Case Study: Gryphon Systems Engineering achieves 50% faster prototyping and streamlined FPGA development with Altium's Innovation Station

Gryphon Systems Engineering - Customer Case Study

Gryphon Systems Engineering is an Australian electronics design consultancy that develops custom measurement, control and automation electronics for high‑tech clients. As a small contract engineering firm led by Technical Director Peter Stephens, Gryphon struggled with the high cost and time risk of prototyping—especially for FPGA designs—which often forced early device choices and caused projects to overrun.

Gryphon adopted Altium’s Innovation Station (Altium Designer plus the Desktop NanoBoard), using the Software Platform Builder, OpenBus and bundled IP to rapidly add peripherals, generate drivers and test on hardware. The new workflow lets the team assemble and validate prototypes in days, delivering a VGA controller design 50% faster and cutting overall development time by about 30%, while giving the company greater design flexibility and faster customer sign‑off.

Gryphon Systems Engineering

Peter Stephens

Technical Director