We work across a wide variety of markets, helping our clients solve their hardest technical problems. Below are a few of the industries in which we work.
AI/ML
Automotive/Transportation
Consumer Electronics
Energy
Internet of Things (IoT)
Scientific Research
Semiconductor
Space
Telecom
Other Markets
Scientific Research
Cutting-edge research deserves to be supported by cutting-edge engineering. LeafLabs works with academic, government, and industry research labs to build custom research tools that are elegant, reliable, and a pleasure to use.
From specification to production to support, we can help you design novel experimental setups, taking advantage of state-of-the-art electronics and software. Spend your time thinking about research, and leave the engineering to us.
Consumer
LeafLabs got its start making the consumer oriented Maple microcontroller board. Since then, we've helped numerous clients develop thorough specifications, make critical architecture choices, iterate thorough prototypes, and help setup manufacturing pipelines.
Selected Industry Experience
Secure firmware updates to a quadcopter.
Embedded design and development for a novel air purifier start-up.
Technology
Technology companies live and die by their ability to innovate quickly. This often means significant investment in R&D and pushing the bounds of what's possible. We work with companies to augment and accelerate their R&D and development efforts, either by fully outsourcing projects or playing a fast turn support role. We help our clients think outside of the box and move faster than they're able to internally.
We've worked with companies in computer hardware, semiconductors, telecommunications, components, and peripherals sectors.
Selected Industry Experience
All things digital for Google's modular smartphone, Project Ara
FPGA design for process control equipment in the semiconductor industry
Transportation and Aerospace
The transportation sector is entering something of a renaissance. With the rapid movement towards autonomous vehicles in land, sea, and air, incorporating technologies like machine vision, low-cost radar, lidar, etc. is now commonplace in the design phase.
We help clients implement these forward looking technologies, as well as build secure platforms to allow system updates as algorithms change and security patches are made available.
Selected Industry Experience
A3 by Airbus' autonomous air-taxi, Project Vahana.
FPGA vehicle radar prototype.
Phased array prototyping for a next-gen radar system.
Internet of Things (IoT)
Internet connected products are well on the way to becoming ubiquitous. Now more than ever, companies are required to add their product to the Internet of Things (IoT) to stand out in a crowded market or simply to stay competitive. While this added connectivity allows for new features and ways to interact with the customer, the engineering work often falls outside of the company’s technical core competencies.
We can help you enable connectivity to the outside world through Ethernet, short range wireless (Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, or custom RF protocols), as well as long distance connections like cellular.
Selected Industry Experience
Bluetooth® connectivity for a consumer wearable.
Connected sensors for transoceanic grain shipment monitoring.
Security and Architecture assessment for a connected consumer product startup.
Bootloader implementation for emergency vehicle lighting.
Firmware development for performance and stadium special effects electronics.
Other Markets
If your work falls outside of the markets listed above, we're still very likely to able to help. We contribute to many other types of projects that come across our desks, ranging from technical art projects, medical devices, to IP research. We'd love to hear what you're working, on so please get in touch.
