Custom FPGA Design & Development

LeafLabs builds tailored FPGA solutions for real-time processing, low-latency control, and hardware acceleration across industries from neurotech to aerospace.

 FPGA Services

We offer a full range of FPGA development services, from HDL design and simulation to system-level integration and application-specific acceleration. Whether you're building high-throughput pipelines, optimizing for timing closure, or integrating embedded firmware, our team can help.

  • HDL development (Verilog, VHDL, Spinal HDL)

  • Vivado/ISE project design and IP integration

  • Firmware development for FPGA-based systems (C/C++)

  • Simulation, testbench design, verification

  • Timing closure and performance optimization

  • Debugging and hardware bring-up

  • High-level synthesis (HLS)

  • FPGA-based acceleration for computer vision and radar

  • Integration with AI toolchains

 
 

FPGA Design Expertise

Our team brings deep expertise in FPGA architecture and system-level design for demanding applications in vision, signal processing, and high-throughput compute. We specialize in crafting reliable, low-latency hardware pipelines that push performance while meeting tight power and timing constraints.

  • High-speed interface design (PCIe, Ethernet, LVDS, DDR)

  • Custom ASIC and peripheral integration

  • Digital signal processing (DSP) for control, comms, and sensing

  • Neural network inference engines on FPGAs

  • FPGA acceleration for image processing and object recognition AI and ML pipelines

  • Real-time streaming data pipelines

  • Soft-core and hard-core SoC development (e.g., Zynq, Nios II)

  • Timing optimization and resource-efficient design

  • Clock domain crossing and verification strategies

FPGA Tools

We support a wide range of FPGA development tools and platforms, including Xilinx, Intel (Altera), and Lattice ecosystems—along with industry-standard simulation, soft-core processing, and model-based design environments.

FPGA Platforms & Families

  • Xilinx: Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, Virtex, Kintex, Artix, Spartan

  • Intel (Altera): Arria, Cyclone

  • Lattice: Lattice Diamond-compatible devices

Toolchains & IDEs

  • Xilinx Vivado, ISE

  • Intel Quartus/Prime, Qsys

  • Lattice Diamond

Languages & Frameworks

  • Verilog, VHDL, SpinalHDL

  • MicroBlaze (Xilinx soft-core processor)

  • MATLAB/Simulink

Simulation & Verification

  • ModelSim, iVerilog (Icarus Verilog)

  • ChipScope, SignalTap (on-chip debugging)

 

FPGA Case Studies

1024-Channel Ephys Recordings

Communicating concurrently with as many as 32 industry-standard neural amplifier chips. 

Google’s Modular Smartphone

LeafLabs was responsible for digital development; including all firmware and FPGA development on Project Ara.

High-Res Lightfield Microscopy

LeafLabs uses FPGAs to extract 15 gigabytes of data per second out of a cubic millimeter of larval zebrafish brain.

LeafLabs provides best-in-class custom FPGA design and development for all applications.

We are one of the industry's leading FPGA contract engineering firms. For more than a decade, our talented and experienced FPGA consultants have worked on a broad range of projects with clients ranging from startups to researchers to Fortune 500 companies.

We pride ourselves on excellent designs, quick execution, and being a pleasure to work with.

 

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From HDL to deployment, our FPGA solutions integrate custom logic, intelligent data pipelines, and tight firmware coordination—built for real-world performance and edge-ready automation.