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Why We Are Building Physical AI at the Edge
The reasoning behind our self-configuring edge-AI platform, and why the language model stays out of the control path.
What a Motor Current Signature Actually Reveals
Current is the cheapest health signal you can collect from a motor. Here is what it tells you, and where it stops being useful.
Running Small Language Models on Edge Hardware
What actually fits on an edge device, which compute classes are realistic, and why your MCU is not going to host a model.
Modbus RTU over RS-485: Field Notes
Termination, biasing, timeouts and register maps. The practical details that decide whether your bus works on site.
Watchdogs, Brownouts and Safe States
Firmware reliability techniques for devices that must keep running in places nobody visits.
Anomaly Detection When You Have No Labelled Faults
How to build useful detection when nobody has a dataset of broken machines, and how to keep false alarms from killing trust.
Designing an Enclosure That Survives an Industrial Cabinet
Ambient temperature, mounting, connector layout and service access. The enclosure decisions that show up months later.
Choosing a Vibration Sensor: MEMS or Piezo
Bandwidth, mounting and sample rate decide what faults you can see. A practical comparison for machine monitoring.
What Hardware Investors Ask in the Second Meeting
The first meeting is about the vision. The second is about cost per unit, install time and who does the installing.
Power Supply Design for Electrically Noisy Sites
Contactors, VFDs and long cable runs create conditions your bench supply never will. Design for them from the start.
How to Run a Two-Week Hardware Pilot
A short pilot answers more questions than months of bench work, provided you define what you are trying to learn.
Edge or Cloud: Where Should the Processing Live?
Latency, bandwidth, connectivity and cost decide the split. A framework for placing each part of the pipeline.
A Practical Sensor Calibration Checklist
Offset, gain, temperature drift and re-calibration cadence. The steps that keep field measurements trustworthy.
5 Checks to Validate Your Hardware Before Manufacturing
Run these validation steps on your hardware concept before committing to costly mass-manufacturing runs.
ESP32 vs STM32: Choosing the Right Microcontroller
A practical comparison of two popular microcontrollers to help you choose the best fit for your IoT product.
Pitching Your Hardware Prototype to Investors
Practical approaches for presenting your physical prototype to venture capital firms and securing funding.
A Guide to IoT Connectivity Options
WiFi, BLE, LTE-M, LoRa, choosing the right communication option for your connected devices.
PCB Routing Best Practices for Prototype Stability
Key schematic design principles to ensure your board works reliably straight from the fab.
From Breadboard to Production: A Case Study
A case study tracking one product's journey from a breadboard concept to a manufacturing-ready design built for a 10,000-unit run.
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