Electronic Redesign Service
Need Help With Electronic Redesign Projects?
Is your product facing obsolescence or component shortages? Or is your product design in need of an update? ByteSnap’s engineering experts are here to help you navigate the challenges of electronic design and software development.
Overcoming Obsolescence Challenges
When key components are hard to find or your product needs optimising, the prospect of redesigning may seem overwhelming. But without making updates to your design, your product risks becoming obsolete or faces production delays. You may then lose market share, miss sales opportunities, or compromise your competitive edge in this fast-paced industry.
Innovative Solutions for Product Longevity
At ByteSnap, we offer:
- Fast turnaround on redesign projects, minimising downtime and accelerating your time to market
- Expertise across multiple microcontroller families and components, ensuring the best replacement solutions
- Seamless integration of hardware and software solutions with both teams working side-by-side
- Flexible support tailored to your specific needs, whether you require full project support or assistance for your in-house team
Your Trusted Redesign Partner
ByteSnap is reliable and knowledgeable, with over 17 years experience in electronic design and software development. As an award-winning engineering consultancy, we are trusted by companies across the UK and beyond to deliver exceptional results.
Our combined hardware and software expertise ensures we understand the complex challenges of electronic redesign. We’ve worked with many different microcontroller families and have extensive experience with obscure and hard-to-find components, making us the ideal partner for your redesign project.
Strategic Approach to Product Redesign
Our redesign process ensures your project’s success:
- Assess your project requirements and identify the best replacement components or solutions
- Develop custom hardware and/or software tailored to your specific needs
- Integrate seamlessly with existing systems, minimising changes to critical circuitry
Achieving Product Excellence
With ByteSnap’s redesign service, you can:
- Accelerate your time to market with fast turnaround times
- Enhance your product’s performance and longevity with optimised design
- Stay ahead of the competition with innovative solutions for your product
Risks of Neglecting Redesign
Without a proper redesign strategy, you’ll miss out on market opportunities due to outdated technology, or face interruptions in your production line.
Don’t let these challenges hold your product back. Instead, avoid costly production delays, recalls, and performance issues that will leave your customers dissatisfied.
Our Comprehensive Electronic Redesign Services
1. Replacing Obsolete or Hard-to-Find Components
- Microcontroller (MCU) / ARM processor replacement
- ‘Drop-in alternative’ component sourcing
- Migrating from one product family to another
- Updating software to work with new Hardware
2. Product Optimisations
- Upgrading components for better performance and cost-efficiency
- Improving features or performance
- Enhancing product capabilities while maintaining compatibility
3. Complete PCB Redesign
- Maintaining mechanical footprint where required
- Working around critical circuitry
4. Software Development
- Firmware porting and driver development
- Upgrading embedded software, drivers, and Board Support Package
- Custom application development
- ATEX and intrinsically safe design updates
- Low power wireless design modifications
Why Choose ByteSnap?
ByteSnap offers a combination of hardware and software expertise, with both teams working side-by-side on projects. Our broad market experience across multiple sectors allows us to bring innovative solutions to your redesign project.
Priding ourselves on our flexible and adaptable approach, we tailor our services to suit your needs. Whether you require full project support or assistance for your in-house team, we can help. Our experience with obscure and hard-to-find components means we can tackle even the most challenging projects.
With ByteSnap, you’ll benefit from fast turnaround times and reduced time-to-market, giving you a competitive edge in your industry.
Electronic Redesign Case Study:
Obsolete Processor Replacement & Security Device Redesign
Challenge
Component obsolescence: A Renesas Microprocessor had become obsolete in a security device.
Solution
ByteSnap’s team was approached to redesign the existing product line, with the primary goal of replacing the obsolete chip. The obsolete processor was swapped to a newer equivalent from the same manufacturer, which reduced the impact on the software.
In addition to the processor change, ByteSnap used the opportunity to carry out a wider redesign of the schematics and BOM. The battery backup circuitry was altered to increase the period of time the unit could operate when mains power was removed.
During the redesign of the mature PCBs, a balance was found between allowing for circuit updates where required, while leaving critical circuitry unchanged to reduce risk. Particularly in EMC critical parts of the board, ByteSnap ensured that the PCB layout was impacted as little as possible.
Critically, the mechanical footprint of the PCB was kept identical to the original design, ensuring that no modifications were required to the mechanics of the system.
Benefits
Having worked with ByteSnap – a specialist electronics design company with extensive experience of redesign projects – the client can now deliver an updated product with minimal impact to production.
Ready to Revitalise Your Product?
Whether your key component has become obsolete, you can no longer source a chip and don’t know what to use instead, or you’ve bought replacement parts and need someone to modify your design, ByteSnap can help.
FAQs - Electronic Redesign Services
1. Why might I need an electronic redesign service?
You might need a redesign service if key components in your existing product are becoming obsolete or difficult to source. Redesign can also help update your product with improved features or performance, or to comply with evolving industry standards.
2. What are the key benefits of electronic product redesign?
Key benefits include extending product lifespan, mitigating obsolescence, improving performance, reducing manufacturing costs, and ensuring compliance with new regulations or standards. Redesign can also offer opportunities for feature enhancements.
3. What types of components can be replaced during a redesign?
Our redesign services can replace a wide range of components, including sensors, microcontrollers (MCUs), Application processors, FPGAs and other integrated circuits. We can source ‘drop-in’ alternatives or migrate to different product families, updating the software as needed.
4. What if my original microcontroller is no longer available?
If your original microcontroller is obsolete or hard to find, ByteSnap can help you migrate to a suitable replacement. This may involve porting your existing software or developing new software to ensure compatibility.
5. Can a redesign improve my product's performance?
Yes, a redesign can just increase the memory to allow for new features, or improve your product’s performance by upgrading components to faster, more efficient alternatives. We can often optimise the schematic and PCB design to enhance overall performance.
6. How quickly can ByteSnap complete an electronic redesign project?
ByteSnap offers fast turnaround times for electronic redesign projects. Our experienced team are able to work on several areas concurrently including electronics design, FPGA work, embedded firmware, application and BSP. This can accelerate a project that is many man years of work into a 9-12 month project.
7. How does ByteSnap ensure minimal impact on my existing product design during a redesign?
We strive to minimise changes to the mechanical footprint of the PCB and critical circuitry during the redesign process. This helps reduce the risk of compatibility issues and ensures that the redesigned product integrates seamlessly with existing systems.