Edge AI and computer vision
Models that run where the camera or sensor is, not in a data centre three hops away — and the hardware sized to run them.
We design the board, the code on it, and everything it talks to.
ACETAS is an engineering design bureau in Zagreb. One team takes hardware-to-cloud systems from concept through production and certification — for clients, and for products of our own.
From hardware to software, we can build anything.
01Hardware
Custom hardware.
Embedded and sensor systems for digital and analogue signals — research, schematic, layout, prototyping, procurement, certification and production setup.
02Firmware
Firmware on the metal.
Deterministic, high-assurance firmware written for the exact board it runs on, its timing budget and its operating constraints.
03Pipelines
Data pipelines.
Telemetry integrations and secure transport, so data moves from the edge device to the core network in real time and arrives intact.
04Backends
Backends that stay up.
Highly available architectures for real throughput and real business logic — on your own infrastructure or on AWS and Azure.
05Interfaces
Interfaces people use.
Web and mobile applications that turn complex telemetry into something an operator can read at a glance and act on.
06DevOps
DevOps, in-house.
Infrastructure and CI/CD built for integrity, continuity and reliability, with security and compliance designed in rather than audited on.
07Security
Security is the shell.
Zero-trust design from the physical hardware up to the application layer. Not a feature added at the end — the casing everything else sits inside.
01–07Full stack
Engineered as one.
Seven layers, one team, no handoffs. Because we design the board, the firmware, the pipeline, the cloud and the interface together, every boundary between them is engineered — not negotiated between vendors.
We also build our own.
Alongside client work, ACETAS develops proprietary products — the same end-to-end capability, turned inward. It is the reason we think like owners rather than a vendor: we carry our own systems from first schematic to certification, and live with the consequences. Current fields of work:
Information systems
The platforms that collect what devices see and make it usable: storage, processing, and the operator's view of it.
Secure industrial gateways
Hardware that sits at the boundary of an industrial network, where the security properties have to be built into the construction.
The experience behind the bureau.
Our own R&D first, then selected engineering from our team's background — across embedded hardware, applied AI and secure infrastructure. This is the depth we bring to every engagement.
W-01Own R&D · Hardware · OT security
Industrial cybersecurity monitoring gateway
A DIN-rail device that watches industrial networks — including the legacy machines on them that cannot be patched. Designed end to end in Zagreb: the enclosure, both boards, the firmware, and the platform it reports to. Manufactured by ASIGS d.o.o.
Status
In development. Passive by design: it watches the network and never sits in the control loop.
W-02Hardware · Embedded
Ultra-compact biomedical PCBA
An ultra-low-power respiratory-rate measurement device for an early-stage startup. Extreme space constraints solved with a high-density toroidal PCB with integrated chassis cut-outs for the battery — reaching the required density with standard packages rather than BGA, so the board stays inspectable and reworkable.
Outcome
A manufacturable, highly non-standard form factor running reliably inside a strict biomedical power budget.
W-03AI · Backend · Interface
Media compliance engine
A legacy web platform for media-rights and sponsorship-compliance evaluation at a sports-media analytics firm, modernised and given a computer-vision pipeline — moving analysts from manual data entry to verification, with a human in the loop.
Outcome
Full data precision retained while manual analyst workload fell sharply and throughput rose.
W-04R&D · Edge compute
Autonomous UAV pilot
An edge-computing delivery-drone platform with hot-swappable batteries and fully autonomous navigation, specific fail-safes for engine redundancy, and a chassis tuned for a much smaller acoustic footprint than standard UAVs.
Outcome
Edge flight models and fail-safes validated in early testing before a regulatory change closed the project.
No black box of cost and time.
Three phases, each scoped before it starts, each ending in something you can hold. Bring us in to build and hand off, or to co-develop as a joint-venture partner with a stake in the outcome.
01Weeks 1–2
Feasibility and blueprint
An architectural audit of the problem. You receive technical blueprints, a bill-of-materials estimate and the infrastructure map — enough to decide whether to build.
02Weeks 3–8
Prototype
From breadboard and wireframe to a first-revision PCBA and deployed beta software, tested against the targets agreed in phase one.
03From week 9
Production and handover
Manufacturing handoff, CI/CD, penetration testing and certification support, then the deliverables handed over with their documentation.
- Senior-led
- The engineers who design the system are the ones you talk to.
- Fixed scope per phase
- Each phase is scoped and priced before it starts.
- NDA first
- A mutual NDA is in place before any confidential detail.
- Scoped IP
- You own the deliverables, or co-hold them in a joint venture. ACETAS keeps its background tooling.
One accountable lead. The right engineers for each build.
ACETAS is led by its principal engineer, who owns every engagement from the first call to handover. You are never passed down a chain of account managers: the person who designs your system is the person you talk to.
Everything from schematic and enclosure to firmware, models and cloud is designed in-house. For larger builds we scale the team with our hardware partner and a bench of exceptional young engineers from the University of Zagreb, and bring in outside specialists only where a project truly needs them. Small enough to stay senior-led; deep enough to carry a system from schematic to cloud.
- Entity
- ACETAS d.o.o.
- Registered office
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Working languages
- English, Croatian
- Team model
- In-house across the stack, scaled per project
- Engagements
- Contracted build or joint venture
Antonio Peter
Founder · Principal engineer
Zagreb-based R&D engineer working on high-assurance embedded systems and full-stack architecture — from EMC-conscious circuitry up to secure cloud infrastructure. Completing a Master's in Electronics at the University of Zagreb (FER), with prior work spanning medical-device hardware and secure, computer-vision-assisted data platforms.
Marko Kožić
Hardware partner · Co-founder, ASIGS d.o.o.
Embedded hardware and automotive engineer, with engineering work at ALTPRO (railway signalling), Rimac Technology and DOK-ING. PCB design, circuit simulation, manufacturing and hardware failure analysis. MSc Electronics, University of Zagreb (FER).
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Lead · every engagement
Antonio Peter
Scope, architecture and delivery
- Electronics and PCB design, on this teamSchematics, layout, BOM
- Firmware and embedded, on this teamFirmware, source
- Hardware validation and failure analysis, on this teamTest reports
- EMC and certification, on this teamPre-compliance, test file
- Mechanical and enclosure, on this teamEnclosure CAD
- Computer vision and edge AI, not neededTrained models
- Backend and cloud, not neededDeployed platform
- Security testing, not neededTest report
Hardware product. A board, its firmware and the enclosure, taken to a unit that can be manufactured and certified.
All in-house. Outside specialists only where a project requires them.
Tell us the shape of the problem.
The high-level outline is enough. We reply within one working day, and a mutual NDA is in place before any confidential detail is shared.
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