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Client stories and engineering guides

How real hardware problems got solved, and practical guides to help you make the right technical decisions.

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· Edge AI

Choosing an Edge AI SoC: RV1106 vs RK3566 vs RK3588 vs i.MX 8M Plus vs Jetson Orin Nano

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· Firmware

ESP32 Interrupt Latency and Jitter: FreeRTOS vs Bare Metal for Real-Time Control

Client story

· Firmware

esp-ndf: Why I Rebuilt the ESP-IDF Stack to Fix Timing on the ESP32-S3

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· Robotics

ROS 2 on Microcontrollers: micro-ROS vs a Native DDS Implementation

Client story

· Robotics

ROS 2 on an ESP32-S3 Humanoid Robot: A Native DDS Stack With No Middleware

Client story

· Edge AI

Edge AI Delivered in 36 Hours: Rescuing a Project When the Developer Backed Out

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· Edge AI

Anomaly Detection on the Edge: Monitoring Machines and Safety Without a Cloud Server

Client story

· Edge AI

Industrial Safety and Anomaly Detection on a Rockchip Board, With No Server

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· Edge AI

Object Tracking on Low-Cost Chips: What Is Realistic Without an NPU Board

Client story

· Edge AI

Multi-Object Tracking on a Chip Under $4

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· Edge AI

Can an ESP32-S3 Run Your AI Model? How to Benchmark Before You Buy a Raspberry Pi

Client story

· Edge AI

From Raspberry Pi to ESP32-S3: Same AI Accuracy at a Fraction of the Cost, Proven With Benchmarks

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· Firmware

Optimise Before You Swap the MCU: Speeding Up Firmware With CMSIS-DSP and SIMD on Cortex-M

Client story

· Firmware

From 1.5 s to 200 ms on the Same Renesas MCU: How I Saved a Client a Hardware Redesign

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· IoT & cloud

Designing an IoT Backend: MQTT, a Time-Series Database and Live Video Streaming

Client story

· IoT & cloud

Building the Server Side: An IoT Backend for Sensor Data and Live Camera Streams

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· Apps

Building a BLE or Wi-Fi Provisioning App for Your IoT Device

Client story

· Apps

An Android App for Device Setup and Monitoring, Built Alongside the Firmware

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· Robotics

Klipper vs GRBL vs Marlin: Choosing Firmware for Your Own Plotter, CNC or 3D Printer

Client story

· Robotics

Building In-House 2D and 3D Plotters for a Fraction of the Import Cost

Guide

· Firmware

Choosing a Low-Cost MCU: CH32V003 vs STM32 vs ESP32 for Price-Sensitive Products

Client story

· Firmware

A USB Power Meter on a Sub-₹200 BOM: Choosing the MCU and Display, Then Fitting OTA and Power Monitoring Into a Tiny Chip

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Hiring an Embedded Systems Consultant: What to Prepare Before the First Call

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Hiring an Embedded Engineer on Upwork or Fiverr: How to Get a Hardware Product Actually Shipped

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Adding Voice and AI Assistants to Hardware Products: Connecting Devices to Large Language Models

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GPS Tracker Battery and Data Costs Too High: Efficient LTE-M and NB-IoT Firmware

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Get Your Schematic Reviewed Before the First PCB Order: What I Check and Why It Saves Weeks

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Noisy or Drifting Sensor Readings: How I Fix Measurement Accuracy in Firmware and Hardware

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Running a Vision Model on an Edge NPU: What Actually Decides Real-Time Performance

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AI Model Accurate on PC but Wrong on the Device: Fixing Accuracy Loss After Deployment

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Video From an Embedded Camera Lags by Seconds: Building Low-Latency Streaming on Linux SoCs

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Robot Motors Jitter or Lag: Real-Time Motor Control and CAN Bus That Keep Up

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MIPI CSI Camera Bring-Up on Embedded Linux: A Practical Checklist

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Stopping Competitors Cloning Your Hardware: Secure Boot and Firmware Protection

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Preparing Firmware for Mass Production: Flashing, Provisioning and Factory Testing

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Switching Microcontrollers Because of Shortages or Cost: Migrating Firmware Without a Rewrite

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Laggy or Flickering Touchscreen UI on a Microcontroller: How I Build Smooth LVGL Interfaces

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Embedded Linux Boots Too Slowly: How I Cut Boot Time for Products That Must Start Fast

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Custom Linux Board Won't Boot: My Bring-Up Process for Yocto and Buildroot BSPs

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LoRa Sensors Losing Packets at Range: How I Fix Long-Range IoT Links

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Getting Device Data to the Cloud Reliably: MQTT and AWS IoT Firmware for ESP32 and STM32

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BLE Connection Between Phone App and Device Keeps Dropping: How I Debug and Fix It

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OTA Firmware Updates Bricking Devices? How I Design Fail-Safe Updates

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Firmware Rescue: Taking Over an Unfinished Embedded Project From a Previous Developer

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From Arduino Prototype to Production Firmware: What Has to Change Before You Ship

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Battery-Powered IoT Sensor Draining Too Fast? How I Cut Sleep Current to Microamps

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ESP32 Keeps Disconnecting From Wi-Fi in the Field: How I Make IoT Devices Reconnect Reliably

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