IDEA → PROTOTYPE → PRODUCT

Engineering ideas into real products.

Hamster Bay Technologies helps startups, innovators, and businesses turn concepts into working electronic prototypes—combining hardware, embedded systems, software, microcontrollers, and long-range communications under one roof.

Rapid PrototypingEmbedded SystemsIoT & LoRaSoftware + Hardware
Engineering workflow from idea and design through prototyping, field testing, and real connected products
IDEAEngineering workflow

From the first sketch to a field-ready prototype, we bridge the gap between imagination and engineering.

WHAT WE BUILD

Full-stack product prototyping

One engineering partner across the layers that make modern connected products work.

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Electronic Hardware

Proof-of-concept electronics, sensor integration, circuit architecture, component selection, PCB planning, power systems and prototype assembly.

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Embedded & Microcontrollers

Firmware and embedded development using ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico, Arduino-class platforms and other MCU ecosystems.

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Software Development

Device-side software, desktop tools, APIs, data pipelines, dashboards, databases and cloud-connected applications.

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Long-Range Communications

LoRa and wireless system design for remote sensors, telemetry, mesh concepts, gateways and field communications.

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IoT & Sensor Systems

Connected sensing products that collect, transmit, store and visualize real-world data—from environmental sensing to automation.

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Prototype Integration

Mechanical/electronic integration, testing, iteration and refinement to turn separate technologies into one demonstrable product.

HOW WE WORK

A practical path from concept to prototype

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Discover

Define the problem, users, environment, constraints and what the prototype must prove.

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Architect

Select the hardware, communications, software stack and system architecture.

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Prototype

Build the electronics, firmware and software into a functional proof of concept.

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Test & Iterate

Validate behavior, range, reliability and usability, then improve the design.

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Prepare to Scale

Document the prototype and identify the engineering steps toward a production-ready product.

ENGINEERING RANGE

Built for ideas that cross disciplines.

Electronic products rarely fit into one box. We work across hardware and software so the whole system can be designed together.

ESP32Raspberry Pi / PicoArduinoLoRaWi‑Fi / BLEGPSSensorsPythonC / C++DatabasesAPIsEdge AI
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ABOUT HAMSTER BAY

Small team. Broad engineering perspective.

Hamster Bay Technologies is a startup focused on helping clients move from “I have an idea” to “I have something that works.” We are especially interested in connected devices, sensing, embedded intelligence, field communications and products that combine physical hardware with useful software.

Our goal is not to over-engineer the first version. It is to build the right prototype to answer the important questions, learn quickly, and create a clear path forward.

START A PROJECT

Have an idea you want to make real?

Tell us what you want to build, what it needs to do, and where you are in the process. We’ll help turn the concept into an engineering plan.

981 Industrial Rd Ste H, San Carlos, CA 94070
ellablerobotics@gmail.com · 415-341-7099

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