SERVICES
What We Do
LocoLabs brings creative innovation and over 20 years of Silicon Valley experience to solve tough design and manufacturing challenges for our clients.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
Go from concept to working prototype faster and easier
DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
MANUFACTURING
“For an idea that does not first seem insane, there is no hope.”
– Albert Einstein
Our Expertise
We are experts at extracting engineering requirements from your marketing specifications. Our "Rev-Zero" process reduces risks and improves time to market. We focus on protecting your IP with onshore development and manufacturing, and cyber-hardening of IoT and IIoT devices.
Many of our clients call us the “Rev-Zero” company, reflecting our ability to take a project from concept, through design, to production, with no spins. Precise requirements analysis and attention to detail are key to our Rev-Zero deliveries.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
In-House Prototyping
In-house lab facilities for rapid prototyping and testing of hardware circuits and PCBs. 3D printing capabilities for concept design of product enclosures
Program and Project Management
LocoLabs Product Reality Report ™
Provides an engineering system requirements review, a unit cost estimate, and an estimate of the development cost.
Multidisciplinary Development
Incorporating expertise from all required engineering disciplines, including systems, software, electrical, mechanical, industrial, manufacturing, and test
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
APIs and Protocols
Application-specific interfaces that meet all requirements, abstract functionality, and encapsulate implementation
Board Support Packages
Bootloaders, hardware-specific device drivers, device trees, kernel configuration, root filesystems, daemons, and utilities
Programming Languages
C/C++, C#, Java, Python, Assembly, Verilog, VHDL, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and many others
Layers of Software
Software components for every layer, from firmware to drivers, daemons, middleware, applications, and GUIs
Communications and Security
Wired and wireless interfaces, numerous protocols, and both device-level and communications security
Platform Software
Wide range of target operating environments including Linux, FreeBSD, Android, RTOS, and event-driven bare-metal
Target Architectures
From 64-bit down to 8-bit, including ARM, x86, MIPS/PIC32, DSP, FPGA (custom), MSP430, AVR/AVR32, PIC, and 8051
Domain Specific Abstraction
Custom language, compiler and VM design, providing system independent platform for IoT development and deployment
Analytics and Visualization
Smart collection, forwarding, aggregating and analysis of IoT data, followed by impactful reporting and dashboarding
Bring-up and Manufacturing
Purpose-built firmware/software for board bring up, system validation, and manufacturing, not done as an afterthought
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
High Density and High-Tech PCBs
Using the latest PCB layout tools and techniques, we match your requirements with cost effective PCB technologies
3D Enclosure Design
PCB models integrated with the 3D enclosure to ensure fit and allow for additive (3D printing) and traditional manufacturing techniques
High Speed & EMI/RFI Compliance
Impedance control technologies to ensure performance of high-speed PCB, and EMI/RFI techniques to reduce noise
Analog Simulation
Software based mathematical simulation and modeling of electronic circuits and devices
Power Supply & Battery Charging
Linear, high speed switchers, popular battery chemistries
PCB Design
RF, Audio, Video, Low Noise, High Voltage and other custom applications
3D PCB Modeling
Low cost realistic visualization, planning, and placement of all board elements reduces costly spins
3D Printing
High quality in-house 3D printing to enable rapid design validation and short run production
FPGA and ASIC
Including RTL design, ASIC verification, synthesis & STA, physical design, DFT and validation
Hardening
We specialize in hardening electronics and enclosures
MANUFACTURING
Rapid Prototyping
Our Rev-Zero process produces quality quick-turn prototypes including material sourcing, and software bring-up
Turnkey Volume Production
No finger pointing. Procurement, fabrication, assembly, test and box build are managed by our team
Test Fixtures
We design, engineer, troubleshoot and maintain test fixtures, interfaces, and harnesses
High-Volume Design
Our designs are validated for volume, so our customers avoid costly rework, scrap, repair, and recall
Testability Design
Testability features designed into hardware to enable thorough manufacturing testing and design validation
Accelerated Life Testing
Temperature, humidity, voltage, shock, vibration, environmental testing validate the design and determine service life