Hallsten Innovations

Custom Electronic and Software Solutions that are Built To-Spec, Within Budget, and On-Time

Design Experience and Capabilities

Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Turnkey edge device Product Design (ID, ME, EE, SW) through Production
  • Industrial loT Product Development and Smart Connectivity Integration
  • Expertise at getting data from Device to Cloud and provid­ing value adding Insights and Management
  • Smart Home and loT Platform integration (Apple, Google, Amazon, ThingWorx, Oracle, etc)
  • Rapid Prototyping/ Proof of Concept services
Project Management
  • Project Planning and Scope Management: Scheduling change control, budget tracking and control...
  • Project Risk Assessment and Management
  • Pro-Active Client Communication: Status reports, weekly calls, web based meetings, time logs, screen shares, cloud file sharing ...
  • Project Resource Planning & Management
  • Very Capable PMs: Assigned to all projects
RF Design and Compliance
  • Cellular Design: Cellular design experience in 2G / 3G / LTE / M1 / NB-IOT. Verizon and major module provider partnerships. We'll design to and work with all net­works around the world...
  • Standards-Based Radios: ZigBee® / 802.15.4, Blue­tooth®, Bluetooth Smart (BLE), Bluetooth Smart Ready (Dual Mode), 6LoWPAN, MiWi, Z-wave, Wi-Fi, GPRS/GSM, many others ...
  • Antennas: Design of custom antennas, multi-band, PCB antenna design, path loss measurements, link budget analysis, RFID, NFC, LTE ...
  • Compliance: FCC, IEC, CE Marking, RoHS, WEEE, UL, ETL, TUV, PTCRB / CTIA for cellular compliance. Pre­compliance testing and partnerships with test houses to speed up testing and filing ...
Electrical and PCB Design
  • System Design: Technology analysis, architectures, block diagrams and standards conformity ...
  • Circuit Design: Analog, digital, RF, schematics, simula­tions, BOMs, USB, battery, low-power and low-noise, instrumentation and control systems, DDR3, PSTN, memory interfaces, video, audio, CODECs, line­ar/switching power supplies, microcontroller, ARM® DSPs, memory and touchscreen displays, and many oth­ers ...
  • Testing and Design Verification: Prescreening and coor­dination of compliance testing for FCC Part 15 and FCC Part 68, CE, EMC, safety requirements and environmen­tal requirements ...
  • Factory Interfaces and Documentation: Design for manufacturability and testability with documentation for production including schematics, BOMs, printed cir­cuit board, assembly instructions ...
  • Sensor Selection: Accelerometer, temperature, humidi­ty, remote temperature sensing, leak detection, range finding, water quality, and many others ...
  • Harsh Environment Design: Design for industrial appli­cations, IPX rating, conformal coating, battery selection and lifetime analysis, design for +125C environments, design for OBD and automotive environments, HALT testing, shock and vibration safe design ...
Software Design
  • System Design: Architecture and development of firm­ware systems using assembly, C, C++, Java and many other languages up the software stack ...
  • Microcontroller Firmware / Operating Systems: 8/16/32-bit Systems, Embedded Linux, Android, mbed™, ARM®, and many others ...
  • RF/ Wireless Firmware: Bluetooth®, ZigBee® 802.15.4, Wi-Fi, GPS, LPWAN, cellular, custom radio protocols, and many others ...
  • Microcontroller Applications: Real-time operating sys­tems, low-power operation, display drivers, touch screens, capacitive touch interfaces, in-application pro­gramming, VoIP, embedded Internet, hardware drivers, memory management, serial buses, motor control, ac­celerometers and other sensors, and many others ...
  • DSP Algorithms / Applications: Audio, video, voice, speakerphone, echo cancellation, AGC, EQ filters, FIR/IIR filters, and many others ...
  • Low power design: Optimized firmware and battery characterization to guarantee performance over multi­ple years of life ...
  • Cloud Integration: Experience with AWS, Google and Microsoft Azure. Partnerships with major analytic play­ers to do things like predictive failure ...
  • App development: UI/UX, Web app, iOS, and Android designers and developers on staff to ease system con­nectivity and data integration ...
Industrial and M.E. Design
  • Industrial Design: Concept drawings and 3D renders, ergonomic design, user interaction study and design ...
  • Mechanical Engineering: Enclosure design, electro-me­chanical design, die cut/stamped parts ...
  • Plastics: Design, 3D printing, injection molding, light pipe design, ultrasonic welding ...
  • Design for Manufacturing: Tooling review, design for assembly, BOM reduction and management...
Other Services
  • Intellectual Property Analysis
  • Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Contract Manufacturing Support: Initial prototypes build support in Chicago managed locally at mHUB office, once scaling we have relationships in the USA and overseas ...
  • Prototype Fabrication: Access to $2M in prototyping equipment at our mHUB based Chicago office including: 3- axis CNC, SMT Line, Nylon and Resin high resolution 3D printer, electrical test equipment, environmental test chambers, vacuum forming, and many others ...