Containerization for Embedded Systems
Your go-to expert for transforming traditional embedded development into a modern, secure, and highly efficient DevOps workflow. We empower you to deliver innovative products faster, from the edge to the core.
Your go-to expert for transforming traditional embedded development into a modern, secure, and highly efficient DevOps workflow. We empower you to deliver innovative products faster, from the edge to the core.
The container ecosystem is vast. Docker, Podman, LXC, K3s—which is right for you? Our experts analyze your product requirements, resource constraints, and security needs to define a winning containerization strategy and select the optimal technology stack.
Need to run containers on your custom hardware? We specialize in porting and hardening container runtimes like Docker, Podman, and containerd for any embedded Linux system, whether it's built with Yocto, Buildroot, or a custom distribution. We ensure the engine is optimized for your specific SoC.
We help you deconstruct monolithic legacy applications into manageable microservices. Our team expertly packages your applications, services, and all their dependencies into optimized, secure container images, ready for seamless deployment and updates.
Managing a fleet of devices? We help you deploy and manage container orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes, K3s, K0s, or MicroK8s on your edge devices. This enables automated deployment, scaling, healing, and sophisticated management of containerized workloads across your entire fleet.
Leverage containers for fail-safe, atomic Over-the-Air (OTA) updates. We design and implement pipelines that can update a single application container without affecting the rest of the system, or perform full system updates with automatic rollback capabilities, drastically reducing risk and downtime.
Eliminate "it works on my machine" issues forever. We containerize your entire cross-compilation toolchain and SDK. This provides your entire team with a consistent, version-controlled, and reproducible build environment, slashing onboarding time and eradicating environment-related bugs.
Uniform application behavior across development, testing, and production.
Independent containers prevent application conflicts.
Contained vulnerabilities safeguard the entire system.
Seamlessly adjust resources on resource-constrained devices.
Deploy containers across platforms without changes.
Lightweight containers share the host OS kernel, outperforming traditional VMs.
OTA updates and rollbacks with minimal disruption.
Our expertise spans the entire embedded containerization ecosystem. We are masters of the tools and platforms that matter.
Docker, Podman, containerd, runC
LXC (Linux Containers), LXD, systemd-nspawn, Snaps
Kubernetes (K8s), K3s, K0s, MicroK8s, Docker Swarm
Yocto Project, Buildroot, OpenWrt, Debian, Ubuntu
ARMv7, ARMv8/AArch64, ARMv9, x86-64, RISC-V
NXP i.MX Series, Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara, Broadcom BCM Series, Renesas R-Car, STMicroelectronics STM32MP1, Xilinx Zynq
Isolate critical functions (like ADAS) from non-critical ones (like infotainment). Deploy third-party apps in a sandboxed environment. Push secure OTA updates to individual Electronic Control Units (ECUs) without taking the vehicle offline. Embien helps automotive leaders build resilient, updatable, and secure in-vehicle software platforms.
Deploy an IIoT gateway that can securely run containerized applications from multiple vendors. Isolate a predictive maintenance algorithm from a factory logistics application, ensuring that a vulnerability in one cannot compromise the other or the underlying operational technology (OT) network.
Deploy and update AI/ML diagnostic models on medical devices in the field without lengthy re-certification processes. Containerization allows for the secure and isolated update of the "smarts" of the device, while the core, certified operating system remains untouched and validated.
Manage a nationwide fleet of thousands of smart retail kiosks. Push new features, update payment processing software, or change digital signage content by simply rolling out a new container version. Drastically simplify management and reduce operational costs.
Learn about some of the unique benefits our customers get, when working with us
We are not an IT company retrofitting solutions. We are embedded engineers at our core. We understand real-time constraints, hardware bring-up, cross-compilation, and the unique challenges of resource-constrained systems.
Security is not an afterthought. We build security into every layer, from hardening the host OS and minimizing container privileges to implementing image scanning and secure update mechanisms.
From a tiny ARM Cortex-A running a single LXC container to a powerful multi-core SoC orchestrating a K3s cluster, we have done it all. Our cross-platform and cross-architecture expertise is second to none.
We work as an extension of your team. Our agile development process ensures transparency, flexibility, and a final product that is perfectly aligned with your vision.
Our partnership doesn't end at deployment. We provide ongoing support, maintenance, and consultation to ensure your containerized system remains secure, efficient, and scalable for its entire lifecycle.
Challenge: A leading fleet management company required a robust telematics solution to monitor vehicle performance and driver behaviour in real-time.
Solution: Embien developed a custom telematics unit with 4G connectivity, GPS tracking, and CAN bus integration, paired with a cloud-based analytics platform.
Results:
Twenty-three percent reduction in maintenance costs
Seventeen percent improvement in fuel efficiency
Deployment across 2,500+ vehicles
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Our experts are ready to help you assess your needs, define a roadmap, and unlock the power of containerization for your embedded systems.