Clients & case studies

Personalised engineering support for companies large and small

Who we work with

Three people sitting around a conference table in a meeting room, with a woman in the foreground and two men facing her. One man wears glasses and a light blue shirt, the other has gray hair and a dark sweater. There are notebooks, a remote, coffee cups, and a glass of water on the table. A large screen displays a digital interface behind them.

Most of our clients are based in the UK, although we provide end-to-end design and embedded software development to companies as far away as North America.

We work across several industry sectors, including: diagnostics and lab devices; robotics and automation; consumer electronics; and MedTech. Our team has particular expertise in working with sensors, IoT-connected devices, and industrial robots.

Our Clients

  • Team Consulting Logo
  • SPORTABLE logo in white capital letters.
  • MoM logo in green
  • DEXORY logo in navy blue.
  • The logo of Audoo featuring the brand name in black lowercase letters with an infinity symbol.
  • Logo for Scuba TX, a company specializing in organ preservation technologies, featuring bubbles above the text on a dark background.
  • Close-up of a control panel with a fuel gauge, showing a nearly full tank, and a battery icon with a low charge indicator.
  • Logo of Accunea Bio Analytics with a circular design in purple, teal, and dark purple next to the company name in purple and light blue text.
  • Bodytrak logo
  • Recipharm logo with a stylized leaf above the letter 'i' on a blue background.
  • Control Technologies UK logo featuring a blue and orange hexagon logo with the company name in bold blue letters and orange tagline below.
  • The logo of AVIRE, a company or brand.

  • "Adam and the team at Ripcord have provided a very professional and diligent service in the complex design of our new hardware solution."

    – Leon Marsh, Founder & CEO, Bodytrak

  • "Our experience working with Ripcord on PCB designs and prototype manufacturing has been nothing short of exceptional."

    – James Hennessey, CTO, Hypermile

  • "Adam and his team have a huge amount of technical knowledge and practical field experience – the result is clear cut advice and solutions that work."

    – Gordon Sumner, Founder, Prowire Sport

  • "Ripcord are the real deal and we’re lucky to be working with them."

    – Scott Jennings, Managing Director, Control Technologies

Case Study:

Live Audio Streaming

Technical guidance & product development for ProWire streaming service

ProWire improves the fan experience at sports events by enabling attendees to listen to live audio from players, the referee, and commentators from their mobile phones, in real-time.

The challenge

We were approached by ProWire when they first had the idea for their live audio streaming service. They had a great business model but lacked the in-house technical expertise to fully execute their vision.

Our process

Initially, we carried out a feasibility study for the project and produced a detailed technical report describing how a very low latency streaming service could work.

ProWire then engaged us to design and build a fully functional prototype of the streaming service, including custom hardware and software.

The results

ProWire carried out successful in-venue trials and client demonstrations and won new business as a result.

We have continued to work with ProWire as they have developed their streaming technology into a fully scalable platform capable of operating in some of the largest venues in the USA and Canada.

Prowire logo with red and black color scheme and soundwave graphic.

Case Study:

Environmental Monitoring System

    • Feasibility Study,

    • Electronics Design,

    • Embedded C development,

    • Embedded Linux development

  • The client has a background in building management, and they identified ways to automate various labour-intensive regulatory monitoring requirements. While the client developed a sophisticated front-end software solution in-house, they lacked the skills and bandwidth to develop the remote data-gathering electronics hardware.

  • Item descripOver three years and eleven projects, Ripcord supported the client with electronics design and embedded software development as they built an ecosystem of IoT environmental monitoring products. Our team stepped in to help fill skills or personnel gaps whenever the client needed it.  We designed PCBs, wrote software and provided embedded Linux support.

  • The client has a complete and robust IoT environmental monitoring system supporting their clients to save money. We are glad to have helped them get their product to market and enjoyed being part of their team during the exciting days while they scaled up their business.

Case Study:

Connected Auto-Injector

    • Consulting,

    • Design Reviews,

    • Electronics Design,

    • Embedded Software,

    • Prototyping & Test

  • The client is a large pharmaceutical CDMO with an in-house team of mechanical and industrial design engineers.  For their new Smart Auto-Injector project, they needed outside expertise in medical electronics and software development.

  • Ripcord worked with the client's in-house team, providing ad-hoc electronics consulting during the initial phase of the project as they worked on several novel sensing concepts to enable automated monitoring and logging of drug delivery to the patient.

    Following the initial consulting phase, Ripcord was contracted to develop two concepts into “works-like” prototypes, including electronics design and embedded software development, prototyping and test.

  • Ripcord continued to work with the client for the full length of the project, helping them successfully evaluate, develop and test their preferred concepts. The lead concept was a success and provided valuable new IP for the client.