Software & FPGA
Development Services
We're your partner for complex FPGA design and embedded software development projects.
Areas of Expertise
Software Development
The vital spark for your device
Most electronic devices depend on software for their full functionality. This includes embedded software directly running inside the device itself, as well as external software used to communicate and interact with the device for testing and calibration purposes. Our services cover the full range of embedded and application software development.
- Embedded software targeting bare-metal, RTOS, and Linux
- Application software for Linux and Windows
- Complete software life cycle, including architecture, implementation, testing, and maintenance
FPGA Design
Fast, efficient, correct – no compromises
For many applications, FPGAs offer a cost-efficient and flexible alternative to custom ASICs. Their development demands a specialized skillset overlapping hardware design and software development. Our services cover the complete set of FPGA design steps, from architectural planning to implementation, verification, board bring-up, and iterative modifications and improvements.
- RTL design in VHDL, verification, board bring-up
- Hardware/software co-design for System on Chip (SoC) devices
- Xilinx FPGA and SoC devices
- Microsemi/Microchip ProASIC, RT ProASIC, and RTAX devices
Spaceflight Engineering
Beyond Earth's atmosphere
Satellite subsystems represent an important application for FPGAs due to their great flexibility and potential for radiation hardness and tolerance. Compared to FPGA design for Earth-bound use cases, spaceflight electronics require another level of care and thoroughness. Our services cover the entire process of spaceflight FPGA design, including verification and documentation according to ESA standards.
- High-reliability FPGA design for spaceflight applications
- Extensive experience with the relevant ECSS standards, including ECSS-E-ST-10-02, ECSS-E-ST-50-12, ECSS-E-ST-50-52, and ECSS-Q-ST-60-02
About Us
A short tour through our company
Our Vision
Modern high-tech products are characterized by increasingly complex interactions between sensors, processors, and actuators of various kinds. These embedded systems depend on ever more sophisticated software to satisfy performance and reliability requirements. At xq-Tec, we have made it our mission to help you achieve these goals. We strive to not only meet your needs, but to exceed your expectations and to deliver outstanding solutions.
Our Approach
At xq-Tec, we believe in each individual member of our team. We trust that every one of us is motivated and capable of working independently and efficiently without constant oversight. Our policy of 100% remote/distributed has produced excellent results, and we are confident that we will continue to deliver – and even surpass – the quality of work which our clients have come to expect from us.
Our Process
With xq-Tec, you have a partner that supports you from day one. We work closely with our clients to understand their needs, their constraints, and their goals. We know that these differ from project to project, so we tailor our solution to your individual problem. During the life cycle of a project, we stay in frequent contact to give feedback and to immediately react to changing requirements.
Selected Projects
Highlights from our portfolio
Oil & Gas Industry
Embedded System Port and Redesign
2024–2026
Porting and re-designing an embedded system from C++ to Rust. New configuration formats, communication architecture, framework for port.
Automotive
High-performance IPC Components
2025
Development of libraries for high-performance Inter-Process Communication with focus on automotive middleware. Portable data structures in Rust and C++, DSL parser, ASIL B/QM.
Aerospace
FPGA Design for Satellite Subsystem
2022–2025
Design, implementation, and verification of an FPGA design for controlling analog electronics of a satellite subsystem. DC motors, stepper motors, sensor data, closed-loop control, ESA/ECSS standards.
Automotive
3D Lidar Visualization Software
2020–2023
Analysis and visualization software for a Lidar sensor. GPU-accelerated 3D point cloud, Vulkan shaders, realtime filters, FFmpeg video encoding.
Automotive
PetaLinux Development
2023
PetaLinux-based Linux system for AMD Versal platform. 10G-Ethernet IP bring-up, kernel driver debugging, U-Boot scripts.
Automotive
Embedded Linux for Sensor
2019–2022
Build and boot system for embedded Linux on a Lidar sensor: build scripts, kernel drivers, U-Boot, Ethernet PHY/MAC drivers, Buildroot-based Linux.
