Computerguided Systems is an engineering partner for embedded and high-tech electronics development. We work with companies at the earliest stage of a product, when an idea or a draft specification needs to become a project that can actually be quoted, planned, and built.
Before a complex electronics product can be designed, built, or quoted with confidence, somebody has to do the unglamorous work of figuring out what it actually has to do: what the user expects, how it must behave, how it will be tested, what it will cost, and what could go wrong. That work is what we do.
We translate customer ideas, draft specifications, and concept documents into structured, agreed-upon requirements; into a system architecture that has been evaluated for feasibility; into a design risk analysis that confronts the things that might fail; and into a development plan that the customer and our team can both defend.
The work is organised into four phases, each one a short, self-contained engagement with its own deliverable. After each phase you decide whether to continue with us, take the deliverable in-house, or engage someone else.
From customer concept to a defensible development plan, and how each phase translates into the next, and why each one earns its place.
If you recognise yourself in any of these, the next step is probably a short conversation.
You have an idea (sketches, a slide deck, a meeting note) and you want to know whether it can be built, what it would cost, and what it would take to ship. You need someone to translate the concept into something concrete enough to plan.
You already have a Customer Requirements Specification (CRS), formal or informal, and you want it reviewed, structured, and turned into something development teams can quote against. Often the document feels complete but isn't yet defensible as a contract.
You need a project plan and an estimate you can stand behind in front of a board or a customer, grounded in real architecture, real components, and real risk analysis, not a top-down guess. You need the work that justifies the number.
Each phase produces a concrete deliverable you can review and approve before committing to the next. No long-term contracts, no all-or-nothing engagements.
Translate your CRS or concept into a structured Product Requirements Specification: what the product must do, from the user's perspective.
Translate product requirements into technical system requirements, evaluate feasibility, define the architecture, and confront design risks early.
For products bound for volume production: capture manufacturability, supply chain, and lifecycle requirements before costly redesigns become necessary.
Consolidate the outputs of all previous phases into a concrete development plan and project estimation, grounded in evidence, not guesses.
A 15-page visual summary of how we approach requirements analysis for embedded products. Useful for sharing with colleagues, presenting to a board, or just keeping on file.
The cost-of-change argument, the three core principles, the four-phase framework, and a visual walk-through of each phase, from PRS to development plan.
Download the blueprint ↓In embedded systems and high-tech electronics, the cost of a misunderstood requirement grows from hours to months as a project progresses. A respin, a re-certification, or a missed integration target can cost more than the entire requirements phase several times over.
The disciplined work we do up front is not a delay. It's the work that makes the rest of development predictable.
