Industries · Measurement & laboratory technology
A reading decides a batch, a diagnosis, an invoice. That is what we develop electronics and firmware for in measuring, test and laboratory instruments, pre-test EMC in-house and test every assembly at the end of the line.
Triggers
The predecessor has measured reliably for fifteen years, components are discontinued, and the customer wants to see the instrument on the lab network. The successor needs new electronics, an interface to LADS OPC UA or SiLA and an update path the Cyber Resilience Act now requires.
Meters and scales used for billing fall under legal metrology. The legally relevant part must be separated from the rest of the instrument, in hardware or in software, and every change to it touches the type approval.
Every assembly needs programming, a functional test and adjustment at the end of the line, with a record per serial number. For small and medium quantities the cost per tested assembly has to stay affordable.
Regulation
Electrical safety for measurement, control and laboratory equipment: creepage distances, protection class, insulation. We design the circuit to it and deliver the evidence.
EMC for the same class of equipment; sensitive analogue circuitry must withstand interference and emit none. We measure alongside development in-house; the test laboratory receives an instrument that has already passed once.
Applies to every instrument with a network, radio or USB data interface; medical devices are exempt, measuring instruments are not. Reporting obligations since 11 September 2026, product requirements from 11 December 2027. Monitoring vulnerabilities and providing updates is what we take on for as long as the instrument is on the market.
For in-vitro diagnostics we deliver the development documentation to IEC 62304.
Instruments used for billing need a type approval. The legally relevant part is separated, identifiable and updatable under WELMEC 7.2. We split the architecture in hardware or software so that a change to the free part does not touch the approval.
We work to these standards and regulations.
A reading is a promise. The electronics keep it.
Measurement & Laboratory Technology
Mobile measuring instrument with customer-specific analogue signal conditioning, battery operation and touch control; software on Buildroot with our own Linux drivers.
Measurement & Laboratory Technology
A complete relaunch of the Disc Remover in-vitro diagnostics device: EMC-optimised housing design, new electronics, new embedded software on our own framework semf.
Measurement & Laboratory Technology
Hardware development for the new device generation of a process measuring device that operates in explosive atmospheres. Seven types of protection in one device, an extensive specification, and a development process that plans for review by the client and the certification body from the start.
Matching building blocks
Programming, testing and adjusting every assembly at the end of the line. Results go straight into the ERP system over the network.
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Handheld or benchtop instrument on the qdSOM module, with Buildroot as Linux base. Your team builds the measurement application; the board project is gone.
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Buildroot-based Linux with a mainline LTS kernel. Brings the device side for updates, logging and certificates with it.
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Fleet overview, updates and remote access for connected devices. Hosted in Europe or on your own infrastructure.
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Requirements, architecture and system boundaries before the first board exists.
Analogue, power and high-speed electronics, laid out for ten years of component availability.
Firmware, embedded Linux and the application on top, for devices with a long field life.
Recognising patterns and anomalies in measurement series, on the device or across the whole fleet.
Unit tests through EMC measurement, with reports you can present in an audit.
Safety concept, safety requirements and the path to the certificate.
Secure boot, signed updates and vulnerability management across the field life.
Frequent questions
Yes, with qdTest for small and medium quantities or as a custom rig. Test sequence, limits and record come from us.
Yes, as soon as it has a network, radio or USB data interface. The exemption for medical devices does not apply to measuring instruments. We clarify at the outset which requirements affect your instrument.
No, not ourselves. We pre-test alongside development in-house; the approval measurement runs at the accredited laboratory, with an instrument that rarely surprises there.
Next step
Describe the instrument, the measurement task and your schedule. We will tell you how we would approach the project and where we see risks for approval and series production. The evaluation up to a budgetary price is free of charge.
