hidra / engineering services

From idea
to system.

Electronics, FPGA and embedded software. We design acquisition, control and communication systems, from requirements to integration.

HW + FPGA + FW + SW

Single OVB carrier board for the OFDR system with metal shielding and front connector
OVB carrier board for the OFDR system. Reworked photograph.Explore the project ↗
Industrial measurement and control · RF and GNSS systems · embedded and automotive · IoT and software platforms

/ achievable future

Engineering with room for ideas.

Hidra brings the creative process into engineering. We work on architectures that can evolve and make technical decisions explicit. A flexible, environmentally conscious approach supports the project from concept to prototype and industrialisation.

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/ capabilities

Capabilities that work together.

01

Electronics and RF

Schematics, PCB design, analog and RF front ends, sensors and power. We define the interfaces between physical measurement and digital systems.

Altium / RF / ADC-DAC
02

FPGA and SoC

Acquisition and signal processing, sequencers and interface bridges. VHDL, timing constraints and host-processor integration.

VHDL / Vivado / Radiant
03

Embedded firmware

Real-time control, acquisition and MCU communication. Drivers, RTOS and device configuration, from laboratory to field.

STM32 / ESP32 / RTOS
04

Linux and connectivity

Edge systems, BSP integration and custom modules. Acquisition paths, industrial buses and data transport to supervisory systems.

Linux / MIPI-USB / Profinet
05

Test and instrumentation

Functional benches, guided test sequences and measurement acquisition. Hardware, operator software and reporting in one workflow.

CAN / Qt / LabVIEW
06

IoT and system software

Field nodes and telemetry, management platforms and AI orchestration. Connecting devices, data and working tools.

MQTT / API / AI tools

/ selected projects

Inside the projects.

From fibre measurement to GNSS systems and test benches: architectures, tools and engineering work.

01 / PRY Fibre sensing / FPGA and embedded software

OFDR/OVNA acquisition and embedded sequencing

A control, acquisition and demodulation chain for fibre measurement systems: from frequency sweeps to data used by supervision software, with FPGA implementations and MCU development.

  • Zynq-7000 and VHDL
  • STM32N657
  • ThreadX / NetX
  • SPI and dual-channel ADC acquisition
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03 / CTE Automotive testing

AdBlue and CAN test bench

A bench combining instrumentation, CAN communication and Qt software to test AdBlue tanks, control units and pumps outside the vehicle.

  • Qt and C++
  • Embedded Windows
  • CAN
  • 19-inch / 2U rack
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/ method

From requirements to verification.

  1. 01

    Define

    Functions, interfaces, constraints and acceptance criteria.

  2. 02

    Design

    Architecture and partitioning across hardware, FPGA and software.

  3. 03

    Build

    Sources, schematics, prototypes and bench integration.

  4. 04

    Verify

    Tests, documentation and handover of engineering outputs.

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