
Reliable, secure, multi-protocol wireless connectivity for IoT devices
OTA Firmware Updates
Secure, reliable over-the-air firmware update pipelines for deployed devices
Secure Boot & Firmware Security
Protecting your device from the bootloader to the application layer
Board Bring-Up & BSP Development
Getting a new PCB working from first power-on to running application firmware
Ready to Start Your
Low-Power Design Project?
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