Custom silicon for demanding automotive sub-systems.
Harmonie Design Labs develops application-specific integrated circuits and electronic solutions for automotive sub-systems where temperature exposure, compact integration, stable performance, and long product lifecycles shape the design.
Our current focus is on non-safety-critical applications, including auxiliary sensing, body and comfort electronics, near-engine instrumentation, and component-level control functions.
Industry Overview
Automotive electronics must perform consistently across repeated thermal cycles, changing supply conditions, vibration, restricted board space, and long service periods.
The challenge is not only surviving the environment. Electrical behaviour, timing, calibration, communication, and power consumption must remain predictable throughout the intended lifecycle.
Harmonie Design Labs supports automotive engineering teams with custom silicon and electronic architectures developed around these system-level constraints.
Application Areas
Near-Engine and Underhood Electronics
Custom IC and electronic solutions for modules positioned close to heat sources, where temperature exposure and limited cooling influence the complete design.
Auxiliary Sensor Electronics
Application-specific electronics for non-safety-critical sensing, monitoring, calibration, and signal-processing functions across vehicle sub-systems.
Body and Comfort Systems
Digital, embedded, and control functions for body electronics, convenience features, actuator control, and localized electronic modules.
Vehicle Instrumentation and Diagnostics
Custom electronics for measurement, monitoring, configuration, diagnostics, and data acquisition within non-safety-critical automotive systems.
At a glance
Industry profile
| Primary applications | Near-engine and underhood electronics, auxiliary sensor interfaces, body and comfort systems, instrumentation |
|---|---|
| Key requirements | High-temperature stability, thermal cycling endurance, long-term supply, lifetime characterization |
| Operating environment | Underhood ambient temperatures, continuous thermal cycling and vibration, fifteen-year product lifetimes |
| Relevant capabilities | High-Temperature IC Design, Verification, Lab Validation, ASIC Design |
Designed around the vehicle lifecycle
Automotive electronics must continue to perform across years of temperature changes, operating cycles, electrical variation, and mechanical stress.
This requires coordinated decisions across silicon architecture, physical implementation, firmware, interfaces, packaging, and validation.
Harmonie Design Labs supports the development of non-safety-critical automotive electronics from initial requirements through measured system performance.
Important Scope Note:
Our current automotive work is focused on non-safety-critical sub-systems and component-level applications.
Projects requiring ASIL-rated development, ISO 26262 process compliance, or specific automotive qualification programs must be evaluated separately according to the required certification and program scope.
